Kingsman: The Golden Circle

Name: Kingsman: The Golden Circle
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy
Released: September 22, 2017
Duration: 141 min
Rating: 44
Cast: Calvin Demba, Channing Tatum, Colin Firth, Edward Holcroft, Gordon Alexander

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Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation | Release Date: September 22, 2017 | R

Starring: Calvin Demba, Channing Tatum, Colin Firth, Edward Holcroft, Gordon Alexander, Halle Berry, Hanna Alström, Jeff Bridges, Julianne Moore, Mark Strong, Pedro Pascal, Poppy Delevingne, Sophie Cookson, Taron Egerton, Thomas Turgoose, Tobi Bakare

Summary: Kingsman: The Secret Service introduced the world to Kingsman - an independent, international intelligence agency operating at the highest level of discretion, whose ultimate goal is to keep the world safe. In "Kingsman: The Golden Circle," our heroes face a new challenge. When their headquarters are destroyed and the world is held hostage,Kingsman: The Secret Service introduced the world to Kingsman - an independent, international intelligence agency operating at the highest level of discretion, whose ultimate goal is to keep the world safe. In "Kingsman: The Golden Circle," our heroes face a new challenge. When their headquarters are destroyed and the world is held hostage, their journey leads them to the discovery of an allied spy organization in the US called Statesman, dating back to the day they were both founded. In a new adventure that tests their agents' strength and wits to the limit, these two elite secret organizations band together to defeat a ruthless common enemy, in order to save the world, something that's becoming a bit of a habit for Eggsy.… Expand

Director: Matthew Vaughn

Genre(s): Action, Adventure, Comedy

Rating: R

Runtime: 141 min

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Jim Vejvoda

Sep 18, 2017

Kingsman: The Golden Circle is as cheeky, cartoonish, and crazy as its predecessor, but it’s also commendably unafraid to demolish what had come before it if it’s in service of the story. The new dynamic between Eggsy and his team is great, and the Statesman prove amusing counterparts to these gentlemen spies from across the pond. Read full review

Steve Davis

Sep 20, 2017

Like its predecessor, everything about the stylized Kingsman: The Golden Circle teeters just a little over the top: the elegant international production values, the perfectly tailored Savile Row attire, the hyperviolent action sequences, the depiction of something more than just an innocent hint of sex. Read full review

James Berardinelli

Sep 21, 2017

There’s fun to be had but it’s not consistent and at times it’s disappointing how certain scenes play out. Read full review

Ignatiy Vishnevetsky

Sep 20, 2017

Dumber and less stylish than its predecessor, Kingsman: The Secret Service, the cartoonish secret-agent pastiche Kingsman: The Golden Circle is also even more of an incoherent right-wing text, an exaggeration of the James Bond movies’ violence, fashion sense, and sex that keeps trying to pass off its ham-fisted conservative attitudes as smirking nihilism. Read full review

Chris Nashawaty

Sep 18, 2017

If the first Kingsman, at its best, felt like a dry martini of a joke, then this one is more Jack and Mountain Dew — unsubtle, unrefreshing, and unnecessary. Read full review

Tim Grierson

Sep 18, 2017

As kinetic as its predecessor — and just as belaboured — Kingsman: The Golden Circle serves up another batch of hyper-stylised action, irreverent humour and sharp threads, resulting in a film that’s not nearly as cool as it thinks it is. Read full review

RogerEbert.com Glenn Kenny

Sep 21, 2017

It’s violence for cowardly voyeurs who want to make the people who annoy them just shut up in a way that’s silent, sterile, and thoroughly humiliating to the victim. Read full review

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Matouzz

Sep 23, 2017

loved it its not btter than the first one but it deff does not deserve that 50 % on rotten. The action is top notch and if you enjoyed the first one i cant see why you wouldnt like this one.

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Dr4gonkiller96

Sep 24, 2017

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. its definitely an amazing movie. just as great as the first one... people who say otherwise dont understand that sequel is more of the same so it would seem boring because you have seen it just a different plot, that doesnt mean its bad it means it was done right because they recreated the same feeling that it feels the same but different. get what i am saying. i thought it was great but those spoilers in the Trailers was stupid, that even the director thought the trailers were bad and spoiled the major plot twists. if we didnt see the trailers it would have been more of a surprise. loved the action bits, and cringed at the meat grinding and dog tearing. its worth a watch.… Expand

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MasterRiley

Jan 23, 2018

Kingsman: The Golden Circle is a solid follow up to the original. It continues with good performances and fantastically executed action sequences. It's story has some cliched elements, but is still well written and concludes nicely overall.

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Ralfbergs

Mar 4, 2018

Not as good as the first one, but still had plenty of fun moments and good actions scenes. If you liked first one, you will like this one too I think.

