7. The Real Villain's Still Around
Kick-Ass 2's villain was pathetic, but I guess that was kind of the point. He was just a kid with emotional problems, a comic book fixation and more money than sense. I suppose if you're going to have a villain in a comedy, Christopher Mintz-Plasse can fit that bill incredibly well. However, the film makes it clear that Chris D'Amico isn't the only villain in town. In fact, the whole thing remains grounded in reality, and there are some pretty awful people out there in the real world. To its credit, the film doesn't just imply this, it makes a point of it through Chris's Uncle Ralph. Aside from the awesome fact he's played by Jorah Mormont doing an accent that isn't 'disappointed northerner', we're shown that he is just a terrible human being, far worse than Chris ever will be even at the worst of his Motherf**ker excesses. He's running an empire from prison, and has no qualms in showcasing his ruthless streak by having John Leguizamo murdered just to make a point. He's a terrifying prospect, and the film does nothing to suggest he'll ever get any comeuppance. I'd even go as far as to say that if anyone ostensibly won in this film, it was him. We know by the fact that Chris is the richest boy in New York that Ralph's running one of the largest crime families ever seen, and now that Chris has been incapacitated, he's probably going to take that fortune too. After all, I'm willing to argue that after they fish a legless Chris clad in his mother's BDSM regalia, lest we forget out of a shark tank in a building filled with corpses, they're going to section him and give his property over to the next living relative for safe-keeping. So really, Uncle Ralph has now added possibly a billion to his fortune as a result of the vigilante conflict. If they do make a Kick-Ass 3, he's going to be a hell of a villain.