Kingsman: The Secret Service

Colin Firth Director: Matthew Vaughn Matthew Vaughn

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.

Product Details

Release Date:	06/09/2015
UPC:	0024543980162
Original Release:	2015
Rating:	R
Source:	20Th Century Fox
Region Code:	1
Presentation:	[Wide Screen]
Time:	2:09:00
Sales rank:	14,505

Special Features

cc Panel to screen: the education of a 21st century super-spy 3 image galleries: Behind the scenes Sets and props

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Colin Firth	Harry Hart
Michael Caine	Arthur
Taron Egerton	Gary "Eggsy" Unwin
Samuel L. Jackson	Richmond Valentine
Mark Strong	Merlin
Sophie Cookson	Roxy
Mark Hamill	Professor Arnold
Jack Cutmore Scott	Actor
Corey Johnson	Actor
Samantha Womack	Michelle Unwin
Geoff Bell	Dean
Edward Holcroft	Actor
Sofia Boutella	Gazelle
Jack Davenport	Lancelot
Alex Nikolov	Little Eggsy
Velibor Topic	Big Goon
Jordan Long	Poodle

Technical Credits

Matthew Vaughn

Jane Goldman

Matthew Vaughn	Director,Producer,Screenwriter
Adam Bohling	Producer
Matthew Collinge	Sound/Sound Designer
Dave Gibbons	Executive Producer
Jane Goldman	Co-producer,Screenwriter
Eddie Hamilton	Editor
Jon Harris	Editor
Simon Hayes	Sound/Sound Designer
Henry Jackman	Score Composer
Paul Kirby	Production Designer
Pierre Lagrange	Executive Producer
Matthew Margeson	Score Composer
Stephen Marks	Executive Producer
Mark Millar	Executive Producer
Arianne Phillips	Costumes/Costume Designer
David Reid	Producer
George Richmond	Cinematographer
Danny Sheehan	Sound/Sound Designer
Andy Thomson	Production Designer
Claudia Vaughn	Executive Producer

Scene Index

Disc #1 -- Kingsman: The Secret Service
1. Chapter 1 [:00]
2. Chapter 2 [:00]
3. Chapter 3 [:00]
4. Chapter 4 [:00]
5. Chapter 5 [:00]
6. Chapter 6 [:00]
7. Chapter 7 [:00]
8. Chapter 8 [:00]
9. Chapter 9 [:00]
10. Chapter 10 [:00]
11. Chapter 11 [:00]
12. Chapter 12 [:00]
13. Chapter 13 [:00]
14. Chapter 14 [:00]
15. Chapter 15 [:00]
16. Chapter 16 [:00]
17. Chapter 17 [:00]
18. Chapter 18 [:00]
19. Chapter 19 [:00]
20. Chapter 20 [:00]
21. Chapter 21 [:00]
22. Chapter 22 [:00]
23. Chapter 23 [:00]
24. Chapter 24 [:00]
25. Chapter 25 [:00]
26. Chapter 26 [:00]
27. Chapter 27 [:00]
28. Chapter 28 [:00]
29. Chapter 29 [:00]
30. Chapter 30 [:00]
31. Chapter 31 [:00]
32. Chapter 32 [:00]
33. Chapter 33 [:00]
34. Chapter 34 [:00]
35. Chapter 35 [:00]
36. Chapter 36 [:00]

Menu

Disc #1 -- Kingsman: The Secret Service
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Editorial Reviews

