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* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot: Some think that Statesman as a whole is underused in the film, with Tequila being put out of action for most of the movie, and Champagne and Ginger Ale only having roles at the Statesman HQ. The only Statesman agent with a major role is Whiskey, [[spoiler: and then he turns out to be a RogueAgent.]] The story instead mainly focuses on the already familiar Kingsman faces like Eggsy, Harry, and Merlin, and it's them who get to shine in the climax, not the Statesmen.
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** Some think that Statesman as a whole is underused in the film, with Tequila being put out of action for most of the movie, and Champagne and Ginger Ale only having roles at the Statesman HQ. The only Statesman agent with a major role is Whiskey, [[spoiler: and then he turns out to be a RogueAgent.]] The story instead mainly focuses on the already familiar Kingsman faces like Eggsy, Harry, and Merlin, and it's them who get to shine in the climax, not theStatesmen.Statesmen.
** With the huge amounts of LampshadeHanging and often RealityEnsues moments in the last film, you'd expect the sequel to have ''some'' acknowledgement of how the world is recovering from Valentine's HatePlague, maybe even tie it into the plot in some way? Well, the best we get is Poppy kidnapping Elton John in the confusion. We don't even get to see the Statesmen's full reaction to the V-Chip incident besides a small response to the church scene. Did they get affected and nearly kill each other, or find some way to avoid getting affected? We'll never know, at least in this movie.
** Some think that Statesman as a whole is underused in the film, with Tequila being put out of action for most of the movie, and Champagne and Ginger Ale only having roles at the Statesman HQ. The only Statesman agent with a major role is Whiskey, [[spoiler: and then he turns out to be a RogueAgent.]] The story instead mainly focuses on the already familiar Kingsman faces like Eggsy, Harry, and Merlin, and it's them who get to shine in the climax, not the
** With the huge amounts of LampshadeHanging and often RealityEnsues moments in the last film, you'd expect the sequel to have ''some'' acknowledgement of how the world is recovering from Valentine's HatePlague, maybe even tie it into the plot in some way? Well, the best we get is Poppy kidnapping Elton John in the confusion. We don't even get to see the Statesmen's full reaction to the V-Chip incident besides a small response to the church scene. Did they get affected and nearly kill each other, or find some way to avoid getting affected? We'll never know, at least in this movie.
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** Harry Hart also has no visible trauma over what he was forced to do by Valentine during the Church Massacre in the first film, or the fact that he got shot in the head.
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*** '''Instead''': [[spoiler: He calls Tilde to get her permission. This potentially endangers the entire mission, AND has Tilde break up with him, which was all completely avoidable. He has no choice but to plant the tracker in Clara anyway]]
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*** '''Instead''': [[spoiler: He calls Tilde to get her permission. This potentially endangers the entire mission, AND has Tilde break up with him, which was all completely avoidable. He has no choice but to plant the tracker in Clara anyway]]anyway.]]
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*** '''You'd Expect''': Him to take precautions to prevent any guest from discovering his Kingsman arsenal and gadgets
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* EnsembleDarkhorse: By a celebrity playing AsHimself, no less! [[Music/EltonJohn Sir Elton John]] is having a blast in every scene he's in, [[spoiler: and he even takes part in a climactic fight and defeats several mooks by himself!]]
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** By a celebrity playing AsHimself, no less! [[Music/EltonJohn Sir Elton John]] is having a blast in every scene he's in, [[spoiler: and he even takes part in a climactic fight and defeats several mooks byhimself!]]himself!]]
** Much like [[Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxyVol2 Yondu Udonta]], Creator/MarkStrong's portrayal of Merlin wasn't exactly without fans, but his expanded role in this film and [[spoiler: DyingMomentOfAwesome]] have led even detractors of the film to name him as one of the film's strongest elements.
** By a celebrity playing AsHimself, no less! [[Music/EltonJohn Sir Elton John]] is having a blast in every scene he's in, [[spoiler: and he even takes part in a climactic fight and defeats several mooks by
** Much like [[Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxyVol2 Yondu Udonta]], Creator/MarkStrong's portrayal of Merlin wasn't exactly without fans, but his expanded role in this film and [[spoiler: DyingMomentOfAwesome]] have led even detractors of the film to name him as one of the film's strongest elements.
