Fun, especially for Anglophiles. Villain a bit weak, though.

Rating: 7/10 (28 February 2015)

This movie was fun! If you are at least partly Anglophile then there is a lot in this movie that you will enjoy. If you also like over the top action sequences, then you're sure in for a ride! The movie prefers style to realism, and gags to deep thoughts - which I do not mind at all. It is also meta in many ways, a celebration of the genres that inspired it.
The main flaw in this movie is the villain. In the movie they refer to the Bond-movies only being as good as their villains, and if that was the case with this movie, it wouldn't be that good. Jackson is charming as always, but the character itself is not that interesting. Luckily, the heroes are more than enough to keep you entertained, and the grand plot really does not matter that much.
And wow, Colin Firth really shows a new side of himself in this movie! Another thing: I am a bit uncertain about how the movie tries to convey an anti-elitist message. The main character is not born into luxury, but was it not for his father then he would not end up in the position he ends up in. And he does not seem to mind the privileges his newfound occupation gives him.