Review of The King's Man (2021) by Mauro_Lanari — 22 Feb 2022

(Mauro Lanari).

My first insufficiency to the saga, inevitable when the film is an uninterrupted mash-up of characters and scenes already seen that block you to think about the continuous feeling of déjà vu. Ralph Fiennes? The most recent episodes of "007". His son Conrad in the Great War? George MacKay in "1917" (Mendes 2019). Rasputin? "Hellboy" (del Toro 2004). The duels between swordsmen? The swashbuckling movies. Daniel Brühl? MCU's Helmut Zemo ("Captain America: Civil War", Anthony and Joe Russo 2016). The Scottish villain? Sean Connery. His death? At your choosing: Alan Rickman in "Die Hard" (McTiernan 1988), Koba in "Dawn of the Planet of the Apes" (Matt Reeves 2014), etc.