Plot
"A spy organization recruits an unrefined, but promising street kid into the agency's ultra-competitive training program, just as a global threat emerges from a twisted tech genius".
My Thoughts
A lot of the early reviews i read about this film where that it was "a more action packed James Bond", those words may catch the attention of a lot of people, but for me I am not a huge James Bind fan (Pierce Brosnan was my favorite bond if I had to choose.) so those words meant nothing to me. Initially I was a little hesitant about this film, as I just didn't know much about the source material and after seeing the trailer, i still felt I did not know enough about the back story, but I gave the film a shot and after seeing the film I have to say, I am glad i watched it, this film was pretty good. The film is set in England and for how he film played out and flowed together, England was the perfect choice, kings by default are considered gentleman and proper English tossed in with the British setting really made this film fit together very well. The cast for this film was a very good one, Colin Firth was excellent in the role of Harry Hart, the experienced British spy, he had a certain charm to him that really made his character like able even when he was killing many people all at one time, Taron Egerton was decent in his role of Eggsy the tough British street kid, who was just waiting for an opportunity to do something with his life, what i didn't like about the Eggsy character overall was that he was just so smug that it really rubbed me the wrong way and for me made the character unlikable. Samuel L Jackson was decent as the main villain in the film "Valentine" the only problem I had with his character was he had a lisp which made him as a villain a littler harder to take seriously but overall he did a good job in a role he hardly plays anymore, the star of the film in terms of casting would have to go to Soifa Boutella as "Gazelle" it wasn't so much her acting in the role, but the way her character "dispatched' anyone who got in her way was awesome and really unique, the fight scene between her and Eggsy was a sight t behold and Gazelle is easily one of my fave "femme fatals" from recent memory. the rest of the cast did solid jobs and overall this was a really good put together cast. The CGI in this film unfortunately was below par and it was really noticeable when it was used, this was disappointing as it took away from the film, and i expected more from a film of this caliber. The length of this film was 2 hours and i always say if a film is 2 hours it better be good and bot feel dull, boring and slow, this film started off slow but did pickup halfway through and once it did the length of the film didn't feel bad at all. Rotten Tomatoes gave this film a 73% saying "Stylish, subversive, and above all fun, Kingsman: The Secret Service finds director Matthew Vaughn sending up the spy genre with gleeful abandon". Overall I agree with what they are saying the film was very stylish, had its funny moments, once it got going was very action packed, had a very good cast an overall I would say if i had to classify this film, I would call it A less serious James Bond Film, what I mean by that for anyone who sees this film, will see start differences in the way this film does not take it self so seriously as the Bond films do, and I lied that approach overall.
Rating
Solid Film, Good cast that delivered an overall good experience, not perfect but a solid film that I enjoyed once it got going. 7.5/10!!!!
The Second and last next to Review is "Focus" Staring Will Smith, Margot Robbie and Rodrigo Santoro.
Plot
"In the midst of veteran con man Nicky's latest scheme, a woman from his past - now an accomplished femme fatale - shows up and throws his plans for a loop".
My Thoughts
Anyone who saw "After Earth" as I did probably thought to themselves "what did i just watch" when the film finished, I am a big Will Smith fan and have rarely seen him in a bad film or bad role after seeing "After Earth" that all changed that film checked both of those boxes for me me, When this film was announced and a read the plot for the first time I wasn't to sure what to think, I am not a big fan of romance films usually, but I did want to see what will smith could come up with after the monstrosity that was "After Earth" after seeing the film, I can say that Will Smith redeemed himself fully. I will start by saying the acting in this film was very good Will Smith was great as con man Nicky who has seen it all and knows all the tricks in the book, Margot Robbie who plays Nicky's Protege so to speak was decent in her role as Jess, to me her character felt mostly like eye candy but with not much substance, she did a solid job though and overall did not have much complaints with er role, I do want to give a special mention to Adrian Martinez for his portrayal of the character "Farhad" he was a nice comic relief in the film and i enjoyed all of the scenes he was in the rest of the cast was solid as well and did a good job in making the roles they played believable. The pacing of this film was like a mountain to me, what I I mean by that it is the film starts off slow (as if you are climbing up the mountain) then picks up (as if you are going down the mountain) then slows down again and et cetera, this led to the film not ever really get going it had its moments but never flowed together perfectly due to the stop start nature of the film, the film mostly takes place in New Orleans and Buenos Aires and I think these were great choices ans with the way the film played out these colorful, and very vibrant cities really played well with the film.As I mentioned earlier in the review I am not usually a huge romance film guy, but honestly this film wasn't bad at all and overall i enjoyed the film, There was a good chemistry between Smith and Robbies characters and for romance film that is always key, if the actors do not have a chemistry with each other then the performance es to me always feel wooden and forced, that was not the case here. Rotten Tomatoes gave this film a 57% saying " Focus may have a few too many twists and turns, but it nearly skates by on its glamorous setting and the charm of its stars." I agree mostly with this , i did think the film was trying to be to smart for its own good there are a lot of twists thrown in the film that felt like they where there just to be there and did not really add anything to the film, overall this was a solid movie and it was nice to see will smith back in a good role.
Rating
Good Film worth a watch if you are a fan of romantic dramas or will smith 7.7/10!!!