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* AngstWhatAngst: You'd think Eggsy would be torn up about [[spoiler:Roxy and JB's deaths]] throughout the film, considering that [[spoiler:they were his closest comrades in the first film.]] However, outside of a memorial toast and some words spoken to Charlie, you'd be hard pressed to believe Eggsy even remembered [[spoiler:Roxy]] at all. Even worse is how [[spoiler:JB]] is treated, as he is basically forgotten the moment [[spoiler:Tilde literally buys a replacement puppy.]]
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** You'd think Eggsy would be torn up about [[spoiler:Roxy and JB's deaths]] throughout the film, considering that [[spoiler:they were his closest comrades in the first film.]] However, outside of a memorial toast and some words spoken to Charlie, you'd be hard pressed to believe Eggsy even remembered [[spoiler:Roxy]] at all. Even worse is how [[spoiler:JB]] is treated, as he is basically forgotten the moment [[spoiler:Tilde literally buys a replacement puppy.]]]]
** Harry Hart also has no visible trauma over what he was forced to do by Valentine during the Church Massacre in the first film, or the fact that he got shot in the head.
** You'd think Eggsy would be torn up about [[spoiler:Roxy and JB's deaths]] throughout the film, considering that [[spoiler:they were his closest comrades in the first film.]] However, outside of a memorial toast and some words spoken to Charlie, you'd be hard pressed to believe Eggsy even remembered [[spoiler:Roxy]] at all. Even worse is how [[spoiler:JB]] is treated, as he is basically forgotten the moment [[spoiler:Tilde literally buys a replacement puppy.
** Harry Hart also has no visible trauma over what he was forced to do by Valentine during the Church Massacre in the first film, or the fact that he got shot in the head.
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** ''Instead''': He [[spoiler:reveals his position and starts singing to lure a handful of mooks to him so he can kill them (along with himself) with the mine. However, the explosion immediately alerts the rest of Poppy's mooks and Eggsy and Harry end up effortlessly mowing through them, meaning they could have easily taken out the initial group of guards themselves, except more stealthily while Merlin could have hunkered down until they had the time to disarm the mine. This basically means Merlin pulled a StupidSacrifice.]]
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** ''Instead''': '''Instead''': He [[spoiler:reveals his position and starts singing to lure a handful of mooks to him so he can kill them (along with himself) with the mine. However, the explosion immediately alerts the rest of Poppy's mooks and Eggsy and Harry end up effortlessly mowing through them, meaning they could have easily taken out the initial group of guards themselves, except more stealthily while Merlin could have hunkered down until they had the time to disarm the mine. This basically means Merlin pulled a StupidSacrifice.]]
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** Merlin [[spoiler:steps on a mine, which will detonate if he takes his foot off it.]]
** '''You'd Expect''': Him to [[spoiler:hunker down in his covered position while Eggsy and Harry attack Poppy's hideout.]]
** ''Instead''': He [[spoiler:reveals his position and starts singing to lure a handful of mooks to him so he can kill them (along with himself) with the mine. However, the explosion immediately alerts the rest of Poppy's mooks and Eggsy and Harry end up effortlessly mowing through them, meaning they could have easily taken out the initial group of guards themselves, except more stealthily while Merlin could have hunkered down until they had the time to disarm the mine. This basically means Merlin pulled a StupidSacrifice.]]
** '''You'd Expect''': Him to [[spoiler:hunker down in his covered position while Eggsy and Harry attack Poppy's hideout.]]
** ''Instead''': He [[spoiler:reveals his position and starts singing to lure a handful of mooks to him so he can kill them (along with himself) with the mine. However, the explosion immediately alerts the rest of Poppy's mooks and Eggsy and Harry end up effortlessly mowing through them, meaning they could have easily taken out the initial group of guards themselves, except more stealthily while Merlin could have hunkered down until they had the time to disarm the mine. This basically means Merlin pulled a StupidSacrifice.]]
