Official
Australian release date: 21/9/17. Viewed: 23/9/17.
Director:
Matthew Vaughn
Actors:
Taron Egerton, Mark Strong, Colin Firth, Julianne Moore
Genre: Action
/ Comedy
Rating:
MA
‘Kingsman: The Golden Circle’ is a more-than-adequate
sequel to 2015’s ‘Kingsman: The Secret Service’. It has as much – or possibly more
– action, gun battles, explosions and spinning-camera shots. The star is, once
again, Eggsy (Egerton), who’s the still humble but now more sophisticated secret
agent, and his trusty sidekick, Merlin (Strong) who brings plenty of class and
exposition. This time, the ‘baddie’ is Poppy (Moore), a drug kingpin who
blackmails the US President to make all drugs legal so she can become
legitimately rich and famous – she has fun with it & is almost as
over-the-top as Samuel L Jackson was!
There’s still plenty of Bond elements –
suits, jet-setting, martini’s, spy gadgets – but it’s all done 75% more hyper and
with 100% more tongue-in-cheek. Forced on the run from the UK, Eggsy &
Merlin seek refuge with “Statesman”, their US counterpart, where Champ
(Bridges), Ginger (Berry), Whiskey (Pascal) & Tequila (Tatum) come into it.
Bridges, Berry & Tatum barely have five scenes between them, but Pascal is
good and Harry (Firth) is reintroduced here (through very dubious means!) Elton
John has more scenes and is hilarious – an excellent cameo choice, and a fight
set to ‘Saturday Night’s All Right For Fighting’ is superb. Tilde (Alstrom) is
back as the girlfriend and gets a few good moments.
There’s plenty of humour and jokes
throughout, and I found myself smiling more often than not. It’s probably a bit
longer than necessary (140min) and has some slow points – and lots of dumb/unbelievable
scenarios – but that’s half the fun! The action and comedy are balanced well
again – still in for the third film!
Overall: Another enjoyable spy romp.
Gav's Rating: 3.5 stars.
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