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2013 |
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ACTION
COMIC STRIP
BLACK COMEDY
SEQUEL
COMEDY
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| Origin: |
UK/ US |
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| Length: |
113 |
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MIXED Reviews
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| Undeniably entertaining, but disappointingly half-assed. |
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| (Dave Golder, SFX Magazine) |
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| You'll still be laughing, but where Kick-Ass giggled at action cliches, this sometimes slips into them. |
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| (Cath Clarke, Time Out) |
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| Kick-Ass is a property that thrives on shock value. Part of the novelty of the first film is seeing a little girl cuss like a sailor while single-handedly taking down groups of thugs. Now that that character has grown, you'd expect they'd find other ways to keep it fresh and outrageous while keeping its tongue firmly in cheek, and while the sequel manages to amuse, one can't help but feel like things have been toned down. Still, despite all its shortcomings, Kick-Ass 2 is the best superhero movie of the year thus far. |
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| (jvince, letterboxd) |
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| Moretz is a dynamic presence, and fires off her spiky one-liners with magnificent timing. The downside of her star quality is that she puts the rest in a pretty feeble light. You may find it very hard to care about a showdown between two bunches of costumed nonentities. It rattles along, a laugh here, a laugh there, occasionally reminding you of the better film that preceded it. But that’s the way with a hit; the studio wants another one, ready or not. |
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| (Anthony Quinn, Independent) |
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