Review of Kingsman: The Golden Circle (2017) by Jluis_001 — 03 Oct 2017

I was late but I finally watched it. I am one of those who really enjoyed the first movie and in fact I liked it a lot more than the comic on which it's based, I won't deny that I had huge expectations but I've gotta say that in general terms; Kingsman: The Golden Circle fulfilled them.

There is plenty of action, the film begins with a really good car chase and fight sequence, the action is well-ordered and entertaining, the attitude and style of the original film is there, Taron Egerton, Colin Firth and Mark Strong are at their point, like if it was yesterday. There is new additions to the cast, they help the film a bit and manage to make it a fun and entertaining experience.

That nothing is taken seriously? well that is the whole point of the franchise and what makes it so refreshing among so many films about espionage and terrorists too tied to reality.

I could easily give the movie a rating of 8 but that would only be fair if I would ignored all its problems and to be honest, the movie has many.

Mainly with the story and the cast; The Golden Circle has an impressive cast, c'mon, face it, it's great, we already have Colin Firth and Mark Strong, now add Julianne Moore, Halle Berry Channing Tatum Jeff Bridges Peter Pascal, Michael Gambon Bruce Greenwood and Emily Watson, the cast is huge and most of them are very well recognized names, however the simplicity of the script also passes to the characters and all of them absolutely all them with the exception of Eggsy and Harry are collateral characters without a true argumentative weight and that perhaps is the biggest mistake of this film, c'mon, wasting Jeff Bridges and Julianne Moore with characters so one-dimensional is terrible, especially Moore who's a terrible villain, I'm sorry but it's true.

Vaughn also give a few minutes on screen to Channing Tatum and Halle Berry when the trailers promised otherwise. I understand that Vaughn plans to use them more in a third film but nothing guarantees another film.

Elton John's cameo although funny is quite forced and the thing that angered me a lot was how they got rid of Mark Strong's character, it's true that the movie destroys all of Kingsman including Roxy/Lancelot but it's very evident that Merlin's death is forced by the script to provoke a dramatic scene like the one in the original film when Harry gets shot and apparently ''killed'' and although they try to give him a dignified exit truth is: I **** hate it.

Beyond that if you want a movie to have fun and have a good time believe me that this is the movie and if you enjoyed the first one there is no reason not to enjoy this one.