Kingsman: The Secret Service is not a movie that is meant to be take too seriously, and is at least partially intended to be a spoof of the spy movie genre. But while it is most definitely tongue-in-cheek, it is actually a pretty good action movie in its own right.
Like so many of the movies it appears to be sending up, Kingsman is best enjoyed if you switch your brain off at the outset. Hardly anything makes sense and the violence is nothing less than gratuitous throughout. But if you enjoy that kind of thing, and I very much do, then it all makes for a pretty entertaining couple of hours.
Score for Christmasishness
As with so many of the films I include in these pointless countdowns, this is not remotely Christmassy for the most part. But there is the slightest hint of Christmas right at the beginning, albeit in a scene when the news of a minor character’s death is being reported to his family. I’ve included movies for more spurious reasons than this, so Kingsman: The Secret Service makes the cut by the narrowest of margins.
James Proclaims! 
6 responses to “The Seventh Annual James Proclaims Advent Calendar of Christmas(ish) Films – Door 3”
Not seen it but I enjoyed fluff like ‘the man from uncle’ so I’ll give this a look. At least it’s not a Bean/English flick.
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Johnny English films are great fun IF you watch them with grandkids…
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I watched this on a plane so my brain was fully switched off. I loved it!
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I even like the ‘clearly-not-as-good’ sequel
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This is a multi watch film, always good fun with lots of gratuitous blood and gore!
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Gratuitous is probably the best word to describe everything about this movie, but in the very best way.
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