Kingsman II - The Golden Circle

What do you do when your mentor has been offed by some crazy mofo, your new girlfriend wants to take you to meet the folks (and by the way, they’re royalty), and you have to save the world with nothing more than a bottle of bourbon?  You get on a plane and follow the clues. 

Eggsy is back, he’s engaged, and he’s stylin’, this time in an orange tuxedo.  There have been a lot of changes in this installment as we mourn the passing of Galahad only to welcome Eggsy as the new knight of the same name.  We have some new players, in this case, it’s award winning actress, Julianne Moore, who has portrayed a lot of off the wall characters, but none so “off” as Poppy.  This performance is akin to what happens when you put titian-haired Barbie on crack, give her a Martha Stewart personae that absolutely reeks of sick and twisted and set everything up in an Amazon rainforest version of Barbie’s dream-house/village.  It’s special.  Jaw-dropping surprises abound, both pleasant and everso not pleasant, but vital to the continuation of the Kingsman. 

I have to say that, should I ever need assistance of the super spy nature, I would hope there really is a version of Eggsy and Merlin I could call on.  That’s something that’s always intrigued me.  Are there really people out there in the world that do this for a living or is it just a testosterone fantasy that’s made its macho way to the printed page and now the silver screen?  How much do spies make?  Do they train every day like martial artists?  Is Ninja a real job title? I digress...fun, violent, sick, scary, surprising, all tied up with a big bow and a cheesy smile.  Rating:  One Bourbon, One Scotch, One Beer and a bite of a really rare burger (3.5 stars)