Review of Kingsman: The Golden Circle (2017) by Jazzmin M — 31 Oct 2017

Having not seen Kingsman: The Secret Service, I had nothing to base my opinion on in regards to its sequel, so I had the luxury of being able to enjoy it for its own merits and not compare it. So despite the polarizing reaction from critics, a had a great time with this.

I really enjoyed the narrative and I was still able to follow what was going on despite not having seen the first film. I found the characters very entertaining and charming. I was impressed with how moved I was regarding Harry's amnesia and Eggsy's sadness about it.

I really felt their history and connection even though I haven't even seen it. I enjoyed Poppy as the villain. The acting is pretty good all around. The action sequences were very exiting, if a bit over-stylized.

It had a lot of good laughs. I guess the problems I have with it is that I was disappointing that Tequila wasn't in the film that much and, I thought the romance between Eggsy and Tilde could've been a bit stronger, the fact that Harry is in this movie despite having been killed in The Secret Service felt like a copout, and I felt that the runtime could've been a bit shorter, and the "surprise" twist of a certain character and his motivation was so cliche.

But I still had really fun time with Kingsman: The Golden Circle. It's not for everyone nor is it perfect, but I still loved it and I can't wait to see it again. With this said, though, I'm not going to shoot down the possibility that my opinion of this movie will change once I've seen the first film.

There's a good chance that it will.