Kingsman: The Golden Circle

There must be some sort of mistakes.

In theory, Kingsman: The Golden Circle could have been a great sequel. It has enough callbacks to the original to remind us what we love about it in the first place. It expands on the mythology of the fictional spy world. We get to catch up with some familiar faces. It takes what we love, the humour and inventive action sequences, and amps it up tenfold. But, someway, somehow it has steered into the wrong direction.

Kingsman: The Golden Circle completely misses the mark about what makes the first one so charming. The routes that this film take with some of its beloved characters are strange and downright annoying. By overstuffing it with big names and soulless robot dogs, the zany earnestness in the original has all but vanished. Not to mention, the filmmakers’ attempt to “go big” by Americanizing the film is uninspired and irritable. To top it all off, here is a dose of casual misogyny that will go nicely with everything else to make its audience feel cheated.

As someone who thoroughly adores the original film, Kingsman: The Golden Circle is sadly nothing more than a poor imitation of its brilliant predecessor. It is an unfortunate product of miscommunication between the audience and a studio that seems out of touch with its demographic.

(Originally posted on 24 Sep 2017 @projectunwrapped)