Kingsman: The Secret Service Review
R: Strong Violence, Language, and Sexual Content
20th Century Fox, MARV
2 hrs and 09 Minutes
Cast: Taron Egerton, Colin Firth, Samuel L. Jackson,Michael Caine, Sofia Boutella, Mark Strong, Mark Hamill, Sophie Cookson, with Hanna Alstrom, and Jack Davenport
Editor’s Note: This review was originally published during my adolescence. Outdated language might be seen in these old posts. Since then, my thoughts and values have grown. This review is being presented as they were originally written, grammatical errors and typos and all. Because to do otherwise would be that same as claiming these flaws has never existed.
BACKSTORY: January 8th 2015, I attended a month early screening for Kingsman, since all the critics are posting early reviews already, I might as well do mine.
STORYLINE: Based upon the acclaimed comic book and directed by Matthew Vaughn, Kingsman: The Secret Service tells the story of a super-secret spy organization that recruits an unrefined but promising street kid into the agency's ultra-competitive training program just as a global threat emerges from a twisted tech genius.
REVIEW: It is said that most directors have a knack for style. Wes Anderson's style being quirky fun indie films, David Fincher being dark gritty smart films, Dennis Dugan for shitty Adam Sandler films, and now we can come to the consensus that Matthew Vaughn has a knack for crazy stylized bloody action films (with the exclusion of Stardust and X-Men First Class). It's hard to review this movie anyway without going....this was fucking awesome. As much I wanted to find a flaw in this film, Kingsman exceeds at being an amazing satire to the spy genre to an extent where characters say to the camera "this is not that type of movie." When the story kicks in, it is entirely solid and heartwarming (in a twisted way). It dares to make several plot twists that are pretty smart and don't hurt the film at all. When the action kicks in, there are long extended sequences of graphic violence more intense than X-Men, and more bloodier than Kick Ass. Don't take your 10 year kid to see this, he will be disturbed for a loooong time. The greatest thing about Kingsman is that it is filled with high octane energy, humor and charisma from the entire cast especially from an amazing performance Samuel L. Jackson. It's not even the over the top acting, but is how he's written and his delivery on his lines. When he's conversating with Colin Firth's character, there are great written dialogue between the two. It is already one of the only comic book movies I would love to see a sequel for and will personally petition for it for any means necessary.
LAST STATEMENT: Kingsman is a brilliant graphic spy action film, more satirical than Johnny English and so badass it makes James Bond look like a pussy.
Rating: 5/5| 98%
Super Scene: Firework head explosions
