Kick-Ass 2

Big Daddy (Nicolas Cage) may be down for the count, but Kick-Ass (Aaron Taylor-Johnson) and Hit-Girl (Chloë Moretz) are not on their own in the red band trailer for Kick-Ass 2. The trailer for the sequel to 2010's Kick-Ass reveals the superhero duo is hitting the streets again to fight crime in New York City. This time, they have to fight the original movie's Chris D'Amico (Christopher Mintz-Plasse), who's been reborn as baddie The Mother F%&*^r. Good thing they have fellow caped crusader Colonel Stars and Stripes (Jim Carrey) and his loyal canine companion by their side.

I'm so excited for this movie — Hit-Girl is one of my favorite superhero characters of all time, and now that she's on her way into adolescence, I think her skills (and foul mouth) are only going to get more awesome. I also find that Carrey is at his best playing flamboyant characters like this, and I can't wait to see what he adds to the team. Kick-Ass 2 opens Aug. 16, and you can watch the trailer after the jump.

It's been three years since Dave Lizewski (Aaron Taylor-Johnson) suited up in Kick-Ass, but the homegrown superhero is back, and we have the first peek at Kick-Ass 2. This time, our titular hero is no longer an amateur. He's down a partner since Hit Girl (Chloë Moretz) got busted, but he's joined by a new vigilante team headed by a former mobster, called Colonel Stars and Stripes (Jim Carrey). That's Carrey in the picture, looking very patriotic (it's kind of as if Captain America had to make his own uniform and only had his dad's old army duds to work with). I can't wait until more pictures come out, particularly of Moretz and Christopher Mintz-Plasse (whose previous alter ego, Red Mist, has been reborn as The Mother F%&*^r), but you can check out this image and the full-size version for now when you read more.