Matthew Vaughn built himself quite the reputation in just a couple of movies and he doesn't let us down with his new one. Kingsman: The Secret Service is a great take on the spy genre. It being the adaptation of a comicbook naturally provides the opportunity to go all out with the action scenes and craziness in this film.
Thankfully Vaughn assembled a great cast for this film. With some well known actors such as Colin Firth, Samuel L. Jackson…
The first time I've rewatched this film since I saw it as a kid. I had good memories about this film and after this rewatch these still stand. Damon is doing great as the spy Jason Bourne who doesn't know who he is. And as he is trying to find that out he's being hunted down by his agency. The film features great action scenes as you might expect from a spy movie and a great car chase in the…
Some good crime drama in here. It's a very slow and gritty film. And even though it's slow the music and the way Roskam films it still make you feel levels of excitement troughout the film at moments where nothing much is happening really. The story was alright. A bar not being owned by the owner but by a mob organisation behind it is nothing new. Money laundering trough a legitimate business by the mob is nothing new. But it…
Knowing Scorsese and the cast of this film you can imagine expectations were high and the hype went trough the roof. Was the hype justified? Were expectations met? A very big yes for me.
This film shows us the rise and fall of stockbroker Jordan Belfort. Selfmade millionair and playboy who had a great run of success during the nineties. Making millions of dollars together with his associates by using 'clients' money. So much money that they didn't even know…
