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Feb 13, 2015 · Kingsman: The Secret Service. Peter Sobczynski February 13, 2015. Tweet. Now streaming on: Powered by JustWatch. One complaint that has always dogged the James Bond franchise over the years is the inescapable fact that while the films seem to be loaded with gratuitous sex and violence in theory, they never quite manage to show them in any great ...
Feb 13, 2015 · Stylish, subversive, and above all fun, Kingsman: The Secret Service finds director Matthew Vaughn sending up the spy genre with gleeful abandon. Read Critics Reviews
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Feb 13, 2015 · Top Critics. All Audience. Verified Audience. Kevin Bourne SHIFTER. Although there's nothing much to take away from the film, Kingsman: The Secret Service is a highly entertaining film with...
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By Scott Collura
Posted: Jan 30, 2015 8:14 pm
In Kingsman: The Secret Service, director Matthew Vaughn once again proves that he excels in taking well-established -- one might even say tired -- genres and tropes and reenergizing them with his patented blend of wit, reverence for what has come before, and hyper-violence.
Adapted from the comic series by Mark Millar and Dave Gibbons, Kingsman is a paean to the super-spy movie, but with a specific eye towards modernizing the gadget-crazed, Very British variation on the kind. Yes, bulletproof umbrellas and watches that shoot amnesia darts are back in vogue thanks to Vaughn and co-scripter Jane Goldman, and you’ll love them for it. Of course, who can be surprised that the director -- the guy who sent the X-Men to the Mod 1960s in First Class -- would fixate on the stylings of the James Bond archetype? In Kingsman, it’s the suit that makes the agent as much as anything else.
Not that it’s all about the visuals or a throwback sensibility. No, Kingsman is also very modern, featuring a Steve Jobs/Russell Simmons-esque amalgam of a villain named Valentine (realized by a lispy and frequently funny Samuel L. Jackson) and his bid to use 21st century technology to right the world’s problems… no matter the cost. Yes, he’s the kind of baddie who utilizes underground lairs and lethal, lovely sidekicks (Sofia Boutella’s razor-sharp prosthetic legs are to die for), but he also has the ear of the most powerful world leaders. (The portrayal of one real-life ringer in particular here might even offend some more sensitive American voters. That’s what we get for making The Interview, I guess.)
The only thing standing in Valentine’s way is the British spy group of the title. Colin Firth is the veteran agent (Harry Hart, codenamed Galahad), a smooth but deadly operator who must simultaneously contend with Valentine’s plot while also helping to train “Eggsy” Unwin (played by newcomer Taron Egerton), the son of a long-ago fallen comrade who he’s handpicked to join the Secret Service.
Kingsman: The Secret Service is a spy movie made by James Bond devotees who know the genre so well that they can have a good time with it while also paying it respect -- and taking it to someplace new entirely. The secret is out: Kingsman is pretty great. [poilib element="accentDivider"] Talk to Senior Editor Scott Collura on Twitter at @ScottIGN, ...
Dec 27, 2014 · Film. Reviews. Dec 27, 2014 8:00am PT. Film Review: ‘Kingsman: The Secret Service’. Another young star is born as 'Kick-Ass' director Matthew Vaughn playfully delivers his latest genre...
Feb 12, 2015 · Review. Kingsman: The Secret Service Is Crazy Violent, and Endlessly Entertaining. You’ve never seen dapper British spies be as bad as they are in Matthew Vaughn’s ribald, firmly R-rated...
The story is very clever and absorbing, with incredibly energetic pacing without being too hectic or rushed. The film does deal with the twist well, it could easily have been out-of-place, clichéd or overly silly but it's actually a lot of fun with a touch of humanity injected.
