Overview
Mark Millar and Dave Gibbons' comic series is adapted for the big screen in this Matthew Vaughn-directed action thriller. The story centers on a secret agent who recruits a juvenile delinquent into a top-secret spy organization. Together, they battle a tech genius with diabolical ambitions.
Awards:
Main Cast & Crew:
Matthew Vaughn - Director
Colin Firth
Michael Caine
Samuel L. Jackson
Mark Strong
Jack Davenport
Sofia Boutella
Corey Johnson
Jorge Leon Martinez
Sophie Cookson
Edward Holcroft
Details
- Format: DVD
- Run Time: 129
- Color Format: Color
- UPC: 024543980162
- Genre: Action
- Rating: R (MPAA) (sequences of strong violence, language and some sexual content)
- Release Date: June 2015
Movie Reviews
Reviews:
"Colin Firth is the epitome of suave, as lethal as he is elegant, in the spy thriller KINGSMAN: THE SECRET SERVICE..." - 12/27/2014 Hollywood Reporter
"For those who think James Bond has gotten a little too serious in his old age, KINGSMAN: THE SECRET SERVICE brings the irreverence back to the British spy genre..." - 12/27/2014 Variety
"Firth is a revelation in what is his first real action role, dispatching thugs with his umbrella like a jacked-up John Steed." - 01/08/2015 Total Film
4 stars out of 5 -- "It’s got ingenious gadgets, suave heroes with the ability to identify a rare brand of Scotch from smell alone, megalomaniacal villains and deadly henchwomen with blades where their legs used to be. It’s filthy, funny and very violent..." - 01/30/2015 Empire
"Vaughn shows a real knack for integrating flashy production design and complex effects sequences, most notably during a couple of super-violent, bone-cracking, head-impaling hand-to-hand fight scenes." - 02/12/2015 A.V. Club
"KINGSMAN serves up its share of entertaining froth....Much of that is due to Firth, the film's true star." - 02/12/2015 Los Angeles Times
3 stars out of 4 -- "Its blend of breathless action with Brit irreverence is like James Bond skipping the martinis and lacing a proper cup of tea with crack." - 02/12/2015 USA Today
3 stars out of 4 -- "KINGSMAN is a high-octane combo of action and comedy that breathes sweet and surreal new life into the big-screen spy game where Bond meets Jason Bourne and Jack Bauer." - 02/11/2015 Rolling Stone
3.5 stars out of 4 -- "Firth is brilliant.....[He] gives a disciplined, serious performance." - 02/12/2015 Chicago Sun-Times
3 stars out of 4 -- "KINGSMAN delivers on its promise of escapist fun, with a touch that alternates between Galahad’s old-school polish and Eggsy’s roguish charm." - 02/12/2015 Washington Post
"[A] muscle-flexing spectacle of cartoon violence and cheeky attitude, which announces its cleverness at every turn." - 02/11/2005 Entertainment Weekly
