"Manners maketh the man."
Directed by Matthew Vaughn
Produced by Adam Bohling, David Reid, Matthew Vaughn
Screenplay by Jane Goldman, Matthew Vaughn
Based on "The Secret Service" by Mark Millar, Dave Gibbons
Starring: Colin Firth, Samuel L. Jackson, Mark Strong, Taron Egerton, Michael Caine, Mark Hamill
Music by Henry Jackman, Matthew Margeson
Cinematography: George Richmond
Edited by Eddie Hamilton, Jon Harris
Production companies: Marv Films, Shangri-La Entertainment, TSG Entertainment
Distributed by 20th Century Fox
Release date: 29 January 2015 (United Kingdom)
Running time: 129 minutes
Country: United Kingdom, United States
Budget: $81 million
Box office: $413.3 million
"Kingsman: The Secret Service" is an action adventure comedy film directed by Matthew Vaughn, and based on the comic book "The Secret Service", created by Dave Gibbons and Mark Millar. The story is about a spy organization which recruits an unrefined, but promising street kid into the agency's ultra-competitive training program, just as a global threat emerges from a twisted tech genius.
Cast
- Taron Egerton as Gary "Eggsy" Unwin
- Colin Firth as Harry Hart / Galahad
- Samuel L. Jackson as Richmond Valentine
- Mark Strong as Merlin
- Michael Caine as Chester King / Arthur
- Sophie Cookson as Roxanne "Roxy" Morton
- Sofia Boutella as Gazelle
- Samantha Womack as Michelle Unwin
- Geoff Bell as Dean
- Edward Holcroft as Charlie Hesketh
- Mark Hamill as Professor James Arnold
- Jack Davenport as Lancelot
- Jack Cutmore-Scott as Rufus Saville
- Lily Travers as Lady Sophie
- Richard Brake as The Interrogator
- Andrei Lenart as Arctic Guard
This film is a must-see at any rate because of stylish as usual Colin Firth, lisping Samuel L. Jackson and cursing Mark Strong; or just because of gentlemen in suits because the main feature of the whole picture is its style, its beauty. Visual effects make viewers not take their eyes off the screen enjoying every second of the entertainment - music and special effects operate the same way.
Advantages
- Taron Egerton as Gary "Eggsy" Unwin
- Colin Firth as Harry Hart / Galahad
- Samuel L. Jackson as Richmond Valentine
- Mark Strong as Merlin
- The style
- Strong language
- Music
Disadvantages
- Too much violence
- Sex of Lady Sophie and Eggsy
Strangenesses
- The equipment
Clue Moments
- The church
- Death of Harry Hart
- Death of Gary's father
- The equipment
- Valentine's lisping
- The dog
- A parachute jump
Nowadays the population is a problem but does it worth to be removed like a virus? The science says "yes", humanism - "no", as how somebody can decide who deserves to live and who doesn't? It's much easier to plan babies than to kill people anyway.
Soundtracks
- Henry Jackman feat. Matthew Margeson - Manners Maketh Man
- Henry Jackman feat. Matthew Margeson - The Medallion
- Henry Jackman feat. Matthew Margeson - Valentine
- Henry Jackman feat. Matthew Margeson - To Become A Kingsman
- Henry Jackman feat. Matthew Margeson - Pick A Puppy
- Henry Jackman feat. Matthew Margeson - Drinks With Valentine
- Henry Jackman feat. Matthew Margeson - Skydiving
- Henry Jackman feat. Matthew Margeson - Shame We Had To Grow Up
- Henry Jackman feat. Matthew Margeson - Kentucky Christians (Bonus Track)
- Henry Jackman feat. Matthew Margeson - Curious Scars And Implants
- Henry Jackman feat. Matthew Margeson - Toast To A Kingsman
- Henry Jackman feat. Matthew Margeson - An 1815 Napoleonic Brandy
- Henry Jackman feat. Matthew Margeson - Eat, Drink, And Paaaaarty
- Henry Jackman feat. Matthew Margeson - Calculated Infiltration
- Henry Jackman feat. Matthew Margeson - Out Of Options (Bonus Track)
- Henry Jackman feat. Matthew Margeson - Hand On The Machine
- Henry Jackman feat. Matthew Margeson - Finale
- Henry Jackman feat. Matthew Margeson - Original Valentine Ideas (Demo Suite) (Bonus Track)
Quotations
* * *
Harry Hart: I'm a Catholic wh*re, currently enjoying congress out of wedlock with my black Jewish boyfriend who works at a military abortion clinic. So, hail Satan, and have a lovely afternoon, madam.
