Kingsman: The Secret Service Review

Rating: 8/10 (6 February 2015)

My Thoughts:
First off I will admit that I loved the comic book Secret Service that this movie is based off of and when I first heard that Matthew Vaughn was making it into a movie I was super excited. I liked his take on Kick-Ass and couldn't wait to see what he did with this comic book. And boy he does not disappoint with this movie. Yes people will notice that there are some changes from the comic book to the big screen but I do not think the changes they made really have that much of an impact on the movie. People are calling this a James Bond movie on steroids and I will have to agree. To me this kind of reminds me back to the older Bond movies that weren't always grounded in the real world like the newer Bond movies have become and I grew up on those Bond movies and love them.
Samuel L. Jackson is Samuel L. Jackson he really doesn't change up his acting in his movies but he really doesn't have to cause we just love his over the top style he does. Some people might call me out cause I do have some issues with actors that seem to do the same shtick over and over again but for me Samuel L. Jackson just seems to bring it whenever he is on the screen and doesn't seem like he is beating you over the head with it.
I could talk or type paragraphs on the outstanding cast that is in this movie and everyone hits there mark in this one. Even semi newcomers Taron Egerton (Gary 'Eggys' Unwin) and Sophie Cookson (Roxy) shine in their roles as Kingsman trainees.
I do say that some of the action shoots and how they filmed them had me dizzy at times do to how they were jerking around the camera that sometimes you lost track of what was going on. But with that said the action scenes are over the top and ridiculous fun to watch. If you don't enjoy all that great action then you might as well lose your head.
One thing I will call out that during one action scene they do have the unlimited ammo gun syndrome and I always call those type of things out. The thing I find funny about is that up until that point they were good at showing people changing out their clips and or running out of ammo. But it really doesn't detract for how awesome the scenes are.
Now if you are not into these movies that are not truly grounded in reality then this movie will not be for you, which is sad because you are missing out. With the number of crappy Winter Block movies we are getting this is a shining gem.
My Recommendation:
Hell I am probably going to go watch this movie again, so if I am going to pay for it then you need to go out there and watch this movie.