By Darlene Donloe
Kingsman: The Golden Circle opens with a kick-ass, high-speed chase through the streets of London that sets the tone for the movie.
The action, adventure comedy, which opens September 22 is, of course, the sequel to 2015’s Kingsman: The Secret Service, which introduced everyone to the world of the Kingsman. Once again, Matthew Vaughn directs.
The Kingsman agency is a stealth, independent, international intelligence agency whose ultimate goal is to keep the world safe.
In the latest installment, the Kingsman’s headquarters is destroyed. In their quest to find out who did it, what for and why, the Kingsman discover an allied spy organization in the U.S. called Statesman, which dates back to the day they were both founded.
The plot is a bit sketchy, but the movie is so much fun – just go with it. In order to save the world from a ruthless enemy helmed by Poppy Adams (Julianne Moore) the two agencies must team up to bring her down. Moore is deliciously evil, but towards the end of the way too long film – the evilness becomes old. Poppy, who has manufactured a 50’s diner type existence for herself in the middle of a small South Asian village, is holding the world’s drug-users hostage through a deadly toxin. The deadly toxin manifests itself in the drug user’s skin via what looks like blue veins. Poppy refuses to give the world the antidote.
Eggsy (Taron Egerton) is back and better than ever. In the original Kingsman, Eggsy was a ruffian from the streets of London. He was transformed into a super spy after being drafted into the British spy organization, which uses a tailor shop as their front.
Colin Firth’s character, Harry Hart, is also back. This time Harry seems to be under someone’s spell. He’s no doubt recovering from the first film. He has one eye and no recollection of the Kingsman.
In the first Kingsman all of the characters were based on Arthurian legend. This time around the Statesman’s names are rather boozy. For instance, Channing Tatum’s handle is Tequila, Pedro Pascal is Whiskey with an E, Jeff Bridges is Champagne and Halle Berry, who is wasted in this film, is Ginger Ale. Tatum makes a cool entrance, but then is relegated to the back row for the remainder of the film.
Vaugh has, once again, put together a solid cast with a cool appearance by Sir Elton John, who displays some rather comedic chops.
This is a great popcorn movie. The Kingsman keeps you engaged for most of the film. It starts to wane towards the 90-minute mark, but stick with it – it’s worth it!
Directed by Matthew Vaughn, Kingsman: The Golden Circle stars Colin Firth, Julianne Moore, Taron Egerton, Mark Strong, Halle Berry, Sir Elton John, Channing Tatum and Jeff Bridges.
Kingsman: The Golden Circle (20th Century Fox) is written by Jane Goldman & Matthew Vaughn, based on the comic book “The Secret Service” by Mark Millar and Dave Gibbons, and is produced by Matthew Vaughn, David Reid and Adam Bohling.
Running time: 2h 21m; MPAA: Rated R (for sequences of strong violence, drug content, language throughout and some sexual material)
On the DONLOE SCALE: D (don’t bother), O (oh, no), N (needs work), L (likeable), O (oh, yeah) and E (excellent), Kingsman: The Golden Circle gets an O (oh, yeah).
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