'Kick-Ass 2' red band trailer review

One of my most anticipated movies of 2013, (the 8th most anticipated, to be precise), Kick-Ass 2, the sequel to 2010's ultra-violent superhero movie has got its first trailer, appopriately a red band one. So if you might be underage and can't view the trailer, you can read this review...or of course, if you just wanted to hear my opinion and analysis of it, but judging by my view and reader count, I hardly believe that's possible. Anyways, Kick-Ass 2 will reportedly follow Hit Girl training Kick-Ass onto a way of becoming a real bad-ass like she is, while also trying to balance her double life. Kick-Ass will of course remain the main character and will be put to his biggest test yet, as the former-douchy-crime-boss's-son-turned-fake-superhero-now-real-villain Chris D' Amico, now known as The Motherfucker is out to take revenge on our heroes, as he builds up an army of supervillains. Sounds quite cool, and as much as this trailer shows a bit of the cool stuff and reveals some more plot elements, I can't stop myself from thinking it looks just...inferior. But we'll get to that later.

As you know, if you might have read my Kick-Ass review (which you probably didn't, so I'll just tell you this now), I really loved the first movie and can't wait for the sequel. The anticipation is still in me, but as I said, this trailer just makes the movie look (by this I mean that the movie could not be like that, but in cases like this trailers don't lie as they seize to get the best out of a movie) inferior to its predecessor. I mean, Aaron-Taylor Johnson is still likeable as hell and Chloe Grace Moretz is still bad-ass as hell and Christopher Mintz-Plasse is still ironically-likeable and ironically-bad-ass as hell, but it all just looks...worse. It looks like it has no heart, no freshness. I don't really know who to blame here, but I'll just take director Jeff Wadlow, who replaced Matthew Vaughn. I was a bit sarcastic at this last sentence, but I just can't stop myself from thinking that a new director might just not fill the shoes and proffil the unique visual style and spirit, that made the first movie so good.

As much as the violence and comic-book feel still is present in the trailer, it just doesn't have "it". It's hard to explain, but if I can do my best, it just doesn't capture as what the first movie was about, like Kick-Ass looks way too buff for a geeky high-schooler and Hit Girl looks way too high-school-ish to still be cute and surprising and stuff. There are some things that I don't like about the trailer, that I can explain tough: a) I didn't really laugh much at any of the jokes, except the tampon one, and b): the CGI and cinemography look a bit bad in a few shots. I hope the movie will not turn out that way, because it has nicepotential, Jim Carrey is back in an actual movie role and his seems slightly odd and old and everything, but I think he'll work out. Hit Girl training Kick-Ass will probably come out pretty hilarious, Christopher Mintz-Plasse will definitely kick ass (yes, people, I went there, crucify me) as The Motherfucker and just seeing all these characters and story will be very pleasant in basis, so no matter how this trailer disappointed me a bit, I'm still incredibly pumped for Kick-Ass 2. 

So what do you think of the new Kick-Ass 2 trailer? What do you think of Jim Carrey in an actual movie role? Are you still pumped for the film? Check it out here, comment below, let me know!