# Kick-Ass 2

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kick-ass-2/661874>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [June 25, 2013, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kick-ass-2/661874 "2013-06-25T15:07:34Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\
**Post date:** [September 10, 2013, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kick-ass-2/661874/41 "2013-09-10T20:53:37Z")

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> [@Martian Bigfoot](#):
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> Man, I think this is not only the worst sequel I’ve ever seen, but possibly the worst movie I’ve ever seen, period (and I really liked the first one).
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> I’m guessing that Jim Carrey realized what a stinker it is, didn’t want to go through the agony of putting on a fake smile for the promotion circuit, and used the “glorifying violence” thing as an excuse to just get away from the damned thing as quickly as possible.

Wow, my reaction was exactly opposite: this was one of the best sequels I’ve ever seen and a damned good movie in it’s own right, even if it hadn’t been a sequel.

Jim Carrey was terrific, proving once again that he can actually act when called upon to do so.

And the movie has pretty much already broken even, so from here on out it’s all profit (and incentive to make _Kick-Ass 3_).

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**Author:** ![RandMcnally](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b782af/32.png) [@RandMcnally](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RandMcnally)\
**Post date:** [September 11, 2013, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kick-ass-2/661874/42 "2013-09-11T02:45:02Z")

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I didn’t really care for this movie. I don’t know, it doesn’t click for me, and I’m a huge fan of the first.

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**Author:** ![obfusciatrist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/4af34b/32.png) [@obfusciatrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/obfusciatrist)\
**Post date:** [September 11, 2013, 5:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kick-ass-2/661874/43 "2013-09-11T05:07:10Z")

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I thought it was pretty awful.

Didn’t see any acting from Jim Carrey, but plenty of mugging, which he is also good at. Still, he was the best thing in the movie.

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**Author:** ![AaronX](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/7bcc69/32.png) [@AaronX](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AaronX)\
**Post date:** [September 11, 2013, 5:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kick-ass-2/661874/44 "2013-09-11T05:42:40Z")

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This movie doesn’t seem to be doing so well. Only 2 weeks and it’s barely screening in cinemas. They’re still showing Despicable Me 2 😕

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**Author:** ![Breen11](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c0e974/32.png) [@Breen11](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Breen11)\
**Post date:** [September 11, 2013, 5:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kick-ass-2/661874/45 "2013-09-11T05:57:50Z")

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I liked the 1st 1. But the 2nd (IMO) sucked.

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