Kingsman: The Secret Service

2014 "Manners maketh man."
7.7| 2h9m| R| en| More Info
Released: 13 December 2014 Released
Producted By: 20th Century Fox
Country: United States of America
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Official Website: http://www.kingsmanmovie.com/
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The story of a super-secret spy organization that recruits an unrefined but promising street kid into the agency's ultra-competitive training program just as a global threat emerges from a twisted tech genius.

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FilmRaider The movie is a spoof of spy films, but it also stands out in it's own way. With very good cinematography (especially for certain action sequences), and some pretty memorable characters, the movie is great in my opinion.
thomasjay-52277 An urban take upon the spy genre Vaughan's 2014 film is brilliant, vibrant and compelling as well as being satirical and at points hilarious the strong character and fantastic action sequences are a joy to watch. The all star cast is fnatastically our together and work great as a group I highly recommend
blumdeluxe "Kingsman: The Secret Service" tells the story of a privately funded Intelligence Agency, that consists of the best agents, trying to solve cases independent from countries and governments. When a rich enterpreneur plans to decrease humanity through a newly developed sim-card-technology, it is time for the newest members to proof that they earn their membership.For my personal taste, the movie is a bit too colorful and hectical. At points it feels more like a persiflage in itself and you really shouldn't start to think about the inner logic of the plot too much. The later consists of a crime quite similar to one Dan Brown described in one of his novels, only in a rather excentrical and odd way. The production value is high, the film looks great and has every technical feature to be considered a blockbuster. Unfortunately, the characters are a bit stereotypical, the story is rather predictable and the gags not always in the right spot.All in all this movie is a bit overrated in my eyes. I was expecting an adult comic movie such as Kick-Ass but sometimes this felt more like a Scary Movie for spies. The result is not a bad film, it is still quite entertaining and professionally produced but it doesn't stand out from the crowd.
letande Ah, The Secret Service... Yet another overrated comic by Mark Millar. Like many of his other works, this one wasn't even fresh enough. It was bunch of the old ideas mixed together with the poor writing. Artwork wasn't that bad, but nah, I never really liked The Secret Service. It was dumb and boring story about how young kid with no future met his uncle, who was a James Bond of sorts. Uncle introduces him to the world of secret service and kid's doing great just because he played enough Call of Duty. Yep, it was that bad. So, when they've announced the movie adaptation, I thought it'll be yet another failure. Like, you know. Like Kick-Ass. But guess what? It was totally different story.The thing is - movie makers took the best part from the original comic and fixed everything that was wrong with it. The best thing about The Secret Service was that Cinderella concept. The idea of how poor guy with no future can become both secret agent and gentleman. It wasn't really a fresh idea, so, it wasn't enough to save the comic, but this movie sure makes it shine. Really good design and costumes, everybody's favorite gentleman Colin Firth, fantastic soundtrack by Henry Jackman & Matthew Margeson (one of those that'll stay with you forever, like Terminator, or Tim Burton's Batman themes)... The movie just nailed. As for what was fixed... well, the story. The story was fixed. Because there's no way to become good with guns while playing Call of Duty. Obviously. So, now we have proper training and other special agent stuff.Can't say that the story is very good, though. It's actually pretty generic. Thankfully, small details and memorable quotes help a lot. Movie makers also understood that it was bad idea to make it to much like James Bond. So, they came with the idea to make it a little bit... dirty. Well, more than a bit, actually. While being old school, I totally hated some scenes here, while the others were way too controversial (like the one in a church). But dirty jokes and controversial stuff is pretty much what makes this movie different from typical spy movies, so... like it, or not, it can't be different.So... yeah. It's dirty, it's totally controversial, but... it's better than the original comic. Way, WAY better. The story may still be a bit generic, but at least it isn't as poor as in the comic and music, costumes, actors and other things sure help a lot. If dirty jokes are your thing, then it's your movie. But the best thing about Kingsman is that it can provide a lot of things aside from those. Unlike the comic, you won't forget this one after you'll finish with it. And that's more than you can actually ask from most of the modern movies.