But first I'll give a quick summary, for those who have not seen Kingsman yet. The movie centers around the character Eggsy, a teenager whose father died during a mission when he was young. The same spy agency that employed his father recruits Eggsy into training to become one of their members. Meanwhile, tech-genius Richmond Valentine is plotting to take over the world with his mastermind plan, and Eggsy and the spy agency are the only ones who can stop him.
Overall, this movie did not impress me. I found the entire plot to be mind-numbing and extremely predictable. It was just like any typical action movie, with a bad guy that the good guy needs to stop. I also didn't like how Kingsman seemingly switched its entire aura about halfway through the film. It begins as a decent action movie with some really well-done comedy thrown in, but suddenly morphs into an overblown comedic fail of epic proportions. In other words, this movie didn't know whether it wanted to be an outrageous comedy or an action spy movie, and it bridged the two very poorly. Adding to this, the comedy in this movie was another negative aspect of it for me personally. To a degree, it worked, but especially towards the end of the movie it was just ridiculous. As someone who is very picky when it comes to the use of comedy in movies, I was not impressed with many of the funnier elements that they decided to include. I can't go into detail here without spoiling the plot, but let's just say that there were several things that were blown way over the top for me.
So after all that negativity, let me note that this movie did have some positive elements too. First, I thought that the fight scenes were very well done. They were choreographed well, and were visually impressive. I also rather enjoyed the character of Galahad, played by Colin Firth, and for me he was the only character that I really enjoyed in this film.
So, on an overall scale of things I was fairly unimpressed by Kingsman, and was disappointed with most of the aspects of it. Although it does have some positive elements, they are far outnumbered by the negatives. Perhaps if you have a different outlook when it comes to over-the-top comedy in movies you will enjoy this film more than I did, but for me personally I would not recommend Kingsman.
Rating: R
Genre: Spy/Action/Comedy
Run Time: 129 minutes
Release Date: February 13, 2015
My Rating: ★★☆☆☆
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