All the fun and inventiveness Bond has been lacking recently

Rating: 10/10 (12 February 2015)

What a surprise this entertaining and very funny spy with an younger slant deserves to be a hit. A young delinquent whose father was a special secret agent gets recruited to join the Kingsman secret agents after a run in with the law.
The effects, fight sequences and action are original which is no mean feat after all the action movies out there. There is violence but it is comic not Quentin gross. The good thing is the sense of humor that stays throughout the movie. The gadgets are inventive. There is a variety of settings and scenarios that keeps it interesting.
Taron Egerton in the lead role is likable and his cockney accent is understandable. Unlike some of recent British comic action movies in the past like the Guy Ritchie movies, all the accents are quite easy to make out thank goodness. Good supporting actors with Mark Strong, Michael Caine and as well cast Colin Firth as a mentor. He is best in these kind of supporting roles. Samuel L Jackson plays the villain with a lisp.
Definitely worth a watch - especially for those who aren't watching 50 Shades this President's Day weekend.