Kick-Ass 2 (2013)
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A retired vigilante joins a superhero team while his former ally tries to live a normal life and a new villain rises to seek revenge.
The story
Four years after the deaths of Damon Macready and Frank D'Amico, Dave Lizewski, bored after having retired from fighting crime as Kick-Ass, begins training with Mindy Macready to become a real hero. Meanwhile, Dave's girlfriend Katie Deauxma breaks off their relationship due to her mistakenly believing Dave to have been cheating on her with Mindy. Simultaneously, following the death of his father, Chris D'Amico accidentally kills his own mother and decides to become a supervillain named "The Motherfucker". He assembles a gang of supervillains called the Toxic Mega Cunts to take vengeance on Kick-Ass.
Full plot (contains spoilers)
Four years after the deaths of Damon Macready and Frank D'Amico, Dave Lizewski, bored after having retired from fighting crime as Kick-Ass, begins training with Mindy Macready to become a real hero. Dave's girlfriend Katie Deauxma breaks off their relationship due to her mistakenly believing Dave to have been cheating on her with Mindy. Following the death of his father, Chris D'Amico accidentally kills his own mother by kicking her tanning bed, causing it to short-circuit. Now in control of his father's criminal empire, Chris decides to become a supervillain named "The Motherfucker", adapting a BDSM suit for his costume, and assembles a gang of supervillains called the Toxic Mega Cunts with his aide Javier, swearing vengeance on Kick-Ass. Mindy's guardian, Marcus, discovers she is still fighting crime and makes her promise to give it up. Dave resumes his life as Kick-Ass, joining the superhero team Justice Forever, led by Colonel Stars and Stripes. Mindy, attempting to lead a normal life, tries out for the dance team at school and experiences a cruel prank by bullies. Dave's father discovers his son is Kick-Ass, leading to an argument. A now-deranged Chris kills Colonel Stars and Stripes and attempts to rape Night Bitch, but fails. A police clampdown follows. When the police track Dave, his father surrenders, claiming to be Kick-Ass. Chris has Mr. Lizewski murdered in police custody. The Toxic Mega Cunts ambush Mr. Lizewski's funeral and kidnap Dave, but Mindy rescues him. Dave, Mindy, and the remaining members of Justice Forever battle and defeat the Toxic Mega Cunts. Mindy, as Hit-Girl, kills Mother Russia. Dave and Chris fight on a rooftop; Chris is mauled by a shark. Justice Forever takes a break, and Mindy leaves New York. Dave accepts the responsibility of being Kick-Ass, training and upgrading his equipment.
- First release year
- 2013
- Runtime (minutes)
- 103
- Production countries
- United Kingdom; United States; Japan
- Original languages
- English
- Directors
- Jeff Wadlow
- Writers
- Jeff Wadlow · screenplay
- Cast and characters
- Aaron Taylor-Johnson · Dave Lizewski / Kick-Ass; Christopher Mintz-Plasse · Chris D'Amico / The Motherfucker; Chloë Grace Moretz · Mindy Macready / Hit Girl; Jim Carrey · Colonel Stars and Stripes
- Genres
- black comedy; superhero; action; comedy
- Themes
- revenge; identity; consequences of violence
- Tone and mood
- black comedy; ultra-violence; ironic humor
- Premise and plot tags
- superhero; vigilante; revenge; high school
- Source material / true-story basis
- Book Two and Book Three of Kick-Ass – The Dave Lizewski Years by Mark Millar and John Romita, Jr.
- Franchise connections
- Kick-Ass
- Reception
- The film received mixed to negative reviews from critics, with some praising the action and Hit-Girl character while others criticized the humor and pacing. It was a modest financial success, grossing $60.8 million on a $30 million budget.
- Reported review scores
- Metacritic · score: 41 · scale: 100 · review count: 35; CinemaScore · score: B+ · scale: A+ to F
- Production trivia
- The movie was banned in Malaysia due to its vulgar title.; Jim Carrey withdrew support for the film due to its level of violence following the Sandy Hook shooting.
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