The real Kingsman, if you forget the first 1.5 hours
I liked the movie. I especially enjoyed the last 20 minutes. In those 20 minutes, I felt a similar feeling to what I felt when I watched the previous parts. To the first part, of course, does not reach, but looks very cheerful and interesting. The first 1.5 hours are like another movie. And I’m not saying it’s bad (it’s a lot of good), but it’s not what you expect when you go to a movie with the subtitle Kingsman.
Where's the spy intrigue? Where is the dynamic and inventive installation? Where are the unusual and cool fights? Why is there so little focus on style and costumes?
Somewhere in the first hour, we are shown a film about the father-son relationship and the conflict of generations with very small intersperses of spy and military plots. But then the main characters go to Russia to fight Rasputin, just as promised in the trailers. And then we are given to look at something like a spy fighter, the fight with Rasputin looks really interesting and unusual.
And the moment you think the movie you've been waiting for is about to start, it turns into a war drama like 1917 for the next 20 minutes, and you're sitting back in a little bewildered by what's going on.
And I can't say that this part did poorly, or that 1 hour of the film was done badly. The film doesn’t seem to understand what it wants to be. The creators, apparently, wanted to add more human relationships to the viewer empathize with the characters, but at the same time forgot that they are filming a spy comedy action movie.
There are some very cool decisions in this movie. For example, there is a very beautiful and frightening scene where the town and the field around it turn into a trenches of swamp during the years of war, and this is done within a single span of the camera.
It was a special pleasure for me to notice historical references. This film is filled with historical characters and events, although you should not expect any historical authenticity from it. It is quite difficult to watch without a smile how Nicholas II signs the abdication and gives it to Lenin.
I’m also close to one of the main thoughts that come up in this film. It is the thought of the meaninglessness of war and the human sacrifices in it, that there is nothing great or sublime in war. The main character is a pacifist and does everything to ensure that the war ends as soon as possible (of course, preferably in favor of his country, patriotism has not been canceled). And he says a very strong phrase about the fact that often enemies in war are just people who defend their homeland.
In general, this is a rather strong film that is interesting to watch, but it is not worth waiting for the drive and recklessness of part 1 of it.
7 out of 10
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