Cert 15
103 mins
BBFC advice: Contains strong bloody violence, sex references and very strong language
I sat in Nottingham Cineworld last night musing on what Kick-Ass 2's target audience would be.
Clearly not the under 15s because of its constant stream of obscenities and gory violence.
Not, I suspect, folk of my age because we would balk at someone as young as Chloe Grace Moretz having such a potty mouth.
I would be equally surprised if people in their 20s would be that keen on having a lead character as young as she is.
Mind you, perhaps they would like the shock value.
As said, I felt more than a little uncomfortable at Kick-Ass 2, particularly at its sex references which, unless my memory is askew, takes it on to a different plane to the original.
In fact, if Kick Ass 2 has lost any of the little charm that its original had. Its characters have grown up a bit and no longer have that sense of wide-eyed naivety which helped the first Kick Ass through.
In this one, Dave Lizewski, alias Kick-Ass (Aaron Taylor-Johnson) is a little more full of himself and is keen to team up with the vigilante Hit Girl (Moretz).
However, she is forced to give up crime-fighting, leaving Kick-Ass to find a crew to defeat a new arch-villain (Christopher Mintz-Plasse).
Thus, he joins forces with a former soldier (Jim Carrey) and a crazy gang of misfits who are keen to clean up the streets.
Actually, Carrey's unhinged born-again Christian is probably the best thing about Jeff Wadlow's movie which degenerates into a series of slashing, garroting and projectile vomiting.
Kick-Ass 2 has only been around for a couple of weeks and, by the look of the sparse crowd at Nottingham Cineworld, its run will soon be coming to an end, proving that even if it aspires to a target audience, it hasn't got its approval.
Laughs: three
Jumps: none
Vomit: more than in any film this year
Nudity: yes
Overall rating: 4.5/10