Kingsman: The Secret Service

Kingsman: The Secret Service is a 2014 spy action comedy film directed by Matthew Vaughn, from a screenplay by Jane Goldman and Vaughn. It is the first instalment in the Kingsman film series. The film is based on the comic book series of the same name, written by Mark Millar and Dave Gibbons, published by Millarworld, and based on concept by Millar and Vaughn.

Kingsman: The Secret Service
Theatrical release poster
Directed byMatthew Vaughn
Screenplay by
Based on
The Secret Service
by
Produced by
Starring
  • Colin Firth
  • Samuel L. Jackson
  • Mark Strong
  • Taron Egerton
  • Michael Caine
CinematographyGeorge Richmond
Edited by
Music by
Production
companies
  • Marv Films
  • Cloudy Productions
  • TSG Entertainment
Distributed by20th Century Fox
Release dates
  • 13 December 2014 (2014-12-13) (Butt-Numb-A-Thon)
  • 29 January 2015 (2015-01-29) (United Kingdom)
  • 13 February 2015 (2015-02-13) (United States)
Running time
129 minutes
Countries
  • United Kingdom
  • United States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$81–94 million
Box office$414.4 million

The film follows Gary "Eggsy" Unwin's (Taron Egerton) recruitment by Harry Hart (Colin Firth) into Kingsman, a secret spy organisation. Eggsy joins a mission, in brutal and comedic fashion, to tackle a global threat from Richmond Valentine (Samuel L. Jackson), a wealthy megalomaniac and eco-terrorist wanting to deal with climate change by wiping out most of humanity. Mark Strong and Michael Caine play supporting roles.

Kingsman: The Secret Service premiered at the Butt-Numb-A-Thon festival on 13 December 2014, and was theatrically released in the United Kingdom on 29 January 2015 and United States on 13 February 2015, by 20th Century Fox. The film received generally positive reviews from critics with praise for its stylized action sequences, direction, acting, villain, visual style, musical score and dark humour, although some scenes were criticised for being over-the-top. The film grossed over $414 million worldwide, becoming Vaughn's most commercially successful film to date. In 2015, the film won the Empire Award for Best British Film.

A sequel titled Kingsman: The Golden Circle was released in September 2017, while a prequel titled The King's Man was theatrically released on 22 December 2021.

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