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Kick-Ass 2 Review

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Release Date: December 17, 2013
 Rating: R
Studio: Universal Pictures
Director: Jeff Wadlow
Starring: Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Chloë Grace Moretz, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, Morris Chestnut, John Leguizamo, Donald Faison, Jim Carrey
Genre: Action, Comedy

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In a world where crime is everywhere what can the average everyday citizen do to stop it? Well, they can slap on some spandex, latex or their favorite Lycra blend and prance around as if they have super powers. At least that’s what the characters in Kick-Ass did and now he’s back with Hit Girl for more comic inspired carnage. Mark Millar’s particular non-family friendly brand of super hero movie is back in theaters and making the streets run red with justice.

The story picks up after the events of the first film. Kick-Ass has given up the superhero life as he found out that it’s pretty f’n dangerous outside of the pages of a comic. Of course, he gets bored with this and gets back in the suit like any other rational person would do, right? Hit Girl has been taken in by her fathers former cop partner, Marcus, and still secretly does the hero thing while skipping school. Red Mist has be one an emo, revenge obsessed nutcase that dreams of nothing but revenge on Kick-Ass for killing his father. All that and now there’s legions of new self made super heroes popping up everyday. As Red Mist begins moving his plot of retribution in to motion he adopts the name the Mother F$&ker and starts becomes the world’s first super villain. He even recruit a super villain army to counter act the growing number of superheroes.

The story is pretty similar to the one in the comics with a few differences to major plot points. Chloë Grace Moretz is as charming as ever as Hit Girl, the blossoming young woman with a sailor’s foul mouth and killer instinct. She was pretty much the star of the first movie an things haven’t changed this time around as she steals the show. Aaron Taylor-Johnson as Kick-Ass/Dave fits right back into his role as well. The newly christened Mother F?#ker played by Christopher Mintz-Plasse to me had the biggest character switch as be had to become a deranged sociopath from the previously cowering nerd out for daddy’s approval in the previous film but he does it with ease and comes across as a real douche. He still has his moments where the bumbling dork in him shows it’s head but he had to do a complete 180 degree turn in character and it works. Jim Carrey’s much talked about role as Colonel Stars and Stripes more of a quick cameo as his truncated presence was a blip within the movie yet essential to the plot. And oh he does a good job playing the character as he sounds like I imagined he would when I read the comics the film was based on. The black guy from Scrubs is in there too.

The action is what you should expect from this film if you know anything about the first one. There’s ultra violence in abundance (but I always thought it fit in the film as it’s purpose is to show the severity of actual fighting in reality). The language definitely makes it worthy of the R rating as there’s enough of the old swear words to make Richard Pryor proud. The cursing though never keeps the dialogue from being clever when it needs to be. The action scenes are once again well done because they seem like real fights as the more well trained fighter wins the day but shows human flaws as they are tossed and smacked around. There’s also the signature dark, raunchy humor found in the first film.

If you saw the Kick-Ass you should definitely check out part 2; as it’s more of what you loved about the first. The main characters are played well by the returning cast and the added star power of Carrey should get the film more viewers in the cinemas. It’s one of those films you go to and just have a good time with.

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Paramount+ Reveals Official Main Title Sequence for the Upcoming Series TALES OF THE TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES

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During the TALES OF THE TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES panel earlier today at San Diego Comic Con, Paramount+ revealed the official main title sequence for the series. The sequence is composed by EMMY® nominee, Matt Mahaffey, known for his work on Sanjay and Craig, Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, and Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Movie and much more. 

From the studios of the Mutant Mayhem film, the all-new Paramount+ original series TALES OF THE TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES explores the adventures of everyone’s favorite pizza-loving heroes as they emerge from the sewers onto the streets of NYC. Leo, Raph, Donnie and Mikey are faced with new threats and team up with old allies to survive both teenage life and villains lurking in the shadows of the Big Apple. The series is produced by Nickelodeon Animation and Point Grey Pictures.

TALES OF THE TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES is executive produced by Chris Yost (The Mandalorian, Thor: Ragnarok) and Alan Wan (Blue Eye Samurai, Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles [2012 Series]). Production is overseen for Nickelodeon by Claudia Spinelli, Senior Vice President, TV Series Animation, Nickelodeon, and Nikki Price, Director of Development and Executive in Charge of Production.

In addition to the upcoming new series, stream all things Turtles on Paramount+.

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DISNEY+ CASTS DANIEL DIEMER AS FAN-FAVORITE ‘TYSON’IN SEASON TWO OF “PERCY JACKSON AND THE OLYMPIANS”

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 in Hall H at San Diego Comic-Con, Rick Riordan and Disney+ revealed that Daniel Diemer (“Under the Bridge”) will star as fan-favorite cyclops “Tyson” in the epic adventure series “Percy Jackson and the Olympians.” Diemer joins Walker Scobell (Percy Jackson), Leah Sava Jeffries (Annabeth Chase) and Aryan Simhadri (Grover Underwood) as a series regular. The Disney+ Original series from Disney Branded Television and 20th Television will start filming its second season next week in Vancouver.

Season two of “Percy Jackson and the Olympians” is based on the second installment of Disney Hyperion’s best-selling book series titled “The Sea of Monsters” by award-winning author Rick Riordan. In the new season, Percy Jackson returns to Camp Half-Blood one year later to find his world turned upside down. His friendship with Annabeth is changing, he learns he has a cyclops for a brother, Grover has gone missing, and camp is under siege from the forces of Kronos. Percy’s journey to set things right will take him off the map and into the deadly Sea of Monsters, where a secret fate awaits the son of Poseidon.

Diemer stars as Tyson – a young Cyclops who grew up all alone on the streets, and finds it difficult to survive in the human world.  Shy and awkward, with a heart almost as big as he is, Tyson soon discovers that Poseidon is his father, which means Percy Jackson is his half-brother… and that Tyson may have finally found a home. 

Diemer recently starred in the Hulu limited series “Under the Bridge” based off the critically acclaimed book of the same name and a tragic true story of a missing teen girl in Vancouver in 1997. He will next star in the indie “Thug” opposite Liam Neeson and Ron Perlman for director Hans Petter Moland. Daniel was recently seen as the lead in the indie “Supercell” opposite Alec Baldwin and Skeet Ulrich and the lead in the film “Little Brother” opposite Phil Ettinger and JK Simmons. Daniel can also be seen in the Netflix series “The Midnight Club” and recently starred as the male lead in the breakout hit Netflix feature “The Half Of It” from producer Anthony Bregman and director Alice Wu. He is a graduate of Victoria Academy of Dramatic Arts in Vancouver.

Created by Rick Riordan and Jonathan E. Steinberg, season two of “Percy Jackson and the Olympians” is executive produced by Steinberg and Dan Shotz alongside Rick Riordan, Rebecca Riordan, Craig Silverstein, The Gotham Group’s Ellen Goldsmith-Vein, Bert Salke, The Gotham Group’s Jeremy Bell and D.J. Goldberg, James Bobin, Jim Rowe, Albert Kim, Jason Ensler and Sarah Watson.

The first season of “Percy Jackson and the Olympians” is available on Disney+

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