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*** '''Instead''': [[spoiler: Their reveal mechanism is discovered within a few minutes by his friend, who starts playing around with hand grande and nearly blowing himself up in the process.]]
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** In fact, considering the film is a whopping ''2 hours 21 minutes'' long, one of the largest criticisms is that the film felt far too long due to too many unnecessary subplots and characters clogging up the runtime between action scenes. For example, you could completely cut out [[spoiler:Whiskey]] from the film and the overall plot would not have been affected at all.
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* IdiotPlot: Arguably, the entire film's conflict and many of the subplots could have been completely avoided had Eggsy actually acted like the elite secret agent he was trained to be. See just how huge the WhatAnIdiot section is below.
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*** [[spoiler:Eggsy ''knows'' that Charlie and Clara are gonna be at the lab since it's their phone conversation that led him and the Statesmen there.]]
*** '''You'd Expect''': Eggsy to hang back and let Whiskey grab the antidote since Poppy and Charlie don't know about the Statesmen or their agents.
*** '''Instead''': [[spoiler:Eggsy tells Whiskey to stay back, goes ahead into the large open space that is the lab and allows himself to be seen by Charlie and Clara, who recognize him.]]
*** '''You'd Expect''': Eggsy to hang back and let Whiskey grab the antidote since Poppy and Charlie don't know about the Statesmen or their agents.
*** '''Instead''': [[spoiler:Eggsy tells Whiskey to stay back, goes ahead into the large open space that is the lab and allows himself to be seen by Charlie and Clara, who recognize him.]]
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*** Not [[spoiler:securing the robotic arm and just leaving it in his car unsupervised, allowing it to hack the Kingsman network.]]
*** Eggsy asks one of his friends to dogsit JB. [[spoiler:He fails to take any precautions to prevent said friend from discovering his Kingsman arsenal and gadgets and start playing around with them, nearly blowing himself up in the process.]]
*** In the middle of a mission, he unnecessarily calls Tilde to [[spoiler:get her permission to sleep with another woman. This potentially endangers the entire mission, AND has Tilde break up with him, which was all completely avoidable.]]
*** When infiltrating one of Poppy's labs, [[spoiler: despite being surrounded by ''crates'' of the antidote, Eggsy only takes ''one'' sample. Then, after safely escaping from the lab, he ''takes the antidote out of its protective case'', allowing Whiskey to "accidentally" break it.]]
*** Eggsy asks one of his friends to dogsit JB. [[spoiler:He fails to take any precautions to prevent said friend from discovering his Kingsman arsenal and gadgets and start playing around with them, nearly blowing himself up in the process.]]
*** In the middle of a mission, he unnecessarily calls Tilde to [[spoiler:get her permission to sleep with another woman. This potentially endangers the entire mission, AND has Tilde break up with him, which was all completely avoidable.]]
*** When infiltrating one of Poppy's labs, [[spoiler: despite being surrounded by ''crates'' of the antidote, Eggsy only takes ''one'' sample. Then, after safely escaping from the lab, he ''takes the antidote out of its protective case'', allowing Whiskey to "accidentally" break it.]]
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*** Not [[spoiler:securing the Eggsy winds up with [[spoiler: Charlie's robotic arm in his taxi]] after the opening fight
****'''You'd Expect''': him to secure it, so that the Kingsman can see how it works and prevent it from doing any more harm
****'''Instead''': He justleaving leaves it in his car taxi unsupervised, [[spoiler: allowing it to effortlessly hack the Kingsman network.network and murder every other Kingsman agent]].
*** Eggsy asks one of his friends to dogsit JB.
****'''You'd Expect''': Him to take precautions to prevent any guest from discovering his Kingsman arsenal and gadgets
****'''Instead''': [[spoiler: Their reveal mechanism is discovered within a few minutes by his friend, who starts playing around with hand grande and nearly blowing himself up in the process.]]
*** Eggsy asks one of his friends to dogsit JB. [[spoiler:He fails to take any precautions to prevent said friend from discovering his Kingsman arsenal and gadgets and start playing around with them, nearly blowing himself up in the process.]]
