Movies: Kingsman: The Golden Circle (15) & The Invasion (DVD - 15)

Kingsman: The Golden Circle (15) – what’s it about? Eggsy returns in this sequel where the Kingsman agencies sites are destroyed so he must travel to the US to meet with the Statesman.

So if you’ve seen the first one you know what to expect, though this one is a bit less spoofy than the first and not so funny in my book. Though that said it was still a good action packed ride, lots of fight scenes with a couple of lol moments and other stuff to keep the viewer entertained. If you liked the first one it’s still definitely worth a watch even though it isn’t quite as good. Truthfully probably a 3 ½ star movie rather than a 4 but I’m feeling generous today.

Rating: ****

The Invasion (DVD - 15) – what’s it about? Aliens have invaded earth and take over peoples bodies whilst they sleep.

Ok this was different, a bit slow to start with so I got a little distracted by other things but by half way through I was hooked. It was an interesting take on alien invasions, no big ships here or anything, just subtly done which really gets the mind thinking – are they already here? It’s worth a watch if you like drama-thriller-sci-fi stuff but don’t expect the wow factor you get from some modern sci-fi stuff.

Rating: ***

Movies: IT (2017) (15) & American Assassin (18)

IT (2017) (15) – what’s it about? – A remake of the movie about a scary clown that steals children every 27 years.

I really wish I’d re-watched the original recently so I could compare them, but I don’t think I’ve seen it for about 15 years. I wasn’t sure how they’d do this one though, you know remaking a classic horror movie like that, but I think they done it pretty well. It was billed to be super scary (from what people had said online) but it sadly wasn’t – I found Annabel Creation far scarier! This was just a good watch, a little creepy in parts but I wouldn’t say hide behind a blanket scary…well unless you’re scared of clowns then I suppose it would be. Yep it was a good take on the story with good acting and effects, so yep all good which makes it worth a watch!

Rating: ****

American Assassin (18) – what’s it about? A secret CIA team try to stop a bad guy who has a nuclear missile.

If you’ve seen one of these types of movies then you’ve seen them all really. It’s the usual and nothing new and all very predictable but saying that it’s still a good mindless movie. I still quite happy sat and enjoyed the story, action and violence just don’t expect to be wowed by anything original.

Rating: ***