"Kick-Ass" (the first film) is one of my all-time favourite films. Everything about it is perfect. The characters, the story, the performances, the cinematography, the humor, the drama etc. So I had VERY high expectations for "KA2" and I wasn't disappointed. When I walked out of the cinema last night, I had the same feeling of adrenaline I had after seeing "Kick-Ass" for the first time. The story and drama is more darker while the humor of the first film is left intact and they both balance well. The new characters are a ton of fun to watch while the original recurring characters are more developed and everyone of them have something refreshing to put into this film.
And the rest of the film actually expands what I loved about the first film. The violence/gore is freaking tremendous compared to the first film, the story has much more to deal with and delivers a smooth and highly satisfying one with extremely unexpected twists as well as equally entertaining subplots, the cinematography still keeps the gorgeous, comic-book-esque style which makes the colours literally pop out of the screen, the score is, yet again, magnificent and fits perfectly with the tone of the film while still linking to the fanfares of the first film (e.g. Danny Elfman's score to "Batman Returns"). Linking to both the story and the characters, both the drama and the humor balance perfectly, just like the first film with the humor blending well to the comic book-like world the two films are set in and the drama inflicted on the characters really does give the film a slightly more serious theme than the first film, which a sequel should do instead of repeating what happened before.
If I would nit-pick over something, I would say some of the newer characters could have had some more development (especially some of the villains), but that's just a very mild complaint.
Overall, with Matthew Vaughn leaving the director's chair as a producer and a big Hollywood company like Universal involved, this would've been an insult to the original. But it was, in fact, the exact opposite. Don't listen to the abysmal 20-something% rating on RT. In my opinion, I would call it a perfect sequel to a perfect movie. 'Nuff said.
And the rest of the film actually expands what I loved about the first film. The violence/gore is freaking tremendous compared to the first film, the story has much more to deal with and delivers a smooth and highly satisfying one with extremely unexpected twists as well as equally entertaining subplots, the cinematography still keeps the gorgeous, comic-book-esque style which makes the colours literally pop out of the screen, the score is, yet again, magnificent and fits perfectly with the tone of the film while still linking to the fanfares of the first film (e.g. Danny Elfman's score to "Batman Returns"). Linking to both the story and the characters, both the drama and the humor balance perfectly, just like the first film with the humor blending well to the comic book-like world the two films are set in and the drama inflicted on the characters really does give the film a slightly more serious theme than the first film, which a sequel should do instead of repeating what happened before.
If I would nit-pick over something, I would say some of the newer characters could have had some more development (especially some of the villains), but that's just a very mild complaint.
Overall, with Matthew Vaughn leaving the director's chair as a producer and a big Hollywood company like Universal involved, this would've been an insult to the original. But it was, in fact, the exact opposite. Don't listen to the abysmal 20-something% rating on RT. In my opinion, I would call it a perfect sequel to a perfect movie. 'Nuff said.
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