You can’t fault the energy level but, unfortunately, the action and the comedy frequently get in each other’s way.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Jan 16, 2025

The King’s Man is clearly not perfect, but it retains some of the best elements of its predecessors, adds enough new lore to justify itself as a prequel, and is a fun, entertaining film on its own.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Oct 3, 2024

“The King’s Man” may be my favorite entry in a problematic franchise. I always preferred Colin Firth to Taron Egerton. The prequel tricks audiences into accepting the fifty-nine-year-old, single and child free Fiennes as the protagonist and an action star

| Jun 9, 2024

For a prequel that promised something large, loud, and ostensibly entertaining, the movie just doesn’t quite suit up.

| Sep 17, 2023

Awesome action & memorable characters… but left me with a story that wasn’t my cup of tea…

| Jul 26, 2023

In this secret service spy prequel, director Matthew Vaughn meanders his way into the First World War to revise history, but he appears to have forgotten to revise the script.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Jul 21, 2023

The King's Man takes [the franchise] and boils it down to its most sensible origin story, delivering jaw-dropping twists, epic fights, and proving that over-the-top nonsense is sometimes all you need.

| Original Score: B- | Aug 23, 2022

Keeping on needlessly keeping on: that's still this spy series' main trait, as it always has been.

| Jun 25, 2022

From the first minute to the end of its long two hours, The King’s Man is pure climax with an incessant grandiloquent score; or better yet, a climax without a clear thread that may make you faint. [Full review in Spanish]

| Jun 17, 2022

Simply put, it lacks a sense of fun. [Full review in Spanish]

| May 16, 2022

Funnier, more surprising, and more heartfelt than the first two films in the series, and if the team can keep up this level of quality in the future, then Mr. Bond may just have to watch his back.

| Original Score: 7/10 | May 10, 2022

Can't decide if it wants to be Paths of Glory or Austin Powers.

| Original Score: C+ | Mar 26, 2022

Unlike RoboCop 3 or Police Academy III: Back in Training, The King's Man retains the R rating of its predecessors, though here it feels like the MPA is primarily trying to protect children from boredom.

| Original Score: 1/4 | Mar 23, 2022

With all of the excitement of the Kingsman franchise so far, this was a bit of an over-historic dud.

| Original Score: 6.4/10 | Feb 25, 2022

As a stand-alone film, The Kings Man is decent but doesnt stray far from other war/spy films. However, as part of the Kingsman franchise...

| Original Score: 2.5/5 | Feb 23, 2022

Vaughns "The Kings Man" explores the inevitability of man-made death and why those with the means have a responsibility to prevent it, not for glory but because its the right thing to do. For all its dour presentation, theres a persistent hope ...

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Feb 23, 2022

The King's Man has its moments, but it also has a lot of flaws. Fiennes and Ifans steal the show, but the disconnected story makes it feel like two completely different movies.

| Original Score: 2.5/5 | Feb 20, 2022

The King’s Man sets up the story of the British patriotic spy ring using a high-end clothier as its front -- but instead of dapper pinstripes, this one’s dressed in a clown suit.

| Feb 19, 2022

It's all great fun, full of sly humour, snappy action and dapper dressing.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Feb 18, 2022

Most of what made the original Kingsman a fun ride is largely lost in the prequel, which can't juggle the tone of campy, comic book theatrics, and the humbling, solemn WWI elements.

| Original Score: 4/10 | Feb 12, 2022