Summary
As a collection of history's worst tyrants and criminal masterminds gather to plot a war to wipe out millions, one man must race against time to stop them.
Cast
Ralph Fiennes
Orlando Oxford
Gemma Arterton
Polly
Rhys Ifans
Grigori Rasputin
Matthew Goode
Morton
Tom Hollander
King George / Kaiser Wilhelm / Tsar Nicholas
Harris Dickinson
Conrad Oxford
Daniel Brühl
Erik Jan Hanussen
Djimon Hounsou
Shola
Charles Dance
Kitchener
Shaun McKee
Camp Guard #1
Peter York
Camp Guard #2
Alexandra Maria Lara
Emily Oxford
Alexander Shaw
Young Conrad
Bevan Viljoen
Boer Sniper
Shaun Scott
Kingsman Tailor #1
Andrew Bridgmont
Kingsman Tailor #2
Olivier Richters
Huge Machinery Shack Guard
Valerie Pachner
Mata Hari
Joel Basman
Gavrilo Princip
Todd Boyce
Dupont
Richard Stephenson Winter
Shepherd's Flock Member #2
Takako Akashi
Shepherd's Flock Member #3
Thorston Manderlay
Shepherd's Flock Member #4
Terence Anderson
Shepherd's Flock Member #5
Andy Cheung
Shepherd's Flock Member #6
Ron Cook
Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria
Barbara Drennan
Sophie, Duchess of Hohenberg
Maja Simonsen
Pretty Girl
Benedick Blythe
Saravejo General
Max Count
Young King George
Emil Oksanen
Young Kaiser Wilhelm
George Gooderham
Young Tsar Nicholas
Alexa Povah
Queen Victoria
Branka Katić
Tsarina Alix
Alexander Shefler
Tsarevich Alexei
Rosie Goddard
Grand Duchess Anastasia
Dora Davis
Grand Duchess Maria
Lucia Jade Barker
Grand Duchess Olga
Molly McGeachin
Grand Duchess Tatiana
Angus Castle-Doughty
British Soldier
Jed O'Hagan
British Soldier #2
Thomas Mahy
British Soldier #3
Connor Calland
British Soldier #4
James Musgrave
Lieutