‘Kingsman: The Secret Service’ Movie Review
Good morning and welcome to my first
official movie review post. Today’s
post/review is of the latest action packed comedy epic, directed by Matthew
Vaughn, titled ‘Kingsman: The Secret Service’.
So let me begin this review by letting you
all know what a brilliant director Matthew Vaughn is. This is the man who brought us ‘Stardust’, ‘Kick-Ass’
and ‘X-Men: First Class’ (to name a few).
This man has a real talent and unique style, dare I say, I really love
his way of telling a story, embracing us into his characters, and of course the
guy knows how to direct an action scene.
All the while making really entertaining movies, and ‘Kingsman: The
Secret Service’ is his latest directing debut to us, and it is no exception.
‘Kingsman: The Secret Service’ is a first
glance, a cheesy spy ‘James Bond’ kind of rip-off and at several points it
is. Except what makes this movie so good
and so unique is the fact that it knows it’s no different from other cheesy spy
movies. Sure it has clever twists and
turns that others have done before, and it has a maniacal villain (portrayed expertly
by the brilliant and so cool Samuel L. Jackson). But this movie also brings heart, likability
and fantastic characters. From start to
finish you are on board with these characters and you like them and you want
them to win.
But onto the plot of the movie, what is
it?
So the movie itself also has similarities
to that of ‘Men in Black’, in the sense that an outcast meets the wise father
figure and he trains the outcast to be a good guy and ultimately they will
defeat the bad guy. But like I mentioned
earlier what makes this movie different is its new and unique setting and its
likable characters. Plus when the
protagonist becomes a spy that dresses up in the most dapper fashion possible,
you know it ought to be a good movie.
Now onto the cast ensemble, is it
good? Yes!
What enhances on the movies likability is
the ensemble casts amazing performances.
As I mentioned earlier Samuel L. Jackson plays the villain and he does
it brilliantly. I have to confess; a
while ago I always saw a Samuel L. Jackson character as, well Samuel L. Jackson. But recently when I watched ‘Django Unchained’
and ‘Captain America: The Winter Soldier’, without a doubt this man has
brilliant acting capability. In fact I
barely recognised him in ‘Django Unchained’, he was that good. Anyway back to his ‘Kingsman’ performance, it
was brilliant, it was funny and he gave one or two nods towards the older
cheesy “over-the-top” ‘Bond Villains’ who only wanted to blow up the world, and
he does it to his best capability and it’s great.
Colin Firth plays the wise father figure character
and his great in the role as well.
Without a doubt this guy is an acting legend (just watch ‘The Kings
Speech’), and this movie is a kind of way to prove himself adaptable and he can
play dramatic roles, as well as funny action roles. All in all he was amazing.
Other cast members include Mark Strong,
who always does a good job. But the one
who stole the entire movie for me was the lead, new-comer Taron Egerton. This was brilliant, funny and classy all when
he needed to be. If this is his first
screen performance, the guy has cemented himself into stardom.
Back to the movie itself…
As I stated previously the director really
knows how to direct and action scene.
Seriously when bad stuff goes down the action goes epically. Dare I say, I’m not a fan of gore in movies,
but the detail within the violence within this movie, just makes the action a
whole lot better, even funnier.
All backed up with a decently flowing
plot, great characters and performances, and of course great action, it is a
real relaxing “feel-good” movie. My
tenth most anticipated movie of 2015, and it lived up to all the hype, it was
great, I seriously recommend it (especially if you’re a ‘James Bond’ movie fan)
and you may enjoy. I know I did and I
give it a four out of five star rating because ‘Kingsman: The Secret Service’
is amazing!
Right, ‘Kingsman: The Secret Service’, have you seen it? Did you like it? Actually, what is your favourite cheesy spy
movie? Mine ‘Die Another Day’, sure a ‘Bond’
movie, but a cheesy one at that. Plus do
you agree with my rating? If so please
comment below and let me know. Thank you
and see you in the next blog.
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