*** In the middle of a mission, he unnecessarily Eggsy has to plant a tracker [[spoiler: inside Charlie's girlfriend by sleeping with her]].
****'''You'd Expect''': Him to begrudgingly accept that this is a necessity of the mission and could prevent the deaths of thousands
****'''Instead''': [[spoiler: He calls Tilde to[[spoiler:get get her permission to sleep with another woman.permission. This potentially endangers the entire mission, AND has Tilde break up with him, which was all completely avoidable.]]
He has no choice but to plant the tracker in Clara anyway]]
*** Harry is resurrected [[spoiler: and his memory has recovered, but his coordination is off and he still has occasional hallucinations]].
****'''You'd Expect''': The kingsman and Statesman to do as Champagne suggests, [[spoiler: keep Harry off the team while he recovers. One of the team can grab the antidote while the other controls the computer system]].
****'''Instead''': On Eggsy's insistence, [[spoiler: Harry joins them, controlling the computers while Eggsy and Whiskey steal the antidote, but nearly gets them killed when he starts hallucinating at a critical moment, and his mental state gives everybody else a reason to doubt him when he questions Whiskey's motives]].
*** When infiltrating one of Poppy's labs, [[spoiler:despite being Eggsy is surrounded by ''crates'' of the antidote, Eggsy antidote]]
****'''You'd Expect''': Him to take as many samples as he can securely carry.
****'''Instead''': [[spoiler:He only takes ''one'' sample. Then, after safely escaping from the lab, he ''takes the antidote out of its protectivecase'', allowing case'' and holds it using only his thumb and forefinger. Even if Whiskey to "accidentally" break it.wasn't a factor, it could still have been broken very easily by accident and there was no backup.]]
****'''You'd Expect''': him to secure it, so that the Kingsman can see how it works and prevent it from doing any more harm
****'''Instead''': He just
*** Eggsy asks one of his friends to dogsit JB.
****'''You'd Expect''': Him to take precautions to prevent any guest from discovering his Kingsman arsenal and gadgets
****'''Instead''': [[spoiler: Their reveal mechanism is discovered within a few minutes by his friend, who starts playing around with hand grande and nearly blowing himself up in the process.]]
****'''You'd Expect''': Him to begrudgingly accept that this is a necessity of the mission and could prevent the deaths of thousands
****'''Instead''': [[spoiler: He calls Tilde to
*** Harry is resurrected [[spoiler: and his memory has recovered, but his coordination is off and he still has occasional hallucinations]].
****'''You'd Expect''': The kingsman and Statesman to do as Champagne suggests, [[spoiler: keep Harry off the team while he recovers. One of the team can grab the antidote while the other controls the computer system]].
****'''Instead''': On Eggsy's insistence, [[spoiler: Harry joins them, controlling the computers while Eggsy and Whiskey steal the antidote, but nearly gets them killed when he starts hallucinating at a critical moment, and his mental state gives everybody else a reason to doubt him when he questions Whiskey's motives]].
*** When infiltrating one of Poppy's labs, [[spoiler:
****'''You'd Expect''': Him to take as many samples as he can securely carry.
****'''Instead''': [[spoiler:He only takes ''one'' sample. Then, after safely escaping from the lab, he ''takes the antidote out of its protective
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* EndingFatigue: So [[spoiler: Poppy and her personal army are defeated and her plan is thwarted. Mission accomplished, right? Well first we have to go through a ''second'' climactic fight scene when Whiskey arrives after all the action is over and attacks Eggsy and Harry. Not only did it simply [[{{Padding}} pad]] out the runtime, but it was so unnecessary to the plot that you could've cut it out and the could've gone exactly the way it was going anyways.]]
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* EndingFatigue: So [[spoiler: Poppy and her personal army are defeated and her plan is thwarted. Mission accomplished, right? Well first we have to go through a ''second'' climactic fight scene when Whiskey arrives after all the action is over and attacks Eggsy and Harry. Not only did it simply [[{{Padding}} pad]] out the runtime, but it was so unnecessary to the plot that you could've cut it out and the could've scene would've gone exactly the way it was going anyways.]]
