There is a lot of swearing (hence the adult certificate) although that could have easily been avoided to appeal to a wider audience even without making it like a standard teenage action flick.

Kingsman is your ticket to some harmless entertainment.

It’s entertaining. Firth is awesome in it and it’s genuinely one of the more fun spy flicks going around. Go watch it.

It is down to director Matthew Vaughan (Kick-Ass, X-Men: First Class) that the film has that deranged yet boisterous quality about it. However, this one’s only for those who can stomach unimaginable quantities of violence. The rest, like Valentine, need to look the other way.

The film is ridiculous, funny and a wild ride, and it’s really hard not to be swept away by its infectious energy.

…delivers knockout blows and finally we have an action film without the existential drama that most of them seem to exude. Taron and Colin Firth are a wonderful team. One is the young disciple who needs training and the other, the master-spy. Kingsman: The Secret Service is a glorious collection of everything good about spy films and none of the political correctness. In the end, you will walk out of the theatre feeling like a gentleman spy. How awesome is that?

Bulletproof brollies that fire bullets, dart spewing wristwatches and cigarette lighter grenades aside, there’s a smooth balance of good humo u r, butt-kicking action and originality too. Kingsman: The Secret Service is a breath of fresh air in the spy movie genre.