Kingsman: The Golden Circle Review

the FIRST KINGSMAN in 2014 was an amazing experience for me.

The jaw dropping action scenes, the hilarious yet nefarious plot, the sort of spoof of the spy genre while being still quite edgy and yet somehow a LOT of fun.

Does this sequel, the first SEQUEL directed by Matthew Vaughn manage to re-capture that glory?

Well… ALMOST.

The opening is snappy and then somehow the movie loses it way with a very mundane and boring middle portion and then come back with a decent finale.

The direction as always is good, but somehow mr Vaughn is showing series fatigue and not able to keep up the pace of the first film. The film gets downright boring in parts. Not much of action, the drama elements are not fully realized.

Also the ending scene is pretty damn good, but nothing compared to the previous part!

Also (Maybe mild spoilers)

The Kingsman as a group is eliminated in the start of the film, the deaths of the previous film’s two best characters is needless and somehow it’s not setup right and doesn’t have the emotional moment it is meant to have.

Also this movie has WAY WAY WAY too much of Elton john in it, he gets irritating and frankly the end fight sort of crashes down when he is giving flying kicks! What the heck? Why was he in this film?

BUT all is not bad…

This movie is a solid action adventure spy thriller, with a lot of bond parody elements. From the evil person’s lair to the henchman with a metal arm, the usual bond tropes are all present.

The editing and action choreography of the fight scenes are REALLY good, they somehow have this style which no one else uses and it’s pretty amazing, they are cut well with the (I am guessing Elton john) songs going on in the soundtrack…

Also we finally get EGGSY and HARRY in both kingsman garb fight side by side which we sort of missed in the previous film!

So IF you like the previous film, this one is watchable and enjoyable in parts.

Rating : 6.5/10. Some good fight moments, great opening action sequence, loose screenplay. Series fans might want to see it just to see how eggsy’s story is progressing…

P.s: The new statesmen had like ZERO impact on me and wasn’t somehow as cool or as impressive as the Kingsman tailors. I have nothing to say about this new group except, Channing Tatum is 100% wasted in the film. His role is smaller than Elton johns. Which is a shame!