average

Rating: 5/10 (20 March 2015)

After seeing how everybody praises this movie i decided to see it myself despite the fact that i was sure this will be an average film at best after seeing the trailers. Surprise, i was right.
But i believe in giving credit where credit is do and there where some parts that i enjoyed.
The movie used a lot of spy movie clichés but by having the characters mentioning the old bond films in the movie it became clear that all those where meant more as an homage rather than cheap plot lines. This works for the over the top spy equipment as well as for the ridiculous plan of the villain. Also, the scene at the beginning where Harry gives young Eggsy the medal of Eggsy's father was a good excuse to set the story in motion. When Eggsy was calling the number on the medal to get help it didn't felt as convenient as it might could've been.
However, there where also a lot of dumb scenes like the same grenades having completely different timers or the character of Roxy performing the side mission to blow up a satellite instead of Eggsy despite the fact that she is afraid of heights and is also an official agent and Eggsy is not. But i liked that the didn't establish a romantic relationship between those two characters.
Everyone told me that the character of Harry was really cool which would be right, if he had any character. Aside from being a bad ass and a gentleman he has no personality whatsoever and i didn't care when he was killed.
The big problem with this movie is that his has no Identity. It obviously tries to be an action comedy like Kick-Ass, which is equally overrated like this one, but for it to be such a movie the action was too boring and the humor was, for like 99% of the time, not present. Also, while the film tells you that you should not take it too seriously, it falls completely apart at the moment where the villain reveals his plan to save the Planet. By doing this the writers completely reverse the style of the film to press an environmental message in the audiences face instead of staying true to what they are claiming to do. The movie would be a little more enjoyable if the bad guy had a completely generic plan to take over the world because it would stay more true to the campy style of the film. However, the methods he used to achieve his goal where still ridiculous like in some old spy films.
In the end, I'm not mad at this movie because it was exactly what i thought it would be. It's a partially enjoyable spy film that leaves no impression and is quickly forgotten.