When I first saw the trailer for “Kingsman: The Secret Service,” I expected it to be a “James Bond-for-teens” type of movie.

I was terribly wrong.

“Kingsman” is a rated R, ultra violent and hilarious parody of James Bond. Set in England, it follows a teen boy by the name of Eggsy, played by Taron Egerton. Eggsy is a street kid whose father died when he was very young, leaving it to him to take care of his younger sister and mother, who is being mistreated by her current boyfriend.

Harry Hart, played by Colin Firth, is a Kingsman agent that, due to unforeseen circumstances, must choose a candidate to replace a former Kingsman agent. Each current Kingsman agent chooses a candidate that they must train. Each candidate must then prove his or her worth to become the next agent.

The story spirals out of control from there. Following Eggsy’s training and revealing a villain with a lisp, named Valentine, who is played by Samuel L. Jackson, and his deadly henchwoman, Gazelle, played by Sofia Boutella.

If you need an idea of how ridiculous the movie can be, Gazelle is an expert fighter with sharp blades for legs that can cut the limbs off just about anyone.

The world of the “Kingsman” was quite spectacular. From some small observations, it can be seen that a lot of time and effort was put into building the alternate movie reality.

There is a lot of history of the Kingsman that is revealed throughout the movie that just begs to be expanded upon. I am hoping the movie keeps doing well enough so they might consider doing some prequels or sequels.

The dialogue was well-spoken and just fun. The actors carried their roles in the most believable way possible and, despite being mostly a comedy, the actors took their roles quite seriously.

The high-speed action scenes were a treat to watch. The choreographers and cinematographers obviously put a lot of time into the actions sequences, which made them all the better. Mixed with gunplay, gadgets and brutal hand-to-hand combat, there was a lot of eye candy.

I won’t spoil anything, but one of my favorite and most memorable action sequences was one that took place in a church, which was also a parody, in itself. If you see the movie, you’ll know which scene I’m referring to.

Throughout a majority of the movie, I could not help but laugh, because of the dialogue or the odd situations that the characters got into.

The only thing I could really complain about is that, since it was the first movie set in that fictional world, there had to be a lot of history explained and set up. This left less time for the great writing and fantastic action sequences. Despite this, there was still plenty of time for the different scenes and the movie managed its time and paced itself, very well.

Overall, “Kingsman: The Secret Service” was an excellent movie and a breath of fresh air. With a lack of originality plaguing Hollywood and the massive movie dry spell at the moment, it was refreshing to get a genuinely fun and original action movie.

If you cannot make it out to the theater to see it, I’d highly recommend picking it up when it releases on DVD.

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