The original R-rated meta sendup of superheroes is going to direct its attention to its more recent contemporaries.
In the early 2010s, the novelty of the original Kick-Ass movies was how they served as a naughty, meaner version of DC and Marvel flicks. If you ever wanted a preteen Robin-alike to shoot gangsters in the head or slice them up with a butterfly knife, you’d go to these films for your fix. But when you’re trying to make a comeback over a decade later, how do you make yourself relevant when folks are relatively used to psychotic superheroes thanks to The Boys?
According to director Matthew Vaughn, you pivot to the naughty superheroes themselves.
