Random Movie Review - The King's Man

 

Now, unlike many of the films I have reviewed on here since the pandemic hit, this film was actually delayed months before any kind of lockdown happened. The reason; to accommodate other releases that Disney had at the time, and possibly other reasons. Nevertheless, the third Kingsman film is finally here, and we now get to see how it all began. Long before the days when Eggsy joined up, but with a largely all star cast alongside some newcomers and Matthew Vaughn at the helm once again. Let's see if this third film was worth all that waiting:

The year is 1902 and the Duke of Oxford (played by Ralph Fiennes) along with his family, pay a visit to a concentration camp in South Africa during the Second Boer War while working for the Red Cross. Following a tragic event during their visit, the Duke establishes an independent spy network that's dedicated to ensuring the survival of the United Kingdom and the British Empire at large from the approaching Great War that was World War I. Twelve years later, the Duke's son Conrad (played by Harris Dickinson) wants in on the network, but is forbidden from that and joining up with the army. But when the Duke hears about a secret group that want to destroy the UK, he sets about trying to stop that from happening, even if Conrad has to join in.

As an origin story for how Kingsman as a Secret Service started, it's pretty good. It's fun, with some serious moments and good acting from all that appear in it. A shame that some characters that were heavily used in advertising, ended up only being in the film for a short period. But much like with The Golden Circle, it's not quite as good as the first film in the franchise. Entertaining throughout, but does have some flaws and a bit of confusion too. 7/10