A spy action movie for a new generation

Rating: 10/10 (29 January 2015)

29 January 2015 Film of Choice at The Plaza Dorchester Tonight - Kingsman: The Secret Service. This film looked good right from the very first trailer. Very much a James Bond parody but up to date and obviously much younger, the character of Eggsy portrayed in this film is recruited, by a senior Kingsman Agent (Colin Firth) to take the place of a recently deceased colleague. Along with a whole group of other trainee agent Eggsy must battle to prove his worth and become the newest agent. With Samuel L Jackson playing the maniacal baddie, we see a standard good guy, bad guy action movie with quite a few laughs thrown in for good measure. There are some excellent fight scenes and a splendid musical spectacular which completely stole the show. It's refreshing to see a good well written plot combining new gags, up to date technology, reference to established genres and not forgetting Colin Firth in a most splendid British stiff upper lip action role. I hope this is the first of a series of these films. Highly recommended viewing.