Movie Review #3 - Kingsman: The Golden Circle (2017)

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Flat on Story But Visually Appealing and Still Fun.

I loved the first movie. It was absolutely hilarious that its ridiculousness didn’t matter. For the sequel however, it is still ridiculous but the flood of Oscar-winning actors wasn’t enough to capture the charm its predecessor has.

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Sure, we still have Colin Firth and goodness the infusion of Jeff Bridges, Halle Berry and Julianne Moore? I was wondering if this is a movie sponsored by the Academy and don’t remind me if the completely useless role of Channing Tatum. These actors weren’t necessary and it kinda pissed me off. Pedro Pascal was here too, but who cares right? He’s from Game of Thrones so he must be relevant.

I’m sick and tired of the spy movie genre because they are all the same. If so, the strategy should be execution and The Golden Circle just fell flat. The one thing I’m happy about is the now trademark fight scenes that is composed of hand-held camera and long shot sequence. That was actually fun.

I’m sure we’ll see a 3rd Kingsman movie, now that it’s been dominating the box office but I’m really hoping they’ll wise up and stop downplaying Taron Egerton and let him carry the whole damn thing.

A weak sequel to a strong start, still cheesy scoring, great music, funny cameos. Slick battle scenes, but altogether fails anyway as it falls into the Hollywood sickness for sequels.

Here's the official trailer:

Sanuk's Grade: 3/5 stars