There’s just not enough Channing Tatum or Halle Berry.How you know that is because he’s on the side of a bus wearing an eyepatch. What doesn’t help is that Harry (Colin Firth) is all over the posters, trailers and TV ads, somewhat undermining the first act, centred as it is on finding out what’s happened to him.

There’s a pacey intro and punchy ending, but the middle is muddled and the whole twisty affair is just too convoluted.

I’m a broken record, but 141 minutes is TOO LONG for a James Bond spoofy action thriller caper thing. In fact, forget the superspy stuff, can we get an Elton John movie, stat? Starring Taron Egerton, maybe? Oh, exactly that is coming soon (and is called Rocket Man, by the way). Sweary, angry and utterly hilarious, he steals every scene he’s in. Elton John has a sizeable cameo in this movie (playing Elton John, would you believe), and he is brilliant.With Eddie The Eagle and Sing under his belt – and the upcoming Robin Hood movie on the way – his star is definitely on the rise, and it's testament to his talents that he still stands tall in a film that also features other walking charm machines like Jeff Bridges and Channing Tatum. His chemistry with Colin Firth and Mark Strong is particularly enjoyable, but he’s good pretty much everywhere. Taron Egerton remains appallingly charming, lighting up every scene.The director, Matthew Vaughn, is the man behind the original Kick-Ass, so the elegant carnage is the very best elegant carnage in the business.

Look forward to seeing Eggsy swing his body around a henchman as he shoots another bad ‘un in the head and backflips through an explosion and surfs a rocket into a robot and so on and so on.

Like the first film, the balletic, bloody violence in Kingsman Round 2 is a lot of fun to watch.

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