An honest action film

Rating: 8/10 (26 January 2015)

Kingsman: The Secret Service is an excellent piece of modern film work. This movie uses the typical mentor/apprentice formula but puts a modern English twist on it. Although very different from Kick-ass (story wise) Matthew Vaughn does use his personalized style of stylized violence and epic explosive scenes. From watching the film it was very clear that this movie was made by the director of Kick ass. Similarly to Kick ass this movie takes a realistic look at an idea and puts it in a comical action movie which works extremely well.
In general this film is another look on the gentleman spy concept. The film plays with the idea of two people from different backgrounds united to defeat a common foe. Although I was not a fan of the loss of a main character I can see why this was done however I have no idea if this was included in the original comic that this film was based off.
I would rate this film as an eight out of ten because it displays fantastic acting and film work.