In the early years of the 20th century, the Kingsman agency is formed to stand against a cabal plotting a war to wipe out millions.... (Full plot summary below)
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In the early years of the 20th century, the Kingsman agency is formed to stand against a cabal plotting a war to wipe out millions.
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| The Hollywood ReporterFrank ScheckThose willing to embrace this entry’s greater thematic and stylistic ambitions will find much to savor, including the stirring lead performance by Ralph Fiennes. The actor not only manages to give a fully committed dramatic portrayal that doesn’t give a hint of the material’s underlying silliness, but also demonstrates that he could have been a terrific James Bond if given the chance. |
| Film ThreatAlan NgThe King’s Man doesn’t pick up in any truly incredible way until the second half, where a fantastic narrative twist happens. |
| Total FilmJames MottramA thoroughbred origin story and rollicking good adventure in one, led by an excellent Ralph Fiennes. It’s a hoot. |
| CNETRichard TrenholmTrashy, deliberately and provocatively fun, The King's Man does for spy movies what The Suicide Squad did for superheroes. |
| The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Barry HertzA tonally wild and historically, um, loose First World War thriller, The King’s Man arrives as a head-scratching mess of bewildering ambition and outrageous style. |
| Original-CinThom ErnstThe King's Man takes known characters and events perverting truth with fiction. It's an amusing enough exercise even as it can jog free a few lost but freely interpreted high-school history lessons. |
| The GuardianPeter BradshawLike a great big playful un-neutered pitbull, Matthew Vaughn’s new Kingsman movie comes crashing into our cinematic lives this Christmas, overturning the furniture and frantically humping everyone’s leg before rolling over on the carpet for you to tickle its tummy or anything else that comes to hand. |
| ReelViewsJames BerardinelliAs either a 007-inspired spy film or a comic book adventure, The King’s Man feels stale. |
| PolygonJesse HassengerThe story is never fully passed along to the younger character; this really is Fiennes’ movie all the way, and probably more interesting for it. |
| ObserverOliver JonesIn its best moments, The King’s Man feels like you and your friends have just dumped out your great grandfather’s dusty crate of tin soldiers to create a game that has no rules whatsoever beyond doing something ridiculous. But the movie’s politics? Ugh. They are the cinematic equivalent of your British uncle complaining about cabbies with foreign accents or claiming that Brexit didn’t go nearly far enough. |