* * *
Harry Hart: [Quoting Ernest Hemingway] There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man; true nobility is being superior to your former self.
* * *
Harry Hart: [Quoting William Horman] "Manners maketh man." Do you know what that means? Then let me teach you a lesson.
* * *
Harry Hart: You throw away your biggest opportunity over a f*cking dog. And then you humiliate me by stealing my boss' car.Gary 'Eggsy' Unwin: You shot a dog just to get a f*cking job!
Harry Hart: Yes, I did.
[Hart opens the study room to reveal his stuffed dog]
Harry Hart: And Mr. Pickle here reminds me of that every time I take a shit!
Gary 'Eggsy' Unwin: You shot your dog and had it stuffed? You f*cking freak!
Harry Hart: No, I shot my dog and then brought him home and continued to care for him for the next 11 years until he died of pancreatitis.
Gary 'Eggsy' Unwin: What?
Harry Hart: It was a blank, Eggsy. It was a f*cking blank. Remember Amelia?
Gary 'Eggsy' Unwin: Yeah.
Harry Hart: She didn't drown. She works in our tech department in Berlin. She's fine. Limits must be tested. A Kingsman only condones the risking of one life to save another.
Gary 'Eggsy' Unwin: My dad might have saved your life, even though your f*ck-up cost his? What, you've got him stuffed here and all?
Harry Hart: Can't you see that everything I've done has been about trying to repay him?
* * *
Harry Hart: [after eating McDonald's food with Valentine] Thank you for such a 'happy' meal.
* * *
Harry Hart: The suit is the modern gentleman's armour. The Kingsmen are the new knights.Gary 'Eggsy' Unwin: How deep does this f*ckin' elevator go?
Harry Hart: Deep enough.
* * *
Harry Hart: [to confused gang members] Are we going to stand around here all day, or are we going to fight?
* * *
Gazelle: Looks like a lot of people are going to die.Valentine: Do I look like I give a f*ck?
* * *
Valentine: You know what this is like? It's like those old movies we both love. Now I'm going to tell you my whole plan, and then I'm going to come up with some absurd and convoluted way to kill you, and you'll find an equally convoluted way to escape.Harry Hart: Sounds good to me.
Valentine: Well this ain't that kind of movie.
[Shoots Harry in the head]
* * *
Valentine: Is he dead?Gazelle: That tends to happen when you shoot someone in the head.
* * *
Valentine: Mankind is the virus, and I'm the cure.
* * *
Harry Hart: Huge IQ. Great performance in the marines, but ya gave up. Drugs, petty crime, never had a job.
* * *
Merlin: Congratulations on completing your first task. Charlie, Roxy, well done. For those of you who are still confused, if you can get a breathing tube through the U-bend of a toilet, you have an unlimited air supply. Simple physics... worth remembering. Eggsy, well done for spotting that was a two-way mirror.Charlie: He's probably seen enough of them.
Merlin: Yeah, you can all wipe the smirk off your faces because as far as I'm concerned, every single one of you has failed. You all forgot the most important thing: Teamwork.
* * *
Merlin: Looking good, Eggsy.Gary 'Eggsy' Unwin: Feeling good, Merlin.
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You may see the trailer here.
Plot: 8/10
Entertainment: 9/10
Acting: 8/10
Originality: 8/10
Music and Sound: 8/10
8/10
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