Starring: Colin Firth, Jonno Davies, Samuel L. Jackson, Mark Strong
Directed by: Matthew Vaughn
Written by: Jane Goldman & Matthew Vaughn
Genre(s): Action, Adventure, Comedy
No spoilers here!
It was a Friday night when I watched this and expected an enjoyable popcorn movie. Instead KINGSMAN turned out to be one of the most violent movies I’ve ever seen.
Considering I’ve seen thousands of movies, this was quite an achievement. The mean-spirited tone of this movie ruined any chance of the comic book, over-the-top violence of being fun to watch. Director MATTHEW VAUGHN’s movie KICK ASS also suffered from this same fate — ruined by violence.
There’s only one director working today who knows how to masterfully weave violence into a meaningful and captivating story and that’s QUENTIN TARANTINO… well maybe two directors. GEORGE MILLER’s MAD MAX: FURY ROAD was a masterpiece in visual storytelling.
I don’t care for violence in movies when it is not necessary to drive the story along. The use of violence in KINGSMAN was a lazy and uncreative way to tell this story. Furthermore, the moral of KINGSMAN seemed to be violence was the only way to solve issues.
As for the performances, COLIN FIRTH’s lifeless and dead-pan secret agent character was a snooze fest. However I did enjoy SAMUEL L. JACKSON’s character Valentine and MARK STRONG’s charater Merlin which made this movie somewhat watchable.
As I write this review, I heard KINGSMAN 2 is already in development. Great. Another achievement in a superior lack of originality awaits us.
