Miles of Movies

                                                                                                     Kingsman: The Golden Circle is about Eggsy                                                                                                            (Taron Egerton), who was taken off the streets and                                                                                                  turned into a spy disguised as an English Gentleman                                                                                                in the Kingsman: The Secret Service. But when they                                                                                                    are practically destroyed by Poppy (Julianne Moore),                                                                                                a drug queen, the surviving Kingsmen need to find                                                                                                  other spies to help them take down Poppy.

                                                                                                     Now, there are some fun moments in this film.                                                                                                  The film opens with a car chase which was a lot of                                                                                                    fun. Mark Strong has some great moments in the                                                                                                    film, and the cast seems to be trying their best. And                                                                                                the film has a lot of fun exploring the American counterparts to the Kingsmen - The Statesmen. But the problem is that this film just doesn’t have much of a story. In the first film, Eggsy’s story about being made into a gentleman and realizing his potential was what really made the story compelling. Even throughout all of the action, you had somebody to care about. He develops this great friendship with Harry (Colin Firth), who shows him the ropes. Right there, you have two characters you care about that are trying to figure out the villain’s plan. It’s focused, at least narratively.

       This film has no characters you care about and no focus to its story. It feels like scenes were shot separately and then played back-to-back with no justification. There are robot dogs in this movie and Elton John makes appearances in like, ten scenes. Why? Julianne Moore plays her villain with no edge whatsoever. She speaks in this overly cutesy voice while ordering people to do disgusting things. The problem is that you can never take her seriously so she never feels like a threat. I have no idea what the writers were thinking! To make things even worse, she has no real motivation to attack the Kingsman except for wanting them out of the way. Who thought this character would work? The only character in this film that has any growth at all is Merlin (Mark Strong), the weapons expert of Kingsmen. He never really got to go out into the field and Mark Strong makes you feel this character’s yearning for field service, giving the strongest performance in the film.

       There are some other problems with the film. It uses a ridiculous amount of computer generated effects. It gives one of its characters a disability that comes and goes at the plot’s convenience. It’s just tonally uneven everywhere. The music is a rehash of what was in the first film and even copies a piece used in the X-Men: First Class. As I said, there are some fun moments here and there, but given the length of this film (2 hours and 21 minutes) and just how pointless it all seemed without a story or good characters, I can’t help but feel like this is just a disappointment across the board.