Kingsman: The Secret Service

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Kingsman: The Secret Service

R

2015

2h 9m

Action

Adventure

Comedy

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Gary "Eggsy" Unwin (Taron Egerton), whose late father secretly worked for a spy organization, lives in a South London housing estate and seems headed for a life behind bars. However, dapper agent Harry Hart (Colin Firth) recognizes potential in the youth and recruits him to be a trainee in the Secret Service. Meanwhile, villainous Richmond Valentine (Samuel L. Jackson) launches a diabolical plan to solve the problem of climate change via a worldwide killing spree.

Critics Consensus

Stylish, subversive, and above all fun, Kingsman: The Secret Service finds director Matthew Vaughn sending up the spy genre with gleeful abandon.

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Emily St. James

Vox

12/17/2015

3.5/5

It's basically Harry Potter with spies.

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Adam Graham

Detroit News

07/13/2015

B+

Good show, lads.

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Nigel Andrews

Financial Times

07/13/2015

2/5

Newcomer juvenile lead Taron Egerton -- handsome, bright, Welsh -- has promise. He should be moved in the direction of a good movie.

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Kevin Bourne

SHIFTER

07/20/2023

Although there's nothing much to take away from the film, Kingsman: The Secret Service is a highly entertaining film with fascinating characters and non-stop action from beginning to end.

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Brian Eggert

Deep Focus Review

06/21/2022

3/4

Vaughn has proven himself an expert at adapting stories of such ilk, and here's another one—a film that seems to belong on the comic's page, but Vaughn brings it to the screen with a hilariously depraved edginess.

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Alan Ng

Film Threat

12/08/2021

8.5/10

I liked Kingsman: The Secret Service because the film refuses to take itself too seriously. There's cool worldbuilding, and I want to see more of it.

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Richard S.

@richard_52 May 24

Very good fictional film. Very good ending with the follow-up good beginning in second film. All around good film. Out of 10 I’ll give it a 7.7/10.

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Ivan K

@E4zzy May 22

Overall, the movie succeeds at what it tries to be: a stylish spy-action comedy with fast pacing and entertaining characters. While the cinematography and some visual effects could have been better, the action scenes were still creative and enjoyable. The movie features a surprisingly high body count, but not in a disturbing way. I’d recommend watching it, but it’s not something you’d want to rewatch.

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Bradley B.

@TheBradster360 May 19

This movie is pretty spectacular, the action is stylish and full of energy. It has one of the greatest villains of time with Samuel L Jackson, as Valentine, and an incredible hero's journey in Tarom Edgerton's, Eggsy. Colin Firth shines in this as Harry AKA Galahad, his action scenes are full of fast paced, extremely stylish over the top kinetic energy that bleeds through the scene, especially in the church scene that blew mind as a 13 year old when it first came out. Mark Strong is great, as well as all the supporting characters shine in the little they're given, but Sofia Boutella is extremely lethal as Gazelle, instantly becoming an iconic James Bond like henchmen with blades for legs, it truly was unique, especially her scenes with Samuel L Jackson, really great banter and chemistry. Overall this film has it all, the score is great, the story, while not the most original, really plays into the spy movie cliches, but then subverts those expectations, into a unique fresh new take.

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Sage A

@yztiza May 17

the script is written well, the pacing is nice. it's a good spy movie, i love it.

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Yuri B.

@RyuBlack May 12

This movie was...... all I can say is that has to be the best motivation to want to save the world.

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David S

@coresmith Apr 29

Weak plot, lots of fighting (for what) but I watched it

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Synopsis

Gary "Eggsy" Unwin (Taron Egerton), whose late father secretly worked for a spy organization, lives in a South London housing estate and seems headed for a life behind bars. However, dapper agent Harry Hart (Colin Firth) recognizes potential in the youth and recruits him to be a trainee in the Secret Service. Meanwhile, villainous Richmond Valentine (Samuel L. Jackson) launches a diabolical plan to solve the problem of climate change via a worldwide killing spree.

Director: Matthew Vaughn
Producer: Matthew Vaughn, David Reid, Adam Bohling
Screenwriter: Jane Goldman, Matthew Vaughn
Distributor: 20th Century Fox
Production Co: Marv Films, Cloudy
Rating: R (Sequences of Strong Violence|Language|Some Sexual Content)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Feb 13, 2015, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Dec 1, 2015
Box Office (Gross USA): $128.2M
Runtime: 2h 9m
Sound Mix: Dolby Atmos, Datasat
Aspect Ratio: Scope (2.35:1)