Kingsman: The Golden Circle (Part 2 of 2)

Kingsman: The Golden Circle (Part 2 of 2)

Julianne Moore is a great actress and she plays the slightly off main villain well. I just wanted her to have more screen time with the main heroes. Instead, many of the side villains become the main focus. She does have some strange quirks just like Sam Jackson's character from the first movie.

Moore’s character should have been fully realized like Sam Jackson’s character.  She simply wasn’t in the movie as much for my liking.  I have to wonder if plenty of her scenes were cut for time.  Moore is a great actress, but her character received the short straw in the movie and it is a real shame.   

The main villain's major plot is not that well conceived, but it has that 60’s Bond-villain vibe to it.  I also like how the President becomes a villain in this plot and turns the main villain’s plot on its head.  It is supposed to be silly. It is that far off from those villains from the Bond franchise, but some younger people might have a problem with this strange poison/drug plot.

And, I actually liked the dancing and the paralyzed stages.

-Jeff Bridges plays another cowboy cop type: He's the leader of the Statesmen group in America. Bridges is now known as old cowboy leader. This has to be a joke within a joke to cast him as this character.

-Elton John as a key plot point:  Hmm, okay.  I am not the biggest fan of his work, but I am fine with what you’re doing here.  Elton actually plays a bigger part in the movie than I expected.   

-Wiping away everything from the first movie: I found it shocking that the movie wipes away almost everything set up at the end of the first movie. Somehow, Sam Jackson couldn't completely wipe out the Kingsman group, but a massive drone strike kills all the Kingsman. I am not complaining, but it is surprising, It has a Thor Ragnarok mindset by killing off a bunch of main characters with a gleeful surprise, pushing them aside for a new set of characters.

While the fight scenes aren’t as crazy as the first movie’s church scene, there are some really good fights.  There is one fight that does ramp up the slow and fast motion like the church seen in the first movie, but not as huge.   

As long as you can check your brain at the door, you will receive an entertaining action movie.  It certainly isn't as good as the first movie, but still is better than some of the movies I have seen recently.   

Grade: B-

 The Dude is the leader. 

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