Kingsman: The Secret Blockbuster

Rating: 10/10 (19 February 2015)

I've got to admit that this movie looks like a combo of Bond, Johnny English, and Austin Powers and this is the result. But the film however is flawless in almost every sense; good action and cast, plot was realistic, and some pretty dramatic twists that you couldn't see coming. The action is solid and entertaining to say the least, weather it be Colin Firth (Galahad) beating up thugs on his own and not breaking a sweat or Galahad just straight-up massacring a church full of Valentine's followers. The only downside to the action scenes is the obvious use of green-screen and CGI for the loss of limbs or fast punching, but that is very minor complaint compared to how well directed this film is. Also, the cast was well chosen. Sam L Jackson nails (basically) himself as a evil businessmen and Michael Caine and Colin Firth completes the classiness needed in order to be a Kingsman. The plot was great because it felt like a realistic for a comic-book movie. Finally, the 2 twists really make the you sympathize with the characters: when Valentine kills Galahad, you feel for Valentine when he says killing people is wrong or when it is revealed that Arthur joined Valentine, you see how people can be easily corrupted. Final thing, the end-credit scene is top notch. It shows Eggsy getting revenge on his mom's deadbeat boyfriend and his goons. This final scene really shows how Eggsy has evolved from being a British punk to being a well educated Kingsman.
All in all, I would say this movie will get a sequel and is slightly better than Bond (just Skyfall). I really want to see if SPECTRE can beat my expectations and raise the bar even further than Kingsman has done. Take care, bye-bye.