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Oh sure, there is still periodic graphic violence and copious profanity, but it is all rendered in a weirdly 'no harm, no foul' fashion that makes it feel like a bad kids-flick. What's left is an awkwardly staged and ham-fistedly acted adaptation that feels like there was an attempt to try to make the film more child-friendly.
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This film adaptation, also titled Kick-Ass 2, is terrified of its own shadow, toning down the explicit content and replacing it with generic comic book movie mayhem. It is vulgar, violent, offensive, and at least attempting to be a theoretical look at a proverbial 'real world' infested by kids and adults who decide not just to be superheroes but super villains as well. Mark Miller's Kick-Ass 2 isn't exactly a pinnacle of modern comic book art, but it is at least true to itself and true to what it intends to be. Come what may, this one should have a brief theatrical run, following by decent DVD/Blu Ray business among those who bought the original three years ago. Most of the publicity around the film has revolved not about its content, but about scenes from the source material that didn't make the cut and supporting player Jim Carrey's choice not to do publicity for the film (for which I offer no judgment) as a result of the Sandy Hook school shooting back in December. The question is whether Kick-Ass 2 can play like Harold and Kumar Escape From Guantanamo Bay and expand just enough beyond the original film's cult following to justify its production.
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With the odd exception of Omari Hardwick being replaced by Morris Chestnut as Hit-Girl's adaptive father, every surviving cast member of the first film puts in at least a cameo this time around, which is pretty impressive. The picture is tracking at over/under $20 million for the weekend, which is close to the $19 million that the first film debuted to. Directed by Jeff Wadlow this time out, the film cost just $28 million, so even a mere repeat financial performance of the first time out would yield eventual profitability. So 3.5 years later, we now have a sequel, creatively titled Kick-Ass 2. This isn't the first time Universal has picked up another studio's "one-and-done" franchise, as Hellboy fans can attest. Fortunately for the bottom line, it sold pretty darn well on DVD and Blu Ray, so now we have a sequel, not from Lionsgate but rather from Universal.