Kingsman: The Secret Service
Published 2015-05-29
Film info
- Title Kingsman: The Secret Service
- Director Matthew Vaughn
- Year 2014
- Run time 2hr 9m
- Genres Action, Comedy, Crime, Adventure
- Tagline Manners maketh man
- Cast Taron Egerton, Colin Firth, Mark Strong, Samuel L. Jackson, Michael Caine, Mark Hamill
A super-secret organisation recruits an unrefined but promising street kid into the agency's ultra-competitive training program just as a dire global threat emerges from a twisted tech genius.
Live blog
| Time | Comment |
|---|---|
| 1:24 | Amazing chooon to start the film! |
| 6:39 | Actual Luke flipping Skywalker. I can't cope. |
| 9:36 | Loving the hologram glasses. That beats conference calling any day. |
| 11:38 | "With respect, you're a snob." |
| 15:20 | Weirdest car chase ever. To the tune of Bonkers! |
| 18:41 | It's classified. Such a good excuse to not answer questions. |
| 20:25 | "I've had a rather emotional day..." Totes emosh. |
| 22:21 | Set umbrellas to stun. |
| 22:45 | Dammit, my fancy pants watch doesn't have an amnesia setting. |
| 27:03 | I got one of the three films. |
| 29:17 | Hyperloop! |
| 37:15 | The water thing was terrifying, nightmares upcoming I think. |
| 39:50 | Pug puppy Squeee! |
| 47:02 | So Valentine is basically Google, only he forgot the "don't be evil" bit. |
| 53:58 | Not being funny, but this film is full of nightmares. |
| 56:34 | "They're all a little bit serious for my taste, these days." Love it when a film goes meta. |
| 1:04:33 | The precise nature of his Sun wallpaper is beautiful. |
| 1:16:35 | I don't think he could kidnap our Royal Family, people follow them around so much! |
| 1:18:35 | Hail Satan! |
| 1:27:30 | You can always tell when Michael Caine is acting spicious. |
| 1:31:34 | That plane taking off is a mashup of Thunderbirds and X-Men. |
| 1:37:54 | I'm calling shenanigans on being able to land in the side of a mountain like that. |
| 1:41:46 | So many references in this last sequence and yet all I'm thinking about is where Iggy is? |
| 1:47:30 | Kingsman Kid. |
| 1:53:45 | I know she's bad but Gazelle is incredible. |
| 2:02:05 | Genius callback at the end. |
Thoughts
From the trailer, I thought this was a fun little film, very much like Kick-Ass except for spies, but I hadn't anticipated the great story and the self-awareness that made it what it was. Packed full with a fantastic cast, some great cameos, and plenty of little inside jokes and secrets, it grabs you right from the start and pulls you in.
Now, I did have some trouble with the finer points of the plot - probably due to an alcoholic beverage or two. It wasn't complicated, but I was so distracted by the great bits I couldn't concentrate on the over-arching bad guy plan. Whilst it was fun, there were also some unique little surprises of seriousness peppered in there - I properly loved the scene where Eggsy confronts Merlin about the missing parachute only to be proved very wrong. And the pug!
Highly recommended, and totally worth a second watch.
Rating: 5 / 5