10 Most Rewatchable Films This Decade (So Far)
6. Kingsman: The Secret Service
The final scene of John Woo's The Killer may be the greatest shoot out in a church ever made, but there's no doubt that the church massacre in Kingsman: The Secret Service comes a close second, delivering one of the most kinetic and cool gun-play sequences in recent memory.
It's just one scene of many which marks director Matthew Vaughn as a sure hand when it comes to directing action films. Adapting Mark Millar's comic book, The Secret Service, Vaughn knows exactly when to ratchet up the action and when to pull it back to allow for some humour (a tonal shift which all too often mars modern blockbusters).
Kingsman simultaneously honours and subverts spy movies, gently spoofing them even as it pushes to live up to the awe-inspiring action sequences often found in the genre.
With engaging performances from leads Taron Egerton and Colin Firth - and a fantastically hilarious turn from Samuel L. Jackson as super villain Valentine - delivering sharp one-liners amidst all the chases, shootouts and explosions, Kingsman: The Secret Service is the perfect Sunday afternoon movie you can watch time and again. Films are rarely this much fun.