Movie; Kingsman; The Secret Service (2014) Caution; Spoiler Alert

Kingsman; The Secret Service

 

Came out; 2014

Time; 129 Minutes

Watched on; DVD

Rating; R for sequences of strong violence, language and some sexual content

IMDB Rating; 7.9

Rotten Tomatoes Score; 74% Average Rating 6.6/10, Reviews Counted 189. Fresh Score 140, Rotten Score 49. 86% Liked it

Caution; Spoiler Alert

Synopsis; A spy organization recruits and unrefined, but promising street kid into the agency’s ultra-competitive training program, just as a global threat emerges from a twisted tech genius.

Staring;

Colin Firth as Harry Hart/Galahad

Mark Strong as Merlin

Jack Davenport as Lancelot

Mark Hamill as Professor Arnold

Samuel L. Jackson as Valentine

Michael Caine as Arthur

Taron Egertson as Gary “Eggsy” Unwin

Thoughts;

I don’t even know where to begin with this one. It was action packed, but boring at the same time. I wasn’t sure if the plot was to train new people, protect the earth from a weird Samuel L. Jackson or a spy movie. It was just confusing.

The beginning wasn’t so bad, it looked as if it was going to turn out to be a good spy vs. spy type of movie, then it got weird. People’s heads blowing up

The movie was actually way to long. It could have skipped half the movie and it would have been better. Plot, story lines within story lines and unbelievable action scenes made this movie, in my opinion, only ok. I say ok because it had some funny parts.

At the end of the movie I found out this was based on a comic book, which explains the strangeness of the movie itself. I wish it would have been marketed differently