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Mix a comic book, James Bond, a big budget, and stunning action camera work and you have Kingsman. A crazy mix of a spy story, teenaged fitting in issues, movie spoofing, and graphic (but not super bloody) action with the biggest body count I think a movie has ever had.
The church scene was reminiscent of the one in Walking Dead…except this one went on MUCH longer…and it was all people (no zombies)…and no one was scared just vicious.
Opening with explosive credits, a masked team loses one of their own. Harry Hart (Colin Firth) informs the widow & leaves the young son Eggsy a medal with a way to call in a favor if he is ever in trouble. Fast forward 17 years, Professor Arnold (a barely recognizable Mark Hamill) is held hostage. His rescuer (Jack Davenport) quickly slaughters the bad guys, but misses Gazelle’s (Sofia Boutella) killer legs. She sweetly covers the bloody mess so her boss Valentine (Samuel L f**king Jackson) can come in – he may create chaos, but physically can’t stand the sight of blood. It’s one of Valentine’s quirks along with the inability to pronounce the letter S and constantly dressing in sweats with a crooked hat.
The Kingsman must stop Valentine from kidnapping heads of state & celebrities. Eventually you learn that it has something to do with global warming…it doesn’t matter as long as the bad guy is trying to ruin the world. Being down one Kingsman, they look to select a replacement. The group of young people are put thru a variety of tests with Eggsy (Taron Egerton) the street hero kid with the medal from the beginning of the story doing well of course.
Slick weapons, betrayals, puppies, world madness, and bad guys that couldn’t hit a barn at 2 feet away all follow. Yes, the action at the end is ridiculous (and some think controversial), but c’mon now – this is a movie based on a comic book. Don’t be so sensitive. The fireworks are just silly not political.
Just a couple minor complaints: Colin Firth’s hairline looked so fake, Taron Egerton looked too clean cut before wearing a suit, in a packed theater hearing a loud Siri voice is not funny.
GiselaRoxs says 