Guilty Pleasures #50 - Kingsman: The Golden Circle

Last year, I reviewed Kingsman: The Secret Service. An over the top and flamboyant movie but with clever humour and dialogue, with good actors delivering it that made it all seem worthwhile. It spoofed some of the spy clichés, although it did revel in plenty of its own. But I was on board for every second of it.

A sequel is out, and it made about the same amount of money, around $410m although this had a slightly higher budget of $104m. Critically this movie was less well received, 52% on Rotten Tomatoes and an audience score 65%, with average ratings 5.3/10 and 3.6/5 respectively. But where do I stand? Let’s take a look:

Guilty Pleasures #40 - Kingsman: The Secret Service

I’m doing it because the sequel’s coming out, sue me

Kingsman: The Secret Service released in 2014 to somewhat mixed reviews but a decent profit, making $400m on a $90m budget. But screw what other people think, I love this movie! But that doesn’t mean I can’t try and analyse it and be nitpicky, let’s dive in