Kingsman: The Secret Service (a Review & Focus on Matt Vaughn’s Career)
Kingsman: The Secret Service
What a ride!
Hold my umbrella as I regale you with a tale of secret agents, Oxford whites and technocrat billionaires. If you took Ian Flemming and added Guy Ritchie's sensibilities – the outcome would be: Matthew Vaughn's 'Kingsman' movies. 'Kingsman: The Secret Service' is an absurdist nightmare with cheeky overtones; providing levity for an audience that otherwise might be nonplussed with the now rather tired tropes of the spy thriller genre.
Colin Firth takes the lead – starring as Harry Hart AKA agent "Gallahad" – a pastiche of British superspy James Bond and 'Get Smart's' Maxwell Smart. Agent Gallahad is a man not to be trifled with; he's humanity's last hope to prevent a planned doomsday event, working alongside a new agent-in-training, "Eggsy" – played expertly by Taron Eggerton.
