We’ve a brand new character poster and NSFW red-band trailer giving a focus on teen assassin, Hit Girl, once again portrayed by Chloe Grace Moretz, in the sequel to Matthew Vaughn’s 2010’s cult smash, KICK-ASS. Jeff Wadlow writes and directs the raucous action-comedy which sees the return of high-school geek, Dave Lizewski, who’s still masquerading as Mark Miller and John Romita Jr’s vigilante title character. The official plot synopsis goes as follows:
Kick-Ass, Hit Girl and Red Mist return for the follow-up to 2010’s irreverent global hit: Kick-Ass 2. After Kick-Ass’ (Aaron Taylor-Johnson) insane bravery inspires a new wave of self-made masked crusaders, led by the badass Colonel Stars and Stripes (Jim Carrey), our hero joins them on patrol. When these amateur superheroes are hunted down by Red Mist (Christopher Mintz-Plasse)—reborn as The Mother Fucker—only the blade-wielding Hit Girl (Chloe Grace Moretz) can prevent their annihilation. When we last saw junior assassin Hit Girl and young vigilante Kick-Ass, they were trying to live as normal teenagers Mindy and Dave. With graduation looming and uncertain what to do, Dave decides to start the world’s first superhero team with Mindy.
Unfortunately, when Mindy is busted for sneaking out as Hit Girl, she’s forced to retire—leaving her to navigate the terrifying world of high-school mean girls on her own. With no one left to turn to, Dave joins forces with Justice Forever, run by a born-again ex-mobster named Colonel Stars and Stripes. Just as they start to make a real difference on the streets, the world’s first super villain, The Mother Fucker, assembles his own evil league and puts a plan in motion to make Kick-Ass and Hit Girl pay for what they did to his dad. But there’s only one problem with his scheme: If you mess with one member of Justice Forever, you mess with them all.
KICK-ASS 2 is released in cinemas 16th August and co-stars Clark Duke, Morris Chestnut, Lindy Booth, Donald Faison, John Leguizamo, Yancy Butler and Olga Kurkulina.
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