I continue to fall victim to these early-in-the-year releases
that get good reviews, forgetting every year that for the most part, these films
are not very good. It’s just that critics are desperate to grasp at something
remotely interesting in the early months on the calendar. Kingsman: The Secret Service is one of these movies. It’s all flash
and panache, giving the illusion of something stylish and innovative. This is
Matthew Vaughn’s second film adapted from a Mark Millar comic. Kick
Ass was the first and, truth be told, violence is treated equally in
both films, which tells me that Millar and Vaughn see no difference between
violence committed by and against a twelve-year old girl and English gentlemen.
