Daring, talented fun, but too violent for sensitive viewers!

Rating: 9/10 (9 February 2015)

From the very start, you can tell this movie is on a whole other level to most of the stuff coming out of Hollywood nowadays. From the innovative opening credits to the perfect comedic timing with EVERY line, it's fast paced without being in the least hard to follow. I loved the edgy new take this movie had on the spy theme. I loved it because like my favourite James Bond movies from decades ago, it doesn't take itself too seriously. I loved the main character Eggzy, with his street gait and kinda sexy cockney accent, and I LOVED Colin Firth as a spy. He was as gentlemanly as ever and BECAUSE of this, he was really interesting as an ultra violent fighter. And of course the villains were extremely bright characters, my boyfriend couldn't suppress giggles the whole time Samuel L Jackson was on screen. However, the ever increasing violence was too much for me. The church massacre scene I found out of place and tasteless, and it completely ruined my enjoyment for the talent this movie had to show. It made me feel complete terror at how desensitized to violence Hollywood expects its viewers to be. MOST of us normal people don't find that amount of killing acceptable or "funny", and it just made me feel sick for the rest of the movie. Someone in the movie theatre said aloud "What are we watching?" and I think a couple people left. Despite that however, you can tell love, hard work, and lots and lots of guts and talent went into making this movie and no one left the movie theatre indifferent. I recommend it for anyone who can stomach violence!