Bloody Bond; Kingsman: The Secret Service.

You can watch my youtube review HERE!!!

Kingsman: The Secret Service is the latest film from Matthew Vaughn based on a comic by Mark Millar (like Kick-ass). The film stars newcomers Taron Egerton and Sophie Cookson with Colin Firth, Samuel L. Jackson, Mark Strong, Sofia Boutella, Michael Caine, Mark Hamill Corey Johnson and Jack Davenport. The film follows young hoodlum 'Eggsy' as he's introduced to the world of the Kingsman, a debonair spy organisation his father was a part of who must stop world famous Billionaire Richmond Valentine from cleansing the world of its human virus.

Kingman is what your get if you take the insane ridiculousness of the Roger Moore and Pierce Brosnan Bond films, gave it a more adult rating and if it actually made a lot of sense. Matthew Vaughn's latest like all this films is bombastic, full of energy, wit with a touch of the sadistic and a whole lot of style. With his latests Matthew Vaughn embraces the tropes of his genre and manages to make it feel fresh and a whole lot of fun.

Now the cast of the film is excellent. Newcomers Taron Egerton and Sophie Cookson prove to be talents to keep an eye on and I particularly like how Cookson's character manages to sidestep the tropes that generally go with her archetype. Colin Firth is as good as ever and it's rather delightful to see Mark Strong not playing a bad guy though I would have liked to have seen him in more action scenes. But MVP of the film is Samuel L. Jackson who delivers a pitch perfect performance as the hilarious yet threatening Richmond Valentine who happens to have a lisp.

Now the film isn't perfect. With it's B-movie premise its logic is questionable but the way Vaughn handles the material makes you forget and gets you wrapped up in the insane fun of it all. The film is fantastically shot and edited with one of the best actions scenes of the past few years (If we don't include the Raid films) along with a great soundtrack. With a great sense of sadistic wit, style and a solid character arch, Kingsman is a film that has me looking forward to a possible sequel!

4 out of 5 stars.

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