Whilst bloodshed, bullets, decapitations and disfigurements litter Wadlow’s sequel, virtually all of it is staged in a greatly cartoonish manner – like a Quentin Tarantino movie.(
Download Kick-Ass 2) Never does his camera linger on the gore or those savaged, rather it captures the fluidity and skill of the said hero in the scenario. Watching Hit-Girl spin, jump and flip as she slices twenty goons is the pleasure here, not the fact that she is ending various lives. It’s a film based on an adult graphic novel, it isn’t Shakespeare.(
Download Kick-Ass 2) However some of the scenes are unforgiving, much due to The Motherfucker’s repugnant nature. His lust for murder, mayhem and violation makes him a rightly gruesome baddie – a character who audiences will want to meet his demise. Armed with his crudely named mob The Toxic Mega Cunts, The Motherfucker pledges to destroy Kick-Ass’ world and Wadlow captures this with true promise. Personally I think its great that Marv and Universal Pictures haven’t buckled under standard studio pressures and made miscellaneous cuts to gain a 12A certificate;(Download Kick-Ass 2) this is adult entertainment – it is no place for the young. Having said that, the studio heads did decide to leave the novel’s most controversial scene out of the film – a moment in which The Motherfucker and his crew brutally gang rape Kick-Ass’ high school sweetheart Katie. Probably for the best to be honest…(
Download Kick-Ass 2) Moments like this is what make the novel something of a conflicted read; you are brought into an over-the-top world laden with zany and creative individuals before being slammed back into reality with something as cruel as rape, or the murdering of a dog (also left out of the film). Wadlow’s choice for leaving these scenes gives the film a more even tone and allows it to always feel exaggerated even at its darkest.
