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Rating: 8/10 (1 June 2015)

Kingsman: The Secret Service
The hardest part of being British secret service is not getting swept up in the royal baby excitement.
Thankfully, there's a genocidal maniac in this action movie to keep operatives occupied.
Recruited by Galahad (Colin Firth) to test for the Lancelot position on an Arthurian inspired spy ring, street-thug Eggsy (Taron Egerton) quickly proves he's not the ideal candidate.
But when a dotcom genius (Samuel L. Jackson) divides the agency and unleashes a device that drives users into a homicidal rage, Eggsy and the remaining agents are the only ones left who can stop him.
A stylish send-up of the well-worn British spy-genre – including the stereotypical gadgets and idiosyncratic villain - this good-humored adaption of the graphic novel may deviate from its source material, but its eye-popping action and sly script more than compensate.
Strangely, I always assumed British secret service just took assassin bullets intended for the Queen's corgis.
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