Kingsman: The Golden Circle

"A proper spy movie."

2017 2h 21m EN

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Synopsis

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When an attack on the Kingsman headquarters takes place and a new villain rises, Eggsy and Merlin are forced to work together with the American agency known as the Statesman to save the world.

“A proper spy movie.”

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Cast

Taron Egerton
Eggsy
Colin Firth
Harry Hart
Julianne Moore
Poppy
Mark Strong
Merlin
Hanna Alström
Princess Tilde
Halle Berry
Ginger
Pedro Pascal
Whiskey
Channing Tatum
Tequila

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Matthew Vaughn
Writers: Matthew Vaughn, Jane Goldman
Languages: Swedish, English, Italian
Countries: United Kingdom, United States of America, Italy

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MONEY

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$104M budget — tentpole studio territory.

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MONEY

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Made its money back 4.0× over at the box office.

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3 / 8

ERA

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Released 9 years ago.

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4 / 8

WORLD

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Dialogue crosses 3 languages: Swedish, English, Italian.

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WORLD

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International production across 3 countries: United Kingdom, United States of America, Italy.

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CINEMA

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Part of the "Kingsman Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.

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7 / 8

CAST

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200+ people credited in cast and crew — a small city's worth of labour.

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8 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Directed by Matthew Vaughn, shot by George Richmond. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Matthew Vaughn directs. George Richmond behind the camera. Henry Jackman scores. Eddie Hamilton cuts. Made its budget back several times over at the box office. Produced in United Kingdom, United States of America, Italy. Dialogue in Swedish, English, Italian.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

1$104M budget — tentpole studio territory.
2Made its money back 4.0× over at the box office.
3Released 9 years ago.
4Dialogue crosses 3 languages: Swedish, English, Italian.
5International production across 3 countries: United Kingdom, United States of America, Italy.
6Part of the "Kingsman Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
7200+ people credited in cast and crew — a small city's worth of labour.
8Directed by Matthew Vaughn, shot by George Richmond. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
9Original score by Henry Jackman. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
10Editor Eddie Hamilton shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
11Taron Egerton and Colin Firth and Julianne Moore carry the top of the cast.
12Marketing tagline: "A proper spy movie.".
13IMDB entry: tt4649466 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
1411,435 TMDB user ratings logged — serious cultural footprint.
15Classified under 10 themes, including "saving the world", "spy", "secret agent", "europe".
16Released under 21 different titles around the world.

The technical file

Cinematography: George Richmond
Original score: Henry Jackman
Editing: Eddie Hamilton
Production design: Darren Gilford
Costume design: Arianne Phillips
Makeup / hair: Annette Field
VFX supervisor: Mark Breakspear
Sound: Rob Prynne
Stunt coordinator: Bradley James Allan
Runtime: 141 min · 2h 21m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Budget: $104,000,000
Box office: $410,902,662
Return: 395% of budget
Original language: EN
Certification (US): R
IMDB: Kingsman: The Golden Circle (2017)

Part of

Kingsman Collection

A British-American film series based on the adventures of the agents of Kingsman, a fictional secret organization. The series began with the recruitment of an unrefined—but promising—street kid into the agency's ultra-competitive training program.

