When the first Kingsmen came out, I was pretty interested in it - a kind of modern take on the spy thriller, with more action and a movie that knew not to take itself too seriously. My wife was interested enough as well, so we watched it in the theater and had a good time with it. We both enjoyed it a lot. I think the most memorable part for my wife was the princess of Sweden's ass right at the end of the movie.
The new one came out maybe a month ago, I'm not sure, and Friday, after she spent the evening at a co-worker's wedding, we headed up to a theater where it was playing to catch it. My brief review of the theater: I thought I had sat in bad seats before. These take the cake. They also didn't completely dim the wall lights during the feature (what the fuck, Charles), and the popcorn was pretty meh. I don't typically eat popcorn, but my wife loves getting some.
The short review is: If you liked the first one, there's no reason you won't like this one. It's more of the same. If you didn't like the first one, this one probably won't change your mind.
The long review is below.
One year (I think) after the events of the first movie, Eggsy (Agent Galahad) is enjoying his life well enough, until the Kingsmen organization is compromised, forcing Galahad and Merlin to resort to desperate measures - they discover a sister organization in the United States, the Statesmen, and team up with them to stop a new global threat, headed by the always awesome Julianne Moore. The ridiculous nature of the movie is basically never toned down, and it's always teetering on the edge of becoming farcical. To me, it crossed the line into farce once or twice, but mostly managed to straddle it OK.
There's enough enough action without going overboard, so I never got burnt out on the action scenes, although the movie does open with one to set up the plot, that was the only thing that felt like a poor choice of beat. I would've liked a few more minutes before just jumping into the action.
I'm not much for movie reviews. I wouldn't watch it in theater again, and honestly, I think I'd likely flip the channel if I came across it on TV. But that's more about the kind of movies I've been into lately compared to the quality of the film. For the modern over-the-top spy thriller, this one certainly handles itself well enough.
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