This is the sequel to the rather surprising hit movie Kick-Ass, in which a regular kid decided to try and be a superhero, finding out it was not all it was cracked up to be. This movie is set four years after the original with Dave Lizewski / Kick-Ass (played by Aaron Taylor Johnson) having retired from crime-fighting, but getting the itch and starts to train with Hit-Girl/Mindy Macready(played by Chloë Grace Moretz) to become a real hero. Chris D'Amico (played by Christopher Mintz-Plasse) whose crime boss father was killed in the first movie takes over his father's empire (calling himself The Motherfucker) and gets a team of bad guys to take out Kick-Ass. The movie then ends up with a team of heroes going against a team of villains.
The A/V quality of the Blu-Ray is very good. The colors are very rich and the effects look great in HD. The extras include a commentary track on the film with Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, Chloe Grace Moretz, and Writer/Director Jeff Wadlow, an alternate opening, a storyboarded version of a "Big Daddy" scene that did not materialize because Nicholas Cage did not return, about 14 minutes worth of deleted scenes, just under an hour of making-of featurettes and a feature on one of Hit Girl's action sequences.
Like the first movie, this one definitely earns its R rating. There is a lot of over-the-top violence, dark humor, and a lot of swearing. Chloë Grace Moretz is really the highlight of the movie, as she was in the first one, and there is a strong supporting cast including, Ian Glen, Jim Carrey, Morris Chestnut, Donald Faison, and John Leguizamo. I think what worked for the first movie is that it was so different from much of what was out there, and was more of a tongue-in-cheek movie that was lampooning superhero movies that it really could not recapture what made the first movie so good, especially as the MCU movies were really hitting their stride. That said, it is still a fun action movie, and even though it does not have anywhere near the appeal that the MCU or even the DCEU movies have if you were a fan of the first movie, it is worth checking out.
The A/V quality of the Blu-Ray is very good. The colors are very rich and the effects look great in HD. The extras include a commentary track on the film with Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, Chloe Grace Moretz, and Writer/Director Jeff Wadlow, an alternate opening, a storyboarded version of a "Big Daddy" scene that did not materialize because Nicholas Cage did not return, about 14 minutes worth of deleted scenes, just under an hour of making-of featurettes and a feature on one of Hit Girl's action sequences.
Like the first movie, this one definitely earns its R rating. There is a lot of over-the-top violence, dark humor, and a lot of swearing. Chloë Grace Moretz is really the highlight of the movie, as she was in the first one, and there is a strong supporting cast including, Ian Glen, Jim Carrey, Morris Chestnut, Donald Faison, and John Leguizamo. I think what worked for the first movie is that it was so different from much of what was out there, and was more of a tongue-in-cheek movie that was lampooning superhero movies that it really could not recapture what made the first movie so good, especially as the MCU movies were really hitting their stride. That said, it is still a fun action movie, and even though it does not have anywhere near the appeal that the MCU or even the DCEU movies have if you were a fan of the first movie, it is worth checking out.
