I Love This Film!

Rating: 8/10 (9 June 2016)

This is a very original action film with great writing, direction, stunts, special effects and acting. It gives numerous homages to the great spy films of the 60's and 70's, especially the Bond films, while simultaneously turning some of their conventions on their heads.
The opening scene set to "Money For Nothing" was excellent. I also enjoyed Galahad kicking the s**t out of the thugs in the pub. But the best scene by far was the very colorful exploding heads of the bad guys set to "Pomp and Circumstance"! It sort of reminded my of the Staja scene in "A Clockwork Orange", which was set to the same music. That one made me laugh out loud.
But the best thing was that the villain was an Eco Terrorist who thinks more about the planet than human beings. As the late, great George Carlin once said "The planet's not going anywhere. We are." And he's impaled and dies at the end. Too bad Eggsy couldn't have taken out Al Gore at the same time!
I'm definitely on board for the sequel!