In order to understand exactly what tone director Matthew Vaughn is going for in his stylish, comic-to-screen spy romp Kingsman: The Secret Service, one need look no further than a scene that takes place approximately halfway through the film. It's a pivotal moment that finds gentleman spy Harry Hart (Colin Firth) posing as a billionaire real-estate mogul in order to get closer to Valentine (Samuel L. Jackson), a popular Internet entrepreneur and suspected supervillain. As the two rivals sit down to share a meal, the topic of conversation shifts to spy films. Asked if he's a fan, Hart says that he is, but with the caveat that the most recent entries in the enduring genre have become "too serious." Kingsman: The Secret Service is the antidote to all of that seriousness. A rousing dose of retro-fueled fun, replete with sharply dressed secret agents, hi-tech gadgets, lethal henchmen (er, henchwomen), and, of course, a diabolical villain with a secluded mountain-top stronghold, it aims to be the anti-Skyfall -- a sprightly franchise starter that wants to fill the gap that opened up when Q sent Bond on his 23rd assignment virtually empty-handed. Even so, there's one key element of Kingsman that separates it from virtually every spy adventure that has come before, and that difference could be the deciding factor in the future of this potential series. The Kingsmen are an independent intelligence agency modeled after the Knights of the Round Table. Honor and integrity are among their chief virtues, and each agent takes his and her name from a noble knight of legend. Veteran Kingsman Harry Hart (aka Galahad) is on assignment in the Middle East when he makes a mistake that costs a key teammate his life. Devastated, Galahad bestows the agent's son Eggsy a medal of valor, which entitles him to any favor of his choosing at any point in his life. The movie then flash forwards to 12 years later, as Galahad learns that another teammate has perished while attempting to rescue a kidnapped college professor (Mark Hamill) in Argentina. Meanwhile, in England, a now teenage Eggsy (Taron Egerton) isn't doing that well. After getting arrested for leading the police on a chase in a stolen car, he remembers the medal and requests his favor. Much to his surprise, Galahad is waiting for him when he exits the station. Impressed by Galahad's fighting skills when confronted by a group of local thugs, Eggsy accepts his offer to try out for the Kingsmen. But he's just one of many young hopefuls competing for a single open slot, and right as their training begins to pick up, charismatic billionaire Valentine initiates an apocalyptic plot to curb global warming with a great cull. Later, as the selection process comes down to Eggsy and one other potential Kinsgman candidate, Valentine makes a move that shakes the organization to its very core as he prepares to set his catastrophic plan in motion. Watching Kingsman, it's plain to see that Vaughn has taken most of his cues from the colorful, pre-Bourne Identity spy films that favored upbeat escapism over gritty realism. In the wake of turning heads with his freshman crime drama Layer Cake (the movie that helped launch future 007 Daniel Craig to stardom), Vaughn revealed himself to be a capable comic-to-screen adaptor as the director and co-writer of Kick-Ass and X-Men: First Class. He keeps that trend going with Kingsman, successfully creating the feel of an action-packed graphic novel come to life. If it's three-dimensional characters or plausibility that you crave, you might choose to skip this assignment. On the other hand, if it's eye-popping spectacle you seek, Kingsman hits its marks with the style and skill of an expert assassin. By paralleling Eggsy's training with the Kingsmen's fight against Valentine, Vaughn and frequent screenwriting partner Jane Goldman (Kick-Ass, Stardust, X-Men: First Class) fuse the discovery of an origin story with the thrill of a first adventure. It all adds up to a rousing good time -- as long as you can forgive such obvious leaps in logic as how Eggsy managed to learn the Kingsmen's distinctive fighting style while his mentor was in a coma -- and by making Valentine's threat both global and deeply personal (a scene with a child in peril may have sensitive parents wincing), the writers keep the action moving fast enough that we have little time to quibble. Relative newcomer Egerton carries little baggage with him to the big screen, allowing him to fully inhabit the character of Eggsy and make his transformation into a superspy entirely believable. By contrast, it's precisely our familiarity with Oscar winner Firth that allows his character to command authority as the veteran agent determined to thwart Valentine's plan. And that brings us to Samuel L. Jackson -- gifted with one of the most distinctive voices in cinema, his decision to portray Valentine with a pronounced lisp helps to distinguish the character from his legendary list of big-screen badasses. At the same time, the fun he's so obviously having as Valentine effortlessly transfers to the audience. Michael Caine brings the appropriate amount of gravity to his role as the head of the Kingsmen organization, and it's refreshing to see Mark Strong in a rare good-guy role. His slack is picked up by Sofia Boutella, flawlessly agile as Valentine's alluring, razor-footed enforcer Gazelle. Making a memorable entrance by slicing a man in half vertically, Gazalle may also be the deciding factor in whether or not the film results in the birth of a new franchise (as it so obviously intends). Outside of the horror genre, it's difficult to cite examples of successful R-rated movie series, and while Vaughn and company should be commended for their uncompromising vision (a hyper-violent church massacre, complete with blowtorches to the face, makes the climactic battle in Kill Bill feel tame despite running half the time), it could also turn out to be the burgeoning franchise's Achilles' heel: Not only will the violence cause some parents to recoil in shock, but in many ways it stands in stark contrast to the film's otherwise playful tone. For grown-ups who savor nostalgia and mayhem, however, this could be just the throwback they've been longing for.

All Movie Guide - Jason Buchanan