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KINGSMAN – THE SECRET SERVICE (2014): Everything I Wanted To See

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Kingsman - The Secret Service (2014), Taron Egerton, Colin Firth
Kingsman – The Secret Service (2014), Taron Egerton, Colin Firth

‘What a very pleasant surprise!’

The above is my thoughts and feelings during and after watching action/adventure/comedy, Kingsman – The Secret Service.

Of course, I should have had way more faith – if only because the film is directed by Matthew Vaughn, part of the great team that brought us Snatch (2000) and Lock Stock & Two Smoking Barrels (1998).

Starring Colin Firth, Sofia Boutella, Samuel L Jackson, Mark Strong, Michael Caine and Taron Egerton; Kingsman – The Secret Service or Kingsman for short is a great movie.

Kingsman - The Secret Service (2014), Sofia Boutella
Kingsman – The Secret Service (2014), Sofia Boutella

A story of adventure, fun characters, action, well-choreographed fight sequences and some good old British gentlemanly charm.

Kingsman is also very stylish and I definitely don’t just mean the suits. There are one or two things that you’ll see coming, story-wise but even more so, the spectacle will surprise you and exceed your expectations.

All that remains for me is to patiently wait for the next instalment.

Hurry and see it, if you haven’t already. Hurry!

Happy Film Loving,

G

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Biography, Crime, Thriller

LEGEND (2015): Trailer Of The Week

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Legend (2015), Tom Hardy
Legend (2015), Tom Hardy


Read my spoiler-free movie review of Legend (2015).

For all serious Tom Hardy fans, a promising cinematic feast is coming.

Legend, the Brian Helgeland-directed film has Hardy playing two characters. Namely Ronald and Reginald Kray, a.k.a. The Kray Twins – identical twin gangsters known for terrorising London in the 1950s and 1960s.

In a few months, the feast is coming. But first, an appetiser.

The Teaser Trailer…

Trailer 1…

Running Scared by Roy Orbison is the track playing throughout the teaser, for those who were curious. 

Happy Film Loving,

G

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Action, Adventure, Comedy

KINGSMAN – THE SECRET SERVICE (2014): Now I’ll Definitely See It…

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Kingsman, The Secret Service (2014), Colin Firth, Taron Egerton
Kingsman, The Secret Service (2014), Colin Firth, Taron Egerton

Read my spoiler-free movie review of Kingsman – The Secret Service (2014).

I was only mildly intrigued before, but the great new Super Bowl trailer for director Matthew Vaughn’s Kingman – The Secret Service has convinced me to watch the film. 

It does help that Kingsman is written by Jane Goldman, whose other writing credits include Kick-Ass (2010) and X-Men First Class (2011).

As excited as I am, so far, there’s just  one thing that doesn’t sit well with me about this trailer – and that is the claim by Alex Zane of the UK’s Sun newspaper, that Kingman – The Secret Service  is ‘More Badass Than Bond.’

It’s incredibly hard for me to believe that there’s any other British spy movie more badass than Daniel Craig’s James Bond. Impossible, quite frankly. I shan’t entertain such an assertion. But I will watch this film, because it looks fantastic.

Happy Film Loving,

G

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