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Kingsman: The Secret Service

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Gary "Eggsy" Unwin (Taron Egerton), whose late father secretly worked for a spy organization, lives in a South London housing estate and seems headed for a life behind bars. However, dapper agent Harry Hart (Colin Firth) recognizes potential in the youth and recruits him to be a trainee in the secret service. Meanwhile, villainous Richmond Valentine (Samuel L. Jackson) launches a diabolical plan to solve the problem of climate change via a worldwide killing spree.
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Stylish, subversive, and above all fun, Kingsman: The Secret Service finds director Matthew Vaughn sending up the spy genre with gleeful abandon.

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Emily St. James Vox It's basically Harry Potter with spies. Rated: 3.5/5 Dec 17, 2015 Full Review Adam Graham Detroit News Good show, lads. Rated: B+ Jul 13, 2015 Full Review Nigel Andrews Financial Times Newcomer juvenile lead Taron Egerton -- handsome, bright, Welsh -- has promise. He should be moved in the direction of a good movie. Rated: 2/5 Jul 13, 2015 Full Review Rolando Gallego EscribiendoCine Kingsman: The Secret Service is a film with a knack for punchlines and irony that end up providing it with a vision of the world of secret agents that surpasses its predecessors. [Full review in Spanish] Rated: 7/10 Jul 30, 2024 Full Review Kevin Bourne SHIFTER Although there's nothing much to take away from the film, Kingsman: The Secret Service is a highly entertaining film with fascinating characters and non-stop action from beginning to end. Jul 20, 2023 Full Review Brian Eggert Deep Focus Review Vaughn has proven himself an expert at adapting stories of such ilk, and here's another one—a film that seems to belong on the comic's page, but Vaughn brings it to the screen with a hilariously depraved edginess. Rated: 3/4 Jun 21, 2022 Full Review Read all reviews

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Bazinga R I give this movie 5 stars and 10 big Bazinga, I really like how they lay out the antagonist everything is great even the movie i just don't like that they quote on quote killed harry considering how strong of a character he is portrayed in the movie I wont spoil the other movie because I personally know a lot of people who haven't heard of the Kingsman movies. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 03/21/25 Full Review Queralt T Somehow I always return to watch this movie. I absolutely love all the classic style, the way the characters are built and the spectacular cast. It is quite surrealistic but tributes to the spy genre, especially the old Bond gadgets. I miss those. I must say though, that some scenes are unnecessarily violent, but the overall plot compensates. Great movie to watch with friends and family. Sit back and enjoy. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 03/15/25 Full Review Blu B All Time Classic that is freakin awesome. It'a love letter to James Bond and to the whole spy movie genre while also never being direct references to a specific franchise. That's the trick here that makes this work so amazingly well. Despite a few name drop references here and there, it's really limited. You don't have to have seen any spy movies before this to enjoy this or get the full bang. But if you are you'll love it just as much. Now imagine James Gunn writing that love letter and you have a good idea what this is. The direction is so good in this with a sense of fun, style, excellent camerawork, and super creative fun special effects with a lot of practical and funny bad CGI that's 100% self aware. The plot is convuluted somewhat but Eggy really is critical to grounding it as we become immersed in this crazy over the top super cool world. Everything is first rate. The soundtrack is just awesome also. The fight scenes are so creative and over the top fun. It never feels like it's ripping off any franchise but doing it's own thing while playing in the spy genre cliches 100% self aware. On top of that add the coming of age twist and it gives this a suprising amount of heart too. The editing is so snappy in this and this just never stops with twists and turns and never stops having fun. Everyone should give this a try once! Rated 5 out of 5 stars 03/12/25 Full Review Matt C Awful film. Despite all its attempts to subvert the spy genre it delivers an extremely formulaic plot. Relies on hyper-violence and shock value but ultimately ends up boring as hell and not funny. Lowlights include: a depressingly long mass murder scene inside a church, a very strange anal sex reference right at the end, and possibly Samuel Jackson’s worst performance, as a ludicrous lisping villain. Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 02/28/25 Full Review HMF B Great actors, light hearted fun, a hint of violence. Perpetuates the myth of the perfect Englishman very nicely. Very much enjoyed it. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 02/08/25 Full Review Huub B Just pure amusement. How have I missed this movie all these years. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 02/02/25 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis Gary "Eggsy" Unwin (Taron Egerton), whose late father secretly worked for a spy organization, lives in a South London housing estate and seems headed for a life behind bars. However, dapper agent Harry Hart (Colin Firth) recognizes potential in the youth and recruits him to be a trainee in the secret service. Meanwhile, villainous Richmond Valentine (Samuel L. Jackson) launches a diabolical plan to solve the problem of climate change via a worldwide killing spree.
Director
Matthew Vaughn
Producer
Matthew Vaughn, David Reid, Adam Bohling
Screenwriter
Jane Goldman, Matthew Vaughn
Distributor
20th Century Fox
Production Co
Marv Films, Cloudy
Rating
R (Sequences of Strong Violence|Language|Some Sexual Content)
Genre
Action, Adventure, Comedy
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Feb 13, 2015, Wide
Release Date (Streaming)
Dec 1, 2015
Box Office (Gross USA)
$128.2M
Runtime
2h 9m
Sound Mix
Dolby Atmos, Datasat
Aspect Ratio
Scope (2.35:1)
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