Kingsman The Secret Service Essay

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After becoming one of the biggest box office surprises of 2015, Kingsman: The Secret Service introduced the world to the fresh-faced Taron Egerton and made Colin Firth an action-movie star in his mid-50's. The spoof on James Bond films, and spy movies in general, was well received by audiences and a majority of critics. Though it had some significant issues with plot, basic logic, and retained a freewheeling misogynistic tone that was jarring and disquieting, Kingsman was edgy, funny at times, well-made, exceedingly violent, and served as a shot across the bow of other spy films which had came along in recent years. Grossing over $400 million in worldwide box office, and based upon a comic book series that offers the potential for more film …show more content…

Instead of the Knights of the Round Table, Statesmen members are code-named after popular beverages. Tequila (Channing Tatum) is a chaw-spewing cowboy, Ginger Ale (Halle Berry) handles planning, logistics, and execution for the group, Whiskey, a/k/a Jack Daniels (Pedro Pascal), is a lasso-swirling cowboy, and Champ, a/k/a Champagne (Jeff Bridges), is the man in charge of the whole team. Clearly, director Matthew Vaughn has taken the "if it ain't broke, don't try and fix it" model to his sequel and this movie looks and feels very much like the first outing. There are impressive action sequences, once again, all masterfully edited with the film's production design simply fantastic. But no matter how pretty you make this, or how fairly you equalize the tea and slice up the crumpets, Kingsman: The Golden Circle is simply not a very good movie. At 141 minutes, the movie long overstays its welcome, delivering a few too many elaborate fight scenes and shootouts. We have a twist or two which are obvious and predictable and Vaughn's proclivity to including gratuitous violence is not subdued whatsoever. Say hello to the meat grinder ladies and

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