Kingsman: The Golden Circle - 10 Early Reactions You Need To Hear

3. Moonraker-Esque Dumb

"It took the Bond series 15 years and 10 movies to get to the ridiculed Moonraker. The laddish spy franchise Kingsman: The Secret Service, based on Mark Millar's comic book, has done it in one leap with the bloated, inexplicably un-entertaining follow-up." - The Wrap

If there's one Bond film you don't want to be juxtaposed with, it's Die Another Day... but if there's two, the ludicrous Moonraker is probably a close second.

Some of The Golden Circle's least complementary reviews have unfavourably compared the movie to Roger Moore's space romp, accusing it of laying on the parody and absurdity too thick.

The original was often guilty of this, but in a knowingly ironic way. Chances are, if you head into a Kingsman film with the intention of taking it seriously you're in for a shock.