This movie was a hell of a lot of fun, at least up to a certain point where it all falls apart. I still enjoyed it, though. In the vein of Romancing the Stone and The Lost City, a mousy novelist who writes about spies soon finds herself embroiled in a real-life espionage mission. It has some great action set-pieces, especially that fun bullet ballet with all the colored smoke (which was oddly romantic and visually satisfying). The production also quickly scooped up the last-ever Beatles song ("Now & Then") as its musical centerpiece. I would call this movie stylish and cheesy (in the best possible way), but fuck it, I liked it. I'm even down with Matthew Vaughn's future plans to try and fold it into the larger Kingsman universe (as long as its poor box office performance doesn't get it cancelled first).
3 whirlybirds out of 5
2 comments:
For me, the last-ever Beatles song is Real Love.
Ditto (although, I liked Free as a Bird more). The recent one was absolute shite.
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