4/10
Kingsman: The Golden Circle does what most sequels try to do only to ultimately fall flat. It suffocates itself by being stupider, lazier, more ridiculous and can only help but pale in comparison to the original. Kingsman: The Secret Service was a breath of fresh air for the action genre. Its zaniness, humor, creativity and wildness made for one enjoyable time. Kingsman: The Golden Circle is too long, boring, predictable, CGI-infested, and ridiculous to even care for.
The first Kingsman had a very infectiously perverse vibe that made the film more unpredictable and fresh. This one lost me as soon as they brought back Colin Firth in the most cartoonish and ludicrous way possible, making Kingsman go from unexpected fun to campy sci-fi stupidity. Nearly all the action scenes are too over-the-top, and cartoonish to enjoy. The film relies too heavily on CGI; everything seems so artificial and uninspired. The film goes for vulgarity instead of well timed clever jokes. The newcomers (Channing Tatum, Jeff Bridges, Julianne Moore, and Halle Berry) are wasted as they either drop exposition dumps on an already thinly written plot or fail to add any humor, charm, or character.
If there is any good things to say it's that we got to see more of the good characters from the original, it had one or two funny lines, acceptable close-range fight choreography, and interesting commentary on drug use. All this, however, does not redeem the film for being a boring bloated mess.
