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Kick Ass 2 isn't as refreshing or as original as the the first, but it still succeeds in delivering lights, entertaining action and a surprising amount of emotion.

What an absolutely terrible film. Gone is the style, the wit, the intelligence of the first film. This is a paint-by-numbers sequel which missteps at every point. It glories in violence instead of critiquing it. The characters are boring caricatures of themselves, the supporting cast are cartoon characters - literally. Kick-Ass had real people in ridiculous circumstances - this sequel has ridiculous people doing ridiculous things for no apparent reason. Hit-Girl's story is a weird tired high school mean girls cliché which ends with Hit Girl getting revenge by making them vomit and poo. Huh? I could go on and on, but this film is just - weird, and a great big disappointment.

I was a big fan of first "Kick Ass", largely as a result of "Hit Girl" (Chloe Moretz), the 11 year old who did those incredible action sequences. The incongruity of a little girl doing such outrageous stunts was a great surprise. But now she's grown and it's not so funny anymore, and 24 year old Aaron Taylor-Johnson who plays "Kick Ass" looks more like a pedophile rather than a high schooler, so the whole tenure of the film changes. The villain, Chris Mintz-Plasse, isn't much of a villain either, so the whole story is hardly worth viewing.There are some amusing bits, and Jim Carrey is always a treat, but fans of the original are going to be disappointed.