R rated 2 hours 21 minutes
Seen at Patriot Place 09/26/2017
This movie was funny, very much a popcorn movie. Park most of your intellect at the theater door, plus bring a load of snacks. It was slow in spots (I checked my cell twice). And yes we needed way more Channing Tatum. While I liked Halle Berry in her IT (information tech. not clown) role, she seemed to be channeling the pre-catwoman character she played in Catwoman (2004), Patience Phillips. The first Kingsman was much smarter with better character development and a much more concise plot. Some characters needed more screen time while others need less screen time. One or two actions scenes went on too long. The first Kingsman movie was much smarter. As for the insertion (numerous times) of the Elton John "cameo"(not sure that his appearances were cameo format)...why? I am guessing that Barry Manilow Wayne Newton and Celine Dion were either too busy or too expensive. There are a couple of scenes in the last act of this movie, (1) involving Elton John and CGI with the other (2) involving a President and a well-known right-wing news channel. Both had me laughing out loud. Unfortunately I was alone in that emotional outburst at a matinee showing with about 15-20 total in the theater audience.
Additional thoughts:
There has been some internet buzz on how a certain person in the White House strongly resembling a certain past president had his head explode in the first Kingsman movie. People who that think Matthew Vaughn went soft politically on the this second Kingsman should pay particular attention to a scene towards the conclusion of Kingsman 2. It involved the NON TRUMP PRESIDENT along with a particular news agency reporting a piece of news concerning that NON TRUMP PRESIDENT. It had me laughing into tears.
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