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** Eggsy has several moments throughout the film:
*** Not [[spoiler:securing the robotic arm and just leaving it in his car unsupervised, allowing it to hack the Kingsman network.]]
*** Eggsy asks one of his friends to dogsit JB. [[spoiler:He fails to take any precautions to prevent said friend from discovering his Kingsman arsenal and gadgets and start playing around with them, nearly blowing himself up in the process.]]
*** In the middle of a mission, he unnecessarily calls Tilde to [[spoiler:get her permission to sleep with another woman. This potentially endangers the entire mission, AND has Tilde break up with him, which was all completely avoidable.]]
*** When infiltrating one of Poppy's labs, [[spoiler: despite being surrounded by ''crates'' of the antidote, Eggsy only takes ''one'' sample. Then, after safely escaping from the lab, he ''takes the antidote out of its protective case'', allowing Whiskey to "accidentally" break it.]]
** Eggsy has several moments throughout the film:
*** Not [[spoiler:securing the robotic arm and just leaving it in his car unsupervised, allowing it to hack the Kingsman network.]]
*** Eggsy asks one of his friends to dogsit JB. [[spoiler:He fails to take any precautions to prevent said friend from discovering his Kingsman arsenal and gadgets and start playing around with them, nearly blowing himself up in the process.]]
*** In the middle of a mission, he unnecessarily calls Tilde to [[spoiler:get her permission to sleep with another woman. This potentially endangers the entire mission, AND has Tilde break up with him, which was all completely avoidable.]]
*** When infiltrating one of Poppy's labs, [[spoiler: despite being surrounded by ''crates'' of the antidote, Eggsy only takes ''one'' sample. Then, after safely escaping from the lab, he ''takes the antidote out of its protective case'', allowing Whiskey to "accidentally" break it.]]
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** Matthew Vaughn's [[CreatorThumbprint trademark]] stylized JitterCam cinematography. Is it still exciting, allowing for the movie to continue standing out with its visual style? Or is it getting annoying and giving you headaches?
** Matthew Vaughn's [[CreatorThumbprint trademark]] stylized JitterCam cinematography. Is it still exciting, allowing for the movie to continue standing out with its visual style? Or is it getting annoying and giving you headaches?
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* NeverTrustATrailer: The trailers for the film boast Channing Tatum's character Tequila being an integral part of the plot, when in reality he is quickly PutOnABus early in the film. Ironically, it's Pedro Pascal's Whiskey who plays a large role in the film despite being almost completely absent from the trailers.
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* StrawmanHasAPoint: Poppy brings up some valid points about cigarettes, alcohol, and sugar being legal despite killing more people than most hard drugs. And while still being a murderous, greedy psychopath, her desire to revoke the War on Drugs is a sentiment many American citizens support.
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* ToughActToFollow: Coming off of the highly successful and popular first film, ''The Golden Circle'' was definitely going to be measured with high expectations.
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* VillainHasAPoint: Poppy brings up some valid points about cigarettes, alcohol, and sugar being legal despite killing more people than most hard drugs. And while still being a murderous, greedy psychopath, her desire to revoke the War on Drugs is a sentiment many American citizens support.
* VillainHasAPoint: Poppy brings up some valid points about cigarettes, alcohol, and sugar being legal despite killing more people than most hard drugs. And while still being a murderous, greedy psychopath, her desire to revoke the War on Drugs is a sentiment many American citizens support.
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** The inclusion of [[spoiler:Elton John]]. Was he a fun cameo appearance, or did he overstay his welcome to the point of hijacking the film?
* EndingFatigue: So [[spoiler: Poppy and her personal army are defeated and her plan is thwarted. Mission accomplished, right? Well first we have to go through a ''second'' climactic fight scene when Whiskey arrives after all the action is over and attacks Eggsy and Harry.]]
* EndingFatigue: So [[spoiler: Poppy and her personal army are defeated and her plan is thwarted. Mission accomplished, right? Well first we have to go through a ''second'' climactic fight scene when Whiskey arrives after all the action is over and attacks Eggsy and Harry.]]
