10 Comic Book Movies That Don't Deserve To Be Rotten On Rotten Tomatoes
2. Kick-Ass 2 (2013)
Rotten Tomatoes Score: 30% Kick-Ass is one of the smartest, coolest and most entertaining superhero film ever made, which means that Kick-Ass 2 had a hell of a lot to live up to. It didn't come anywhere close to matching the brilliance of Matthew Vaughn's original, of course, but there's still a sense that the seriously negative reviews that met its release were kind of unwarranted: is Kick-Ass 2 really as bad as it was purported to be? Well, no - nowhere near. Although it lacks the satire of the first, Kick-Ass 2 is still an entertaining - albeit incredibly bloody - superhero movie, and a faithful adaptation of the comic book sequel on which it was based. Whilst Aaron Taylor-Johnson makes less of an impact as the titular hero, Chloƫ Grace Moretz makes up for it with another badass turn as Hit-Girl, now boasting a fleshed out personal story that makes for a compelling sub-plot. For a film to score only 30% on Rotten Tomatoes, it has to be bad, and Kick-Ass 2 is still above-average fare. All this talk about it being "one of the worst superhero movies ever" just doesn't ring true; even if it is an inherently nasty film at times and Jim Carrey's extended cameo falls entirely flat, Kick-Ass 2 also has some major belly laughs and a truly memorable finale. You could really do worse than spend 100 minutes in its company.
Sam Hill is an ardent cinephile and has been writing about film professionally since 2008. He harbours a particular fondness for western and sci-fi movies.