The first red-band trailer is here for Kick-Ass 2 starring Aaron Johnson as Kick-Ass and Chloe Moretz as Hit Girl. Jeff Wadlow takes over from director Matthew Vaughn who couldn’t make the flick as he was set to work on the X-Men: First Class sequel, a film which he also departed for reasons unknown. We’ll have to see if his absence hurts the rebooted X-Men series – but for now things look like they’ve turned out okay for the Kick- Ass sequel in his absence.
Perhaps not as finely tuned as the first, ( not to mention some poorly rendered compositing which is evident in the trailer ) – the characters are always the draw-card and along with returning cast member Christopher Mintz-Plasse and his new “The Motherfucker” incarnation – this could be a very cool flick.
Adapted from Mark Millar and John Romita Jr.’s twisted superhero origin comic books, the story sees the forces of good and evil building up their respective armies to take on one another. Jim Carrey seems to be enjoying himself with his Colonel Stars and Stripes character, and is somewhat unrecognizable with his facial prosthetics. His ego-maniacal persona however is all Carrey, and looks well suited as he teams up to help this bunch of super-powerless misfits.
Here’s the synopsis:
Kick-Ass, Hit Girl and Red Mist return for the follow-up to 2010’s irreverent global hit: Kick-Ass 2. After Kick-Ass’ (Aaron Taylor-Johnson) insane bravery inspires a new wave of self-made masked crusaders, led by the badass Colonel Stars and Stripes (Jim Carrey), our hero joins them on patrol. When these amateur superheroes are hunted down by Red Mist (Christopher Mintz-Plasse)—reborn as The Mother F%&*^r—only the blade-wielding Hit Girl (Chloë Grace Moretz) can prevent their annihilation.
When we last saw junior assassin Hit Girl and young vigilante Kick-Ass, they were trying to live as normal teenagers Mindy and Dave. With graduation looming and uncertain what to do, Dave decides to start the world’s first superhero team with Mindy. Unfortunately, when Mindy is busted for sneaking out as Hit Girl, she’s forced to retire—leaving her to navigate the terrifying world of high-school mean girls on her own. With no one left to turn to, Dave joins forces with Justice Forever, run by a born-again ex-mobster named Colonel Stars and Stripes.
Just as they start to make a real difference on the streets, the world’s first super villain, The Mother F%&*^r, assembles his own evil league and puts a plan in motion to make Kick-Ass and Hit Girl pay for what they did to his dad. But there’s only one problem with his scheme: If you mess with one member of Justice Forever, you mess with them all.
The film also stars Clark Duke, Donald Faison, John Leguizamo, and Olga Kurkulina.
Check out the trailer here:
Kick-Ass 2 opens on August 16th, 2013.
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