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Dir: Matthew Vaughn (15, 120 mins)
A sequel to the Bond parodying, hyper violent Kingsman which almost managed to smugly inject some fun back into the spy genre. Taron Egerton returns as Eggsy, now a glasses-wearing, umbrella-wielding fully-fledged member of the super spy Kingsman organisation. Pretty soon however the headquarters of the Kingman organisation are decimated along with most of their members and to rid the world of a pressing global threat, the top secret elite organisation must join forces with another equally elite top secret organisation in America – The Statesman. This is headed up by Jeff Bridges and has gun-toting Channing Tatum, lasso-wielding Pedro Pascal and Q-like Halle Berry filling its ranks. They must overcome their culture clashing rivalries to battle Julianne Moore’s baddie and save the world in hyper-kinetic style. Colin Firth is also back, despite being shot in the head in the first film, as is Mark Strong as Egerton’s quartermaster. Jane Goldman is on scripting duties once more creating 007 situations with more gore and silliness, ranging from a taxi chase, a cable car showdown and briefcase bazooka battles. Glib nonsense done with style, but hopefully without another poorly judged anal sex gag.
Opens Sept 20