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D00mM4r1n3

Sep 27, 2017

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. As a huge fan of the first movie I went into this expecting a lot, sadly I was let down. The movie certainly has that great British humor that intelligent viewers love but the editing and perhaps directing of the film was piss poor. One can only assume that who ever was in charge had a serious case of ADD. Scenes would just end abruptly and jump somewhere else or casually change locations without rhyme or reason. Evil characters were never fully developed, lacking motivation and severely lacking energy. For crying out loud, the female lead villain barely leaves the damn kitchen where her only act of villainy is to make a damn sandwich! The whole cast of Statesman are grossly underutilized, and much like the villains never have their backstories developed. Even with a runtime of over 2 hours the director failed on so many basic levels. I am still giving this what I feel is a reasonable score as I did laugh out loud quite a bit at much of the humor and was happy to see the princess return. I hope that if a third movie is made they don't try to incorporate so many characters into the film which they have clearly shown they are incapable of handling.… Expand

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NBFC

Jan 9, 2018

Starts off great with a fantastic car chase that involves Eggsy (Egerton) fighting a Winter Solider-ized Charlie Hesketh (the explanation for how he survived the first movie admittedly makes no sense) soundtracked to Let’s Go Crazy by Prince. But sadly, the rest of the sequel to MatthewStarts off great with a fantastic car chase that involves Eggsy (Egerton) fighting a Winter Solider-ized Charlie Hesketh (the explanation for how he survived the first movie admittedly makes no sense) soundtracked to Let’s Go Crazy by Prince. But sadly, the rest of the sequel to Matthew Vaughn's surprise R-rated action hit never hits the same high note.

On the whole, The Golden Circle is a typical average sequel. There are also some fun action and humor-filled banter with Eggsy and an eye-patched Galahad (resurrected through the power of deus ex machina) at the end too.

There are also plenty of damn funny moments too, including one involving a GPS tracker that literally had everybody in the audience rolling on the floor.

Even though this sequel is far from devoid of entertainment value, it disappointingly suffers from typical sequelitis problems and it is all rooted in the script, which essentially boils down to a bloated re-tread of the first movie.

The movie suffers from severe pacing issues due to too many uninteresting plot threads (Ex. Eggsy's relationship trouble) and ultimately pointless characters.

Even the Statesman, which were a centerpiece in the film’s marketing, end up being completely superfluous to the plot. Channing Tatum fans will be severely disappointed because he only has a total of 10 minutes of total screen time before being unceremoniously removed from the plot. Even Halle Berry and Jeff Bridges are barely in the movie and thus do not make much of an impression.

The only Statesman to receive any significant screen-time is Pedro Pascal, who plays Jack Daniels (aka. the one with the whip). Now I really like Pascal, especially on Narcos, and he does a good job with the role and has a good chemistry with main trio of Kingsman. But as with the case with most things with this movie, Jack Daniels doesn’t really add much to the narrative and mostly exists to squeeze in more action sequences.

Probably the biggest weakness of this movie is surprisingly it’s main villain. Despite a solid introduction (you will not look at a hamburger the same way again), the 50’s obsessed drug lord Poppy Adams (Moore) comes off as more of an annoyance to our heroes than an actual threat. She lacks that seamless balance of odd humor and sincere menace that Samuel L. Jackson brought in the first one. Her obsession with the 50’s is never given a satisfying explanation outside of “she’s crazy” and her scheme is simply idiotic.

Moore’s overly ernest dialogue delivery and just the fact that most of the jokes written for her are lame contribute to her character getting annoying and old VERY fast. Moore is a very good actress but her performance was simply terrible!!… Expand

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Broyax

Dec 11, 2018

Le premier était déjà bien médiocre et sujet à caution mais cette "suite" se casse la gueule dans les tréfonds de la mongolerie et du grand n'importe quoi... Des robots-chiens, un taxi lance-roquettes amphibie, un bras de terminator, un hamburger à l'homme de main, des missiles et tuttiLe premier était déjà bien médiocre et sujet à caution mais cette "suite" se casse la gueule dans les tréfonds de la mongolerie et du grand n'importe quoi... Des robots-chiens, un taxi lance-roquettes amphibie, un bras de terminator, un hamburger à l'homme de main, des missiles et tutti quanti... n'en jetez plus, le summum de la connerie a été atteint !

L'humour kikoolol omniprésent vise à n'en pas douter les ados alcoolisés (pléonasme) qui ont fumé toute l'herbe du jardin d'enfants, rendant caduque le mauvais goût accumulé pendant toute la carrière des tarantineries de Tarantino, battu ici à plate couture. Il faut dire que les effets spéciaux, c'est le chemin de la facilité puisqu'on peut tout se permettre, y compris les élucubrations de scénaristes défoncés à l'aide de produits très stupéfiants... pour produire de tels sous-produits pas culturels du tout.

On a donc là un infâme tas de merde, un gigantesque tas de merde mongoloïde et prétentieux, du genre qui rit de ses propres blagues et de son humour de fond de poubelle high-tech. Affligeant de débilité !… Expand

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