Includes Kingsman The Secret Service (2015)Based on the comic book series InchThe Secret Service,Inch this exciting spy thriller follows Gary InchEggsyInch Unwin (Taron Egerton), a British street kid who is recruited into a secret intelligence agency by the enigmatic Harry Hart (Colin Firth). Soon, Eggsy is caught up in a mission to stop the megalomaniacal Valentine (Samuel L. Jackson) from broadcasting a high-tech signal that will cause humans to become uncontrollably violent. With Michael Caine, Mark Strong, and Sophie Cookson. 129 min. C/Rtg R Kingsman The Golden Circle (2017)When the British espionage organization Kingsman's headquarters are destroyed, Agent Eggsy Unwin (Taron Egerton) travels to the U.S. where he teams up with the American spy service known as Statesman. Also joined by not-so-dead-after-all former mentor Harry Hart (Colin Firth), Eggsy must prevent a deadly toxin from being spread around the world by Poppy Adams (Julianne Moore), leader of the terrorist group The Golden Circle. Mark Strong, Halle Berry, Channing Tatum, Jeff Bridges co-star in this action-packed comic book-based sequel. 130 min. C/Rtg R Widescreen; Soundtrack English.
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The Kingsman films take this old timer back to the excitement of Bond with Maxwell Smart thrown in! Plenty of action with great gadgets and laughs-loved the old timers comments in "The Golden Circle" as the cable car rushed towards them! My wife and I cracked up for quite a while! These look great in 4K also. Purchasing both together at a fair price is a bonus. Highly recommended for those who delight in fun spy films!
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Having watched Boris Karloff portray The Mummy as a boy in the 50's I wasn't sure how I felt about this retelling of a familiar theme when it was released initially. Over the years I've grown to love this film and find it fun to watch. Rousing action and adventure! But let's talk about the 4K presentation here. As a film junkie I'm really starting to fall in love with 4K and this presentation doesn't disappoint. The color and detail are of very high quality and the sound of 4K films seems clearer to me also. The only negative I'm finding which I've read a lot about is that the dark scenes in 4K films are DARK! Thus the 4 star rating. Some detail is gone in these parts of the film but I'm getting used to that. I guess the overall picture quality makes up for the loss of minor parts anyway. This trilogy was a good purchase which I am enjoying.
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This review is not about the story all are familiar with, "steal from the rich and give to the poor", which actually isn't the focus of this film anyway. I'm concerned here with the quality of the 4K presentation here. Having recently purchased an LG OLED TV I was stunned with the attention to detail, richness of color and cinema quality of viewing experience. Ridley Scott has been one of my favorite directors since 1979 with Alien and this film does not disappoint. I'm a big fan of film scores and Marc Streitenfeld delivers with a rousing soundtrack worthy of the epic quality of this film. I hope other films of Mr. Scott make it onto 4K. On the negative side the film froze on Chapter 14 which required ejecting the disc and reinserting it and starting from the "resume film?" point. It played fine past that. This has happened to a few other 4K films I've watched, a minor annoyance. I gave this 4K disc 5 stars on the quality of the image and sound-I'm impressed.