Finally watched it, after thinking about watching it for more than a decade. This was so much fun! There was so much fighting, shooting and killing but one puts up with all that since it is, after all, a ‘secret service’ story. There was way too much of the f word, though, and that was extremely tough to put up with. Oh, my poor ears… do Brits really talk like that all the time?? S tiff upper lip and all? Colin Firth (Galahad/Harry Hart) was the reason why I wanted to watch this and he lives up to every expectation. Charming, understatedly amusing, skilled agent – he was great but I would have preferred him to enunciate a bit more deliberately so that we can hear/understand what he’s saying without having to process the words too much. Taron Egerton (new Galahad/Eggsy) enunciates very clearly! Such a likeable character and I love how his talent and abilities are unravelled over time. Also lo...
Unusual combi of three leads, with one of them the villain! You’d need a closely connected script and well-written characters for this to work well. Main reasons to watch: Seo Kang-joon as Jung Hae-seong and Kim Shin-rok as Seo Myung-joo Seo Kang-joon does well as the Stephen Chow undercover high school student, son of lost father, NIS agent and half of the couple, covering the whole range of being funny, cute, intelligent and emotional. Kim Shin-rok is superbly creepy and unhinged. Who else was entertaining Domestic Team 4: amusing as a group Boss Ahn (Jeon Bae-su) is predictable but has some punchy lines. Senior lady Mi-jung (Yoon Ga-yi) and junior Young-hoon (Jo Bok-rae) deadpan well. That Young-hoon is 26 years old makes me laugh every time he appears. I liked how Hae-seong’s being an outstanding agent doesn’t overshadow the others too much and they all have their strengths. The students: such an interest...