Watch a Quintet of Kick-Ass 'Kick-Ass 2' Clips

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Kick-Ass 2 is almost upon us, and the sequel to 2010's down 'n' dirty amateur superhero spoof has unleashed a smattering of clips to get a taste of the carnage to come. Watch and enjoy, courtesy of Collider!

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Chloe Grace Moretz, Aaron Taylor-Johnson and Christopher Mintz-Plasse are back for the follow-up tale of a teen who decides to fight crime and quickly finds himself way out of his league. This time Kick-Ass (Taylor-Johnson) and Hit-Girl (Moretz) need to assemble more amateur-hour superheroes to take on Red Mist (Mintz-Plasse), who is out to avenge the death of his gangster dad as "The Mother F---er" with the help of a horde of super-baddies.

Video: Outrageous Never-Before-Seen Footage of Jim Carrey

Among the masked vigilantes fighting side-by-side with Kick-Ass and Hit-Girl are Colonel Stars and Stripes, played by Jim Carrey, and the returning Clark Duke as Battle Guy.

Kick-Ass 2 hits theaters August 16.