"This British spy-action-thriller cinema, is at the most least, delightful."

Rating: 8/10 (20 June 2015)

It is like a classic 007 dancing on a rainbow. Despite being a fact that it is indeed an adaptation of the comic book 'The Secret Service', it borrows and toys with bits of references to 'James Bond' movies. However, Matthew Vaughn's triumph continues. Success first rained down with "Kick-Ass", then "X-Men: First Class" and now, the colourful and endurably fun "Kingsman". Matthew Vaughn is absolutely the cool and stylish artist of action pictures, although not winning on being one of the best filmmakers around.
Kingsman is a secret intelligence organisation. It shares similarities with MI6, but more that it stays to be fiction, and adopts the possible highest level of secrecy. It was during an unseen 'invasion' in the middle-east, when a colleague of Harry Hart (Colin Firth), a kingsman agent, sacrifices himself. Through the simplest and obvious nature of human behaviour, uncalled guilt grows on Harry, and he feels like he has an obligation to repay him. It ranges to to the dead agent's family and conclusively, to his son, Eggsy (Taron Egerton). 17 years passes. The young-matured Eggsy is chosen to be a candidate for a replacement of a dead kingsman agent (not his father), and somewhere in the world, an unorthodox villain has an unsound plan of saving the world.
Vaugh is wonderful in his handling of the characters. Harry Hart and Eggsy are great heroes – neither pretentious, nor over the top, or acting idiots. But them carrying humane behaviours, and in them are good manners and unsupported arrogance. Richmond Valentine (Samuel L. Jackson) and Gazelle (Sofia Boutella) teamed together to be a pair of shining villains. They are not dull, but fun and unique. Building up colourful characters is the film's sheer A game, and as tarantinoesque they are, they are still profusely underrated.
Colin Firth and Samuel L. Jackson had with them the two best performances of the show. Firth was smooth, confident and charismatic, while Jackson was campy-funny. Overall, the two stars captured formidable screen presence, rather than heavily relied on great acting skills.
The fact that made Valentine a fascinating character is that he drives his plan with good intentions, out from his villainous actions. He attempts to save the world from complete slaughter, but his methods are plain crazy and with devoid of understanding from him, evil. Unlike any other villains, he does not have a goal to achieve absolute power, but to save. Valentine is probably unwantedly insane, and unfavourably, naïve. To me, Valentine is not the bad guy, the bad guys are the wealthy politicians and celebrities who dog the footsteps of his mind.
The film's most solid moments rest on its staggering action-fighting sequences. Through its tight editing and engaging choreography, those near perfect fighting scenes are broken down into unique pieces, stitched together to boast entertaining cinematic experiences. Also, "Kingsman" goes extra mile with its smart, cunning and dynamic screenplay.
Vaughn did a wonderful job in the architecture of this vividly colourful action film. Audiences, at their own leisure, go to cinema to be served with a blast, and 'fun' is what "Kingsman" delivers. This British spy-action-thriller cinema, is at the most least, delightful.
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