Throwing the kitchen sink at The Golden Circle
Director Matthew Vaughn appears to have run out of ideas in this disappointing sequel to Kingsman: The Secret Service.
DESPITE the multiple exploding heads, the outrageous church-turned-into-slaughterhouse scene (set to an ear-splitting instrumental from a Lynyrd Skynyrd classic), not forgetting assorted scenes of murder and mayhem (delivered with a wink and a nod), Kingsman: The Secret Service (2015) had an endearing freshness that enabled audiences to not only tolerate it, but also to embrace it.
The same can't be said of Kingsman: The Golden Circle, a bloated follow-up from director Matthew Vaughn, whose desire to ramp up the frenz…
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