Kingsman: The Secret Service

       A beautiful explosion of action, comedy, espionage all presented with a gentlemanly grace.

       Kingsman: The Secret Service, directed by Matthew Vaughn of Kick-Ass and X-Men fame tells the story of a young man who finds himself the fortunate candidate for an underground league of super spy’s called the Kingsman. During his training a billionaire Zuckerberg expy, named Valentine, puts a plan into motion that could endanger the entire world.

       What seems like a typical run of the mill, “unlikely hero,” story actually turns out to be a poignant, clever and interesting story. The film based off the comic book written by Mark Millar who also wrote the critically acclaimed Kick-Ass, and brings his brand of fictional satire to the big screen, except this time it has do with super spies instead of super heroes.

       Kingsman sports great pacing amidst its somewhat stuffed cast and sometimes it feels as if it had to cut some corners in the story department in order to fit everything in. Being based on a comic book the film has to serve as an origin story to the main character of Eggsy and serve the three act structure expected of a blockbuster film. This usually becomes a double edged sword to these types of films but Kingsman avoids this by having the story be focused on its main character’s plight and how it interacted with the burgeoning plot.

       Kingsman is definitely a must see for anyone looking for a movie that has the class, production and style of a classic spy movie with as much bloody violence as a Tarantino film. Several scenes of violent altercations become mesmerizing as they keep going and are shot brilliantly enough to make it seem like they were all one shot. Not to mention the film sports probably one of the best sky diving scenes since Iron Man 3. Speaking of Tarantino the film also sports an unapologetic sense of humor in the face of tragedy and gore.

       Another notice of uniqueness from this film is how it uses named actors that fit into another role, such as Samuel L. Jackson being a pacifistic billionaire man child who has a grating lisp to cover up his dynamic sounding voice.

       Kingsman comes as a huge surprise and when people raise their eye brows at the R-rating the movie most certainly deserves and while it can be shocking at times it never feels out of place and the juxtaposition of British gentlemanly manners clashing with boorish new money mentality provides most of the entertainment and makes Kingsman a great film to watch.