A Semi-Lighter Side of Being a Spy

Rating: 7/10 (10 June 2015)

Kingsman is a spy movie light. It is a small tribute to James Bonds' movies and those like it; meaning the dapper spy with all of the latest gadgets. The movie doesn't take itself too seriously (which is good) and that was supported by the fact that Samuel L. Jackson's character, Valentine, had a laughable lisp.
The Kingsmen are a group of elite English spies. They are extremely secretive and unknown yet they are probably the most effective group of spies and killers on the planet. As members leave or die off they are replaced by qualified spies and gentlemen. This movie is about an unlikely person for the role of gentleman spy getting a shot to prove himself while the Kingsmen try to stop a plot to cleanse the world of people.
There is a lot of unbelievable action, jaw-dropping fight scenes with surprisingly little eye candy. Being that it is a British spy movie I expected the token beauty whom the super spy seduces. That's not to say that they didn't throw in any gratuitous nudity, they just waited until the very end to do it.