The Kings Man Is Fixing The Mistakes Of The Golden Circle

The King’s Man Is Fixing The Mistakes Of The Golden Circle

After the first widely acclaimed Kingsman movie, many considered The Golden Circle an inferior sequel. The King’s Man looks to put that right.

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The Kings Man Is Fixing The Mistakes Of The Golden Circle

The King’s Man looks set to address the criticism faced by Kingsman 2: The Golden Circle. Bursting into theaters with reckless abandon in 2015, Kingsman was the perfect mixture of real-world British grit, James Bond homage and gloriously overblown violence. But in between the anal sex jokes and Colin Firth’s church outburst, Kingsman was actually about Eggsy’s journey – his development from a no-good street kid to a respectable secret agent. At the heart of Kingsman is the relationship between Eggsy and Harry Hart, the father figure he sorely missed growing up, and without this emotional backbone, the fun action and sideways comedy would feel shallow.

This is the very trap some might argue Kingsman: The Golden Circle fell into. Eggsy’s fictional world is expanded to include the Statesmen, but the classic sequel trope of “going bigger” doesn’t serve The Golden Circle well. Cybernetic arms, technology that can bring people back from the brink of death and laser lassos feel a stretch too far even within the Kingsman universe. A glut of stars join the cast, including Channing Tatum, Halle Berry, Pedro Pascal, Jeff Bridges, Julianne Moore and, er, Elton John, stripping The Golden Circle of the first film’s narrower focus. Bringing back Harry Hart as a confused shell of his former self also feels like a misstep, muddling his relationship with Eggsy rather than developing it. The only scene in The Golden Circle to really linger in the memory (for the right reasons) is the death of Merlin, which proved Kingsman’s combination of dark humor and likable characters was still in there somewhere.

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Before another proper Kingsman sequel arrives, the franchise is delving back into the history of its fictional organization with The King’s Man – a prequel set during World War I. Judging from the trailers released so far, this third installment isn’t just going back in time with its period setting, but also rewinding to the spirit and tone of the original Kingsman movie.

Both trailers for The King’s Man are heavily focused on the leading duo of Ralph Fiennes and Harris Dickinson. Playing the Duke of Oxford, Fiennes already has an budding secret agency set up and, over the course of The King’s Man, inducts Dickinson’s Conrad to his noble cause. This closely mirrors the original movie’s Eggsy and Harry Hart – the inexperienced but willing young rookie mentored by an idealistic and heroic veteran. Focusing in on this new pairing should ensure that whatever uber-violence or controversial gags occur elsewhere in The King’s Man, the audience will care about what happens to these characters.

The new villain also harks back to the original Kingsman far more than it does The Golden Circle. As Richmond Valentine, Samuel L. Jackson was a satirical Bond villain – exaggerated, goofy and intent on (all together now…) “world domination.” Despite a strong performance from Julianne Moore, The Golden Circle’s Poppy Adams is under-utilized among the various other goings-on and departs with a whimper. The film seems far more interested in Poppy’s eccentric secret lair than the character herself. Once again, The King’s Man heads back to basics with The Shepherd, a play on James Bond’s Blofeld who almost certainly doesn’t have any internationally acclaimed popstars chained up in his hideout.

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The King’s Man seems acutely aware of its stripped back approach. The 1910s setting restricts how much outlandish gadgetry can be introduced and the first trailer includes an amusing scene where Fiennes excitedly explains the genius of his new-fangled parachute to confused onlookers. The scene almost feels like an acknowledgement that The Golden Circle’s resurrection tech and laser lassos might’ve been a step too far, promising something a touch more grounded. This approach will allow The King’s Man’s compelling characters, unique take on espionage and intense action (of which there is plenty in the upcoming installment) to shine through.

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