"This ain't that kind of movie, Bro."

Rating: 8/10 (14 February 2015)

I'll have to preface my review with an encouraging opening remark because I enjoyed the movie well enough for what it was. Others on this board seem to be of a general overall opinion that this was a James Bond genre spy film taken to an extreme level with over the top violence and excessively crude language. Oddly enough, I'm OK with all of that. There was a generous heaping of all the non-stop, violent action that one could ask for, even for Tarentino fans.
So here's where my rant come into play. Sorry, but I just can't help myself when the film invites the kind of criticism I'm about to unleash. I have a big problem with liberal hypocrisy, and it's never been more evident than in this picture. We'll start with the major premise of the villain going in, Richard Valentine, portrayed by Samuel L. Jackson. No beef with Jackson here. But his main agenda has to do with solving the world's 'global warming' problem. To be up front about it, I don't believe global warming or climate change is a man made condition based on common sense backed up by eons of history in which the planet has gone through numerous ice ages and come out of them without human intervention.
Valentine's prescription for global warming - wipe out a good portion of humanity who are contributing to it. But, but, but - only those who are not part of the elite class like the folks invited to his massive house party. Which is just about everyone on the planet. See, if liberals and progressives verbalized what they really believe, this would be part of their solution as well. We'll start with those pesky Conservatives and Republicans. They're too much of a problem to debate about this.
Next - gun violence. While the entire liberal propaganda machine tries to control gun ownership, there's apparently no problem with making movies in which one of the film's heroes takes out what, twenty, thirty, heck make it a hundred people in a wild melee at a hate church. By the way, that was an exceptionally well choreographed and edited action sequence, one of the best ever. It'll be hard to top, though we know someone will try.
OK, how about the War on Women. Gee, the Swedish Princess at the end of the story sure knew how to reward her 'savior' Eggsy (Taron Egerton). If you've seen the movie you know what I'm talking about. I'm not squeamish but it's just too distasteful to describe it here.
How about creating conflict? Valentine's hate-gizmo is just an extension of the mindset the current administration perpetrates every day - white vs black, rich vs poor, men vs women (War on Women, remember), old vs young and so on. So it was genuinely stunning to see the picture at least take a swipe at the current POTUS by having his head blown off when Merlin (Mark Strong) tampers with the controls! Folks, I think you better see this picture before the President has a North Korean reaction to it, know what I mean.
So there you pretty much have it. Like I say, aside from my critical analysis, I enjoyed the picture. Biggest surprise was when Valentine blew away Harry (Colin Firth), almost as unexpected as George Clooney whacking Brad Pitt in "Burn After Reading". Tarentino would be proud.