Kingsman: The Golden Circle (dir. Matthew Vaughn).

Vaughn and [Mark] Millar’s brand of heightened comic violence remains stylish and thoughtful enough to be fun when executed by such talented actors. At 141 minutes, The Golden Circle is just too much movie to be a totally brisk or entertaining endeavour with so many characters and villains who don’t do much of anything. However, Vaughn as a filmmaker is so assured and confident in what he’s doing, everything is almost willed into working together. It manages to be simultaneously exhausting and exhilarating somehow.

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