Thrilling and extremely fun to watch

Rating: 8/10 (15 February 2015)

Thrilling, fun, it had that Matthew Vaughn touch written all over it. He made a movie using extremes and opposites. It's classy with a bit of filth in it, funny but also serious, a real adrenaline rush. Kingsman is a well made, nicely paced action film that has the James bond movies flair. They modernized the spy genre and mixed in with a drop of comedy. The action scenes are amazing, beautiful to watch well choreographed and fun. As violent as it may be it wasn't gruesome or tiresome despite the body count.
The actors did a great job but I am commanding Matthew Vaughn for his work, because the plot is not the most original one but its done in such a unique way that it feels original. He - and his team - took everything we've seen, again and again, but added a twist to them. So every time there was a cliché, something we expected, there was a little twist and that made it not quite what was anticipated.
I usually don't like to spoil but one of Colin Firth's aliases is DeVere, which is Vaughn's real name.