After Kick-Ass’ insane bravery inspires a new wave of self-made masked crusaders, he joins a patrol led by the Colonel Stars and Stripes. When these amateur superheroes are hunted down by Red Mist — reborn as The Mother Fucker — only the blade-wielding Hit-Girl can prevent their annihilation.
Even the novelty of a deadly, blasphemous Hit-Girl wears off, and all that's left is over-the-top violence and under-the-belt humor.
– Michael Sragow,
Orange County Register,
16 Aug 2013
fresh:
Sequel offers exactly the blend of R-rated nastiness and candy-colored action fans expect.
– John DeFore,
Hollywood Reporter,
16 Aug 2013
rotten:
If it works at all, fitfully, it's because of the precociously talented and in-control Moretz, who basically carries the entire film on her own small shoulders.
– Stephen Whitty,
Newark Star-Ledger,
16 Aug 2013
rotten:
All the wonder and surprise of the first movie is gone. It's just aping the violence in other movies and other comic books.