A veteran secret agent takes a young upstart under his wing.
Director: Matthew Vaughn (Layer Cake, Kick-Ass, X-Men: First Class)
Starring: Colin Firth, Taron Edgerton, Samuel L. Jackson, Mark Strong, Mark Hamill, Sofia Boutella, Michael Caine
- Matthew Vaughn has taken many risks with Kingsman: The Secret Service. Twentieth Century Fox's marketing and advertising have been extremely deceiving. It's a lot, LOT better than your first impressions. If you think it looks good, times that by about 10.
- It draws many similarities from spy movies, taking the best parts of them and making it their own. An entrepreneurial villain (007), gripping action (The Bourne Trilogy) contemporary issues and events (like Zero Dark Thirty) and cool-ass gadgets (Inspector Gadget) are combined to kick more ass than Bruce Lee.
- A deceiving youngster (Taron Edgerton) comes under Colin Firth's wing. At first glimpse he's an absolute rascal, but after a few minutes his ballistic attitude isn't just a cry for attention, but a show of potential. He's a bright young star, aided by great British talent. He's not yet ready to take on his own lead role, but in time, he will be.
- Colin Firth could be the new action star of the decade. Like Liam Neeson with Taken, Kingsman has made Firth more of a star than he's ever been, if it's even possible. Let's hope he becomes the next, big action man.
- Kingsman is a very unique film. It's entertaining, tense, thrilling and funny. It's everything you'd expect an action film to be, and then some.
5/5
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