(FOUR STARS)
Two things make Matthew Vaughn, the most daring and stylized action director of these years, someone original. As seen in “X Men First generation” and “kingsman“, understands that the crazy action with superheroes or superspies It is an almost childish game, that is, a comedy.
Here he takes that to the extreme: there are some crazy action novels that, by rare chance (not so strange, not a coincidence, watch the movie) copy real life and make their author, a modest lady, get involved in nonsense every time. more giants.
The other “thing” is that he understands that such nonsense can be stylized, transformed into moments of totally abstract color and movement for the pleasure of the eye. The cast of Argylle is perfect and so is the pacing.
At times, these films recall that enormous pop madness of Casino Royale (the one from ’68, with Peter Sellers and David Niven and Woody Allen) where nonsense was made flesh. Having fun is good, especially when humor and creativity force the neurons to move, when the action is
to look at each other and not to stun. Such is the talent of Mr. Vaughn, Matthew Vaughn.
