JamesG
08-16-2013, 07:11 PM
Movie Reviews: Kick-Ass 2
Adam Nayman in the Toronto Globe and Mail says:
"Kick-Ass 2 is the year's most unpleasant movie."
Claudia Puig in USA Today notes that one of the characters wears a T-shirt that sports the words I Hate Reboots.
Says Puig, "Lacking the inventive kicks of the original, this is a movie that will only underscore that sense of loathing."
Manohla Dargis in the New York Times says:
"it's the kind of cynical product that gives violent movies a bad name. There's no story to speak of, just a familiar title, recycled characters and carnage."
Mark Olsen in the Los Angeles Times suggests:
"After the summer's superhero films, this might appear to be the perfect time to release a movie in which the characters ... are average people running around in homemade costumes calling themselves super.
However, it winds up as an uncertain jumble rather than a true exploration of outrage, violence and identity."
The closest thing to a positive review comes from Rafer Guzmaˇn of Newsday, who calls it:
"overstuffed, but entertaining."
-IMDb News
Adam Nayman in the Toronto Globe and Mail says:
"Kick-Ass 2 is the year's most unpleasant movie."
Claudia Puig in USA Today notes that one of the characters wears a T-shirt that sports the words I Hate Reboots.
Says Puig, "Lacking the inventive kicks of the original, this is a movie that will only underscore that sense of loathing."
Manohla Dargis in the New York Times says:
"it's the kind of cynical product that gives violent movies a bad name. There's no story to speak of, just a familiar title, recycled characters and carnage."
Mark Olsen in the Los Angeles Times suggests:
"After the summer's superhero films, this might appear to be the perfect time to release a movie in which the characters ... are average people running around in homemade costumes calling themselves super.
However, it winds up as an uncertain jumble rather than a true exploration of outrage, violence and identity."
The closest thing to a positive review comes from Rafer Guzmaˇn of Newsday, who calls it:
"overstuffed, but entertaining."
-IMDb News