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Gimly2017-12-29
★ 5/10
This Kingsman sequel might not be an outright terrible movie, but it is a massive disappointment. Virtually every enjoyable aspect of the first movie has been either turned down to and unsatisfyingly low level, or blasted way the fuck up into the realm of off-putting nonsense. The Golden Circle somehow manages to both underserve all of its elements, while still feeling far too long. A couple of good fights, nice suits and maybe a single laugh can be found throughout the movie, but it does not do the original one iota of justice. Final rating:★★½ - Had a lot that appealed to me, didn’t quite work as a whole.
Dark Jedi2018-02-20
★ 9/10
This is indeed a silly, even childish at time, movie but to me it was also a really really fun movie to watch. The movie starts by the Kingsman organisation getting screwed over royally by the psychopathic Poppy Adams which forces what remains of the organisation, all two people, to work with their counterpart in the United States. Just as the Kingsmen are parodies on the stiff upper lip British gentleman the Statesmen are parodies of the southern US gentleman (if you can actually call them that) only even more so. Maybe it is my European heritage but I personally feel the Kingsmen are fairly cool where the drawling Statesmen are more on the silly side. Once again Eggsy is the main character although I have to say that I personally like Harry, the original Galahad, much more. He has much more charisma, elegans and smarts. Since he is portrayed on the movie posters I guess it is not much of a spoiler when I say that, to my delight, the rumors of his death were greatly exaggerated. Unfortunately Eggsy is sometimes quite cool and plays his British gentleman role quite well and sometimes he is just dumb as a doornail. Poppy Adams is okay but she is bordering on the ludicrous too much for my taste. The we have a certain English artist, a Sir no less. I do not know how much they had to pay to get him to take part in this movie but I am fairly sure I would consider it too much. He was just silly as far as I am concerned. The movie is of course loaded with gadgets, most of them of the variety that makes noises of varying levels of loudness usually resulting in one or more bad guys biting the dust. It is almost gadget overload but I really liked. Sometimes this amount of totally unbelievable gadgets is dragging down the movie more than anything but in this one it was mostly a success. To me Harry and the gadgetry is what makes this movie. Given that I am originally from Sweden I have mixed feelings about Eggsy’s girlfriend and the Swedish royalties. I guess those parts were okay but I could have been without them as well. At least I feel that however wrote the scene with the “royal” dinner could have read up on Swedish etiquette. Knocking on a glass with your spoon, knife or fork means you are about to give a speech, NOT that you want the plates to be changed. A professional servant, and the Swedish royalty DO have professional servants, do not need to be told when to change plates. The actual story is, well it is original at least but I would not rate it any higher than okay. It served as a vehicle for stringing together all the stunts and jokes so it served its purpose. The worst part of the story was that I was actually finding myself agreeing with the president. This might perhaps shock some people but I am sorry, if you are dumb enough to ingest that crap, which is also highly illegal, then I have no sympathy for you. If you get upset about stupid plot details and plot holes then be prepared to be upset. There are plenty of them in this movie. To me it did not matter too much since this is not really a thriller or drama. It is a spy parody / comedy. Having said that it did piss me off a bit that this advanced organisation did not have brains enough to deal with the piece of equipment left in the London cab at the beginning of the movie. I mean, it was just soo obvious what would happen. Anyway, on the whole this movie was great fun to watch. I hope we get another sequel. Perhaps one with a Japanese version of the Kingsmen? There ought to be plenty of cultural stereotypes to play on there.
Filipe Manuel Neto2024-03-27
★ 6/10
A mix of glaring errors and notable qualities, in a film that is fun enough to watch and forget soon after. I'm not really aware of the box office results achieved by “Kingsman”, but I can guess that they were quite good, guaranteeing the continuation of what was already seen as a potential franchise. And so, here we are looking at his second film, a logical continuation of the story of the first. We see an attempt to smooth out some rough edges that were criticized in the first film: unlike what happened before, and except for some more bizarre deaths, it is a more serious bet on the family segment, with no problems regarding graphic violence and gore. Matthew Vaughn did a satisfactory job of balancing action and humor, and reinforcing the dose of choreographed and flashy fights and spy gadgets, where the technical and effects department had enough ground to shine. The soundtrack isn't bad, maintaining the essentials of the first film, and the cinematography and costumes work. The editing is very well done, and despite being a very long film for the genre, this is not a really important problem. The script is fun and entertains the audience well, trying to maintain the quality of the previous work. However, he is forced to make concessions: the character of Colin Firth, who was applauded for his work in the first film, is resurrected, and the film's setting is, almost entirely, the USA. In fact, the inclusion of an American spy organization hidden in a bourbon whiskey distillery in the middle of Kentucky, although well framed by the script, is still just a maneuver to win over the country's box office. With an aggravating factor: the North American characters are clichés and behave like simple cowboys, with more agility and physical strength than brains and tactical thinking. Everything a spy would need the less, in life or fiction. Finally, a note about the villain: despite the actress's efforts, the character is bad, was poorly thought out and poorly developed, in a kind of kitsch revivalist delirium without any sense or taste. Once again, Colin Firth does an impeccable and praiseworthy job. Taron Egerton appears more mature and resilient, more capable of ensuring the protagonism required of him. Mark Strong is also excellent, largely because he had better material in this film, where his character has a lot more centrality. Jeff Bridges is also good enough for the job. Unfortunately, there are several actors who were not given decent characters or material, and who struggle against this without great results. That's the case of Julianne Moore, Channing Tatum and Halle Berry. They are good, they do what they can with what they are given, but it is a vain effort.