


Kingsman's technical support operative " Merlin" discovers Arnold working as though nothing has happened. Harry, codename " Galahad", nominates Eggsy to replace agent " Lancelot", who was killed by the assassin Gazelle while trying to rescue radical climate change scientist Professor James Arnold from kidnappers. Harry explains that he is a member of Kingsman, a private intelligence service founded by the British elite who lost their heirs in World War I and put their money toward protecting the world the organisation is named for the tailor shop in Savile Row used as a front for their operations. Arrested for stealing a car, Eggsy calls the emergency number, leading Harry to arrange his release and subdue Eggsy's abusive stepfather's gang. Seventeen years later, Eggsy is a rebellious chav, having dropped out of training for the Royal Marines despite his intelligence and talent for gymnastics and parkour.

Blaming himself for Lee's death, Harry returns to London and gives Lee's young son Gary "Eggsy" a medal engraved with an emergency assistance number. In 1997, probationary secret agent Lee Unwin sacrifices himself to save his superior, Harry Hart. A prequel, The King's Man, was theatrically released in the United States on 22 December 2021. In 2015, it won the Empire Award for Best British Film.Ī sequel, titled Kingsman: The Golden Circle, was released in September 2017, with Vaughn and the main cast returning. The film grossed over $414 million worldwide, becoming Vaughn's most commercially successful film to date. The film received generally positive reviews from critics, who highly praised the stylised action sequences, direction, acting performances, villain, visual style, score and its dark humour, although some scenes were criticised for being too over-the-top. 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. Mark Strong and Michael Caine play supporting roles.

Jackson), a wealthy megalomaniac and eco-terrorist wanting to deal with climate change by wiping out most of humanity. Eggsy joins a mission, in brutal and comedic fashion, to tackle a global threat from Richmond Valentine ( Samuel L. The film follows Gary "Eggsy" Unwin's ( Taron Egerton) recruitment by Harry Hart ( Colin Firth) into a secret spy organisation called Kingsman. The first instalment in the Kingsman film series, it is based on the comic book of the same name by Mark Millar and Dave Gibbons. Kingsman: The Secret Service is a 2014 spy action comedy film directed by Matthew Vaughn from a screenplay by Jane Goldman and Vaughn.
