Kingsman: The Golden Circle
Kingsman: The Golden Circle is a 2017 spy action comedy film directed by Matthew Vaughn and written by Jane Goldman and Vaughn. Based on the Millarworld comic book series The Secret Service (later retitled Kingsman) by Mark Millar and Dave Gibbons, in-turn based on a concept by Millar and Vaughn, the film is the sequel to Kingsman: The Secret Service (2014) and the second installment in the Kingsman film series. The film features an ensemble cast consisting of Colin Firth, Taron Egerton, Mark Strong, Sophie Cookson, Edward Holcroft, and Hanna Alström, who reprise their roles from the first film, with Julianne Moore, Halle Berry, Pedro Pascal, Elton John, Channing Tatum, and Jeff Bridges joining the cast. The film follows members of Kingsman needing to team up with their American counterpart, Statesman, after the Kingsman organization is crippled and the world is held hostage by Poppy Adams and her drug cartel, "The Golden Circle." Kingsman: The Golden Circle premiered in London on 18 September 2017. It was theatrically released in the United Kingdom on 20 September 2017 and in the United States on 22 September 2017 by 20th Century Fox. It grossed $410 million worldwide against a budget of $104 million and received mixed reviews from critics. A prequel, The King's Man, was released on 22 December 2021, while a crossover film, Argylle, was released on 1 February 2024, with a direct sequel, Kingsman: The Blue Blood, in development.
Fucking hell, Merlin. Shit. MAN: You know, my mama... she always told me... us southerners get our good manners from the British. I was thinkin', ain't that a pity. Y'all didn't keep nothing for yourselves. Y'all ain't never heard of knocking before you enter? Well, actually we had an invitation. Didn't we? Yeah. Oh, did you now? Yeah. It came in the shape of a bottle. We're from the Kingsman tailor shop in London. Maybe you've heard of us? Oh, the Kingsman. Yeah. Huh. That's where y'all got them fine suits and them fancy spectacles y'all got on? Exactly. That's right. Y'all look damn sharp. Let me see if I got it right, here. You want me to believe that it's normal for a tailor... to hack through an advanced biometric security system... with nothing but a little bitty old watch on? I can promise you... that dog don't hunt. So why don't you go on and get down on your knees... and tell me who you really work for.
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MAN: A bottle in a secret wall. You really expect me to take that seriously? See, I think your story's horse shit. Y'all just trying to cover for a failed rescue mission. You here for the lepidopterist, ain't you? Okay, so your mystery bottle, huh? Look anything like that, right there? Yes. Same brand, much older. All right. Let's see here. You know why the measurement of alcohol content's called "proof"? Oh, fuck off! Oh, for Pete's sake. See, comes from back in the old days... when pirates wanted to test the strength of their rum. They used to pour a little bit out on gunpowder.
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(exhales) That'll make you wanna slap your mama right there, boy. And if the gunpowder, if it burnt when they set it alight... they considered it proof... that their rum was good and strong. But see, I ain't got no gunpowder on me, do I? But I'm pretty sure you boys'll make just as impressive of a sound... when I set your balls on fire.
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(chuckles softly) Or you could just tell me who the fuck y'all really are... and how the hell y'all found us. MERLIN: Look, for the last time, we have nothing to protect but our honor. So you can take your cheap horse piss that you call whiskey... which, by the way, is spelled without an "e"... and is nothing compared to a single malt scotch... and you can go fuck yourself. (chuckles)
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