Colin Firth is the epitome of dapper action cool with his bespoke suit barely ruffled during some seriously intense action scenes. While poking gentle fun at the new more serious toned Bond franchise and offering up some delightful homages to the class-orientated themes of the classic British spy genre, Kingsman: The Secret Service is packed full of knowingly impressive performances.
In fact the story favours links much further back than Bond, Harry Palmer or Bulldog Drummond, with the debonair and suavely heroic Kingsman gentleman spies assuming names of knights of the round table as they place themselves as a freelance espionage organisation working with seemingly vast resources and at the highest level. That old British gambit of class conflict is at the heart of the film Harry is adamant that the classic Oxford style shoe takes precedence over the Brogue as he takes Eggsy to their secret Kingsman headquarters hidden at a Savile Row tailors in London but it is played for laughs rather than resonance.
Though running over two hours, the film is pretty pacy, packed with a series of nicely staged action scenes, favours smart and amusing dialogue scripted by Vaughn and regular screenwriting partner Jane Goldman over easy and corny spy gags.
Colin Firth is the epitome of dapper action cool with his bespoke suit barely ruffled during some seriously intense action scenes he and his stuntman perform impressively , while Taron Egerton convinces as a young man seeking a father figure as he makes the transition from street kid to besuited hero. Main cast: Colin Firth, Samuel L.
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