“For starters let me say I was a fan of the first Kick-Ass (comic and movie). Millar definitely pushed boundaries in Kick-Ass as far as violence, vulgarity and brutality…but it was funny and it was okay to laugh at. Who doesn’t like Hit-Girl? In Kick-Ass 2, boundaries are pushed even further…but it is in no way funny and you definitely don’t want to laugh at it. In fact, you should NOT be laughing. It seems that the violence is just for sheer “shock value.” It seems that Millar is trying to give his audience everything he thinks they want which is just an orgy of shock violence and vulgarity. There isn’t even that much of an emphasis on any of the characters that we grew to like in the first volume; it’s just a splatter-fest which feebly tries to copy a “chaos” story like in The Dark Knight. Let’s face it though Red Mist (who ridiculously changes his name to M***** F*****. That’s not even a cleverly funny name!) is no Joker. The story tries to be “darker” but it’s just not enjoyable. The one redeeming aspect is that I just really like Hit-Girl; she’s the only character that manages to remain likeable. There will be more volumes added to the Kick-Ass series, and I will read them in hopes that the series gets its act back together. ”
Jessica T wrote this review Wednesday, July 25, 2012.
Was this review helpful? Yes | No