12 Inferior Film Sequels That Totally Missed The Point Of The Originals

8. Kick-Ass: From Parody To The Subject Of Parody

Kick-Ass wasn't a monumental success at the box office, but fans loved seeing an ordinary New York City teenager trying to follow in the footsteps of his favorite comic book superheroes and the horrible real-life consequences. Star Aaron Taylor-Johnson was scrawny €“ like Michael Cera or Jesse Eisenberg €“ and he was a great fit for the geeky superhero Kick-Ass. Fans also loved the ultra-violence and coarse language. While the film's 2013 sequel follows the comic series it is based on, Taylor-Johnson seemingly followed Hugh Jackman's Wolverine workouts because he's built like a typical superhero. While it's part of his character development to become a stronger, smarter hero, the real-life foibles that he would face as a superhero are missing. To compensate the sequel pushes the violence and language to almost absurd levels, but that doesn't make up for the sense of fun from the original. It ended up the type of superhero movie that the original parodied. It didn't perform nearly as well as the original did at the box office, and though there are more Kick-Ass comic books it doesn't look like there is enough of an audience left for film versions of them.