TORONTO – The first trailer for this summer’s Kick-Ass 2, featuring a costumed Jim Carrey strolling down Toronto’s iconic Yonge Street, has been released online.
The red-band trailer contains violent scenes and foul language from the movie, which was filmed in Southern Ontario last fall.
The sequel to 2010’s Kick-Ass (which was also shot in Ontario) has Chloe Grace Moretz, Aaron Taylor-Johnson and Christopher Mintz-Plasse reprising their roles as everyday crime fighters. Carrey, a Toronto native, joins the cast as Colonel Stars and Stripes.
The trailer includes quick shots of Yonge Street south of Gerrard Street and a scene in which the characters emerge from the Dundas subway station at Yonge-Dundas Square.
The Kick-Ass movies are based on the comic books by Mark Millar.
The movie opens Aug. 16.
WARNING:The trailer is NSFW and contains language that some people may find offensive.
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