Film: Kingsman - The Secret Service

GENRE: Action/Adventure

RATING: R for strong violence & language
RUNTIME: 2 hours and 9 minutes

STARRING: Colin Firth (The King’s Speech, Love Actually)

Taron Egerton (newcomer), Samuel L Jackson (Pulp Fiction)

DIRECTOR: Matthew Vaughn (Kick-Ass; X-Men: First Class)

WRITERS: Jan Goldman & Vaughn (Stardust, Kick-Ass)

PLOT: A street kid is brought into a gentlemanly spy organization who is trying to take down a crazy tech genius.  

FIVE OBSERVATIONS:

1 Vaughn know how to make a fun action flick. Lots of great stuff. Colin Firth rocks the wonderfully choreographed fight scenes. The time flew by.

2 There is a scene in a church that is a bit much. Not for the queasy.

3 I know that a good villain is supposed to be eccentric but the lisp is pretty annoying.

4 Love seeing Mark Hamill (Star Wars) getting some more regular work.  

5 The opening credits are laughable and not in a good way. Who ever made that should never work again. Bouncing bricks? Huh?

RECOMMENDATION: Fun on the big screen
UPCOMING REVIEWS: Focus; Insurgent