Kiss Ass 2 is the sequel of 2010’s Kiss ass which was a huge
success and appealed to teens around the world. It’s a comedy/action film which features real
life superheroes and Dave ‘Kick Ass’ who is an aspiring superhero.
Looking back to the beginning of superhero films, they were done for comedy aspects and they featured a very comic book aspect to them with the onomatopoeia on screen. However, recently with the trend of the many remakes of Marvel and DC films, they’ve lost the comedic aspect and they’re all very deep, dark, serious and meaningful. Kick Ass, however sets back and focuses on the comedic aspect of superheroes and the film mocks the seriousness of The Avengers and The Justice League of America by creating their own league ‘Justice Forever’ especially with the character ‘Colonel stars and stripes’.
I find this film is very relatable to its target audience in many ways. The superheroes are ordinary people but fulfil their childhood dream to be a superhero which is common dream amongst many children. It features the typical ‘goodie’ and ‘baddie’ however the baddie has embarrassing hamartia which is comically controversial as the baddies are generally more powerful and can initially overrule the goodies.
It features an important lesson on being yourself and sticking to your true character. Mindy/Hit Girl gives up her role of being Hit Girl to become a normal teenage girl who has friends and goes to sleepover etc. However, this proves bad as she is humiliated on her first date which ultimately leads to her taking up her role again as hit girl. This moral is portrayed in an extreme and unrealistic way but is relatable to teenagers as many teenagers try to be someone they’re not.
Another important lesson this film teaches is that if you’re destined to do or achieve something, with the right amount of effort, you will achieve it. This is an important lesson for teenagers today as it’s somewhat of a motivation for academic work or general personal goals.
This film is full of colour and action which makes it very interesting and appealing to many. The characters are young and the actors have been carefully selected as they have been cast in many other successful comedy films which have appealed to teenagers. As actors are one of the main aspects of a film which appeal to potential viewers so ensuring that these actors have been successful in films with the same target audience is almost in itself a guarantee for success. Aaron Taylor Johnson, for example, featured in a very successful comical coming of age film where he plays quite a popular character, however the contrast of him in Kick Ass 2 being a ‘loser’ and a ‘nerd’ would draw people in as they’re interested to see the actor in a different light.
In conclusion, this film and the first film are 2 of my favourite films of all time as they take one of my favourite interests, superheroes, and look at them in a different light and what it would be like to be a superhero without supernatural abilities.
Looking back to the beginning of superhero films, they were done for comedy aspects and they featured a very comic book aspect to them with the onomatopoeia on screen. However, recently with the trend of the many remakes of Marvel and DC films, they’ve lost the comedic aspect and they’re all very deep, dark, serious and meaningful. Kick Ass, however sets back and focuses on the comedic aspect of superheroes and the film mocks the seriousness of The Avengers and The Justice League of America by creating their own league ‘Justice Forever’ especially with the character ‘Colonel stars and stripes’.
I find this film is very relatable to its target audience in many ways. The superheroes are ordinary people but fulfil their childhood dream to be a superhero which is common dream amongst many children. It features the typical ‘goodie’ and ‘baddie’ however the baddie has embarrassing hamartia which is comically controversial as the baddies are generally more powerful and can initially overrule the goodies.
It features an important lesson on being yourself and sticking to your true character. Mindy/Hit Girl gives up her role of being Hit Girl to become a normal teenage girl who has friends and goes to sleepover etc. However, this proves bad as she is humiliated on her first date which ultimately leads to her taking up her role again as hit girl. This moral is portrayed in an extreme and unrealistic way but is relatable to teenagers as many teenagers try to be someone they’re not.
Another important lesson this film teaches is that if you’re destined to do or achieve something, with the right amount of effort, you will achieve it. This is an important lesson for teenagers today as it’s somewhat of a motivation for academic work or general personal goals.
This film is full of colour and action which makes it very interesting and appealing to many. The characters are young and the actors have been carefully selected as they have been cast in many other successful comedy films which have appealed to teenagers. As actors are one of the main aspects of a film which appeal to potential viewers so ensuring that these actors have been successful in films with the same target audience is almost in itself a guarantee for success. Aaron Taylor Johnson, for example, featured in a very successful comical coming of age film where he plays quite a popular character, however the contrast of him in Kick Ass 2 being a ‘loser’ and a ‘nerd’ would draw people in as they’re interested to see the actor in a different light.
In conclusion, this film and the first film are 2 of my favourite films of all time as they take one of my favourite interests, superheroes, and look at them in a different light and what it would be like to be a superhero without supernatural abilities.
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