Kick-Ass 2
2013 film by Jeff Wadlow · Released August 14, 2013
Kick-Ass 2 is a 2013 black comedy superhero film written and directed by Jeff Wadlow, based on the graphic novels Book Two and Book Three of Kick-Ass – The Dave Lizewski Years by Mark Millar and John Romita, Jr., and serving as a sequel to 2010's Kick-Ass. It is the second film in the Kick-Ass franchise, and stars Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, Chloë Grace Moretz, and Jim Carrey, with the former trio reprising their roles from the first film. The film follows Dave Lizewski / Kick-Ass (Taylor-Johnson), who joins a vigilante team called "Justice Forever", while Mindy Macready / Hit Girl (Moretz) attempts to live a normal life, and Chris D'Amico (Mintz-Plasse) taking up the mantle of The Motherfucker and forming a supervillain team to take revenge on Kick-Ass. Kick-Ass 2 was released on 14 August 2013 in the United Kingdom, 16 August in the United States, and 24 February 2014 in Japan by Universal Pictures for the former two, and Toho-Towa for the latter.
Cast ages when filming began (September 7, 2012)
- Chloë Grace Moretz, as Mindy Macready / Hit-Girl: 15
- Christopher Mintz-Plasse, as Chris D'Amico / The Mother Fucker: 23
- Jim Carrey, as Sal Bertolinni / Colonel Stars and Stripes: 50
- Donald Faison, as Samuel Keers / Doctor Gravity: 38
- Lindy Booth, as Miranda Swedlow / Night-Bitch: 33
- Clark Duke, as Marty / Battle-Guy: 27
- Augustus Prew, as Todd / Ass-Kicker: 24
- John Leguizamo, as Javier: 52
- Enzo Cilenti: 38
- Morris Chestnut, as Detective Marcus Williams: 43
- Yancy Butler, as Angie D'Amico: 42
- Lyndsy Fonseca, as Katie Deauxma: 25
- Aaron Taylor-Johnson, as Dave Lizewski / Kick-Ass: 22
- Chuck Liddell: 42
- Daniel Kaluuya, as Black Death: 23
- Iain Glen, as Ralph D'Amico: 51
- Mark Millar: 42
- Monica Dolan, as Tommy's mother: 43
- Steven Mackintosh, as Tommy's father: 45
- Ella Purnell, as Dolce: 15
- Andy Nyman, as The Tumor / Tony: 46
- Olga Kurkulina, as Katarina Dombrovski / Mother Russia: 41
- Benedict Wong, as Mr. Kim: 41