An average movie

I wasn’t really sure what to expect from this flick but, since it was available on Disney+, I thought I might as well check it out. To be honest, I don’t really understand Matthew Vaughn’s obsession with this franchise as it was already the 3^rd movie he made for it. I mean, sure, I will have to admit it, ‘Kingsman: The Secret Service’ was a decent watch (I should rewatch it though since I don’t remember much about it) but, even 10 years ago when it was released, I had some serious doubt regarding its franchise potential. Anyway, coming back to our main feature, this time, they went for a prequel which turned out to be the most underwhelming of the bunch. Sure, there was a really neat cast involved (Ralph Fiennes, Djimon Hounsou, Matthew Goode, Charles Dance, Alexandra Maria Lara, Harris Dickinson, Gemma Arterton, Rhys Ifans, Daniel Brühl, Tom Hollander, Aaron Taylor-Johnson), it was apparently surprisingly accurate from a historical point of view and it was visually pretty neat but, still, most of it was actually pretty boring though. Of course, there was once again the fact that 130 mins was just too long for a spy action flick like this one but, above all, for some reason, they completely dropped the goofy tone which was the most (and possibly the only?) interesting trademark in this franchise. The end-result was therefore watchable but still rather dull and above all completely unremarkable. Since nobody seemed to care for this movie, Vaughn finally dropped this franchise after almost a decade and went on to direct ‘Argylle’, also linked to the spy genre, but it turned out to be an even bigger flop. Anyway, to conclude, even tough I think I might have been too generous with my rating here, I guess it might still be worth a look though but probably only if you really like the genre.