* NeverTrustATrailer: The trailers for the film boast Channing Tatum's character Tequila being an integral part of the plot, when in reality he is quickly PutOnABus early in the film. Ironically, it's Pedro Pascal's Whiskey who plays a large role in the film despite being almost completely absent from the trailers.
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* ToughActToFollow: Coming off of the highly successful and popular first film, ''The Golden Circle'' was definitely going to be measured with high expectations.
* ToughActToFollow: Coming off of the highly successful and popular first film, ''The Golden Circle'' was definitely going to be measured with high expectations.
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** Some have also extended it to [[spoiler:Merlin]]. It certainly helps that an interview with Mark Strong revealed [[spoiler:he ''was'' supposed [[http://www.denofgeek.com/uk/movies/mark-strong/52065/mark-strong-interview-kingsman-the-golden-circle-stardust-kick-ass to have survived]].]]
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* EnsembleDarkhorse: By a celebrity playing AsHimself, no less! [[Music/EltonJohn Sir Elton John]] is having a blast in every scene he's in, [[spoiler: and he even takes part in a climatic fight and defeats several mooks by himself!]]
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* EnsembleDarkhorse: By a celebrity playing AsHimself, no less! [[Music/EltonJohn Sir Elton John]] is having a blast in every scene he's in, [[spoiler: and he even takes part in a climatic climactic fight and defeats several mooks by himself!]]
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* StrawmanHasAPoint: Poppy brings up some valid points about cigarettes, alcohol,and sugar being legal despite killing more people than most hard drugs. And while still being a murderous, greedy psychopath, her desire to revoke the War on Drugs is a sentiment many American citizens support.
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* StrawmanHasAPoint: Poppy brings up some valid points about cigarettes, alcohol,and alcohol, and sugar being legal despite killing more people than most hard drugs. And while still being a murderous, greedy psychopath, her desire to revoke the War on Drugs is a sentiment many American citizens support.
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* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot: Some think that the Statesman as a whole is underused in the film, with Tequila being put out of action for most of the movie, Champagne and Ginger Ale only have roles at the Statesman HQ. The only Statesman agent with a major role is Whiskey, [[spoiler: and then he turns out to be a RogueAgent.]] The story instead mainly focuses on the already familiar Kingsman faces like Eggsy, Harry, and Merlin, and it's them who get to shine in the climax, not the Statesman.
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* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot: Some think that the Statesman as a whole is underused in the film, with Tequila being put out of action for most of the movie, and Champagne and Ginger Ale only have having roles at the Statesman HQ. The only Statesman agent with a major role is Whiskey, [[spoiler: and then he turns out to be a RogueAgent.]] The story instead mainly focuses on the already familiar Kingsman faces like Eggsy, Harry, and Merlin, and it's them who get to shine in the climax, not the Statesman.Statesmen.
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** Arguably [[spoiler: Whiskey]], who stole every scene he's in thanks to his sheer awesomeness with his cool demeanor, kickass fight sequences, and a tragic FreudianExcuse backstory. [[spoiler: It's almost sad to see him turns evil and has to be put down in a gruesome fashion by Eggsy and Harry.]]
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** Arguably [[spoiler: Whiskey]], who stole every scene he's in thanks to his sheer awesomeness with his cool demeanor, kickass fight sequences, and a tragic FreudianExcuse backstory. [[spoiler: It's almost sad to see him turns turn evil and has have to be put down in a gruesome fashion by Eggsy and Harry.]]
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* JerkassHasAPoint: Poppy brings up some valid points about cigarettes, alcohol,and sugar being legal despite killing more people than most hard drugs. And while still being a murderous, greedy psychopath, her desire to revoke the War on Drugs is a sentiment many American citizens support.
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* JerkassHasAPoint: Poppy brings up some valid points about cigarettes, alcohol,and sugar being legal despite killing more people than most hard drugs. And while still being a murderous, greedy psychopath, her desire to revoke the War on Drugs is a sentiment many American citizens support.
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* SoOkayItsAverage: The general consensus of the film.
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* SoOkayItsAverage: The general consensus of the film.film is that it falls just short of the original in terms of originality, humor, and action and even shorter in regards to character development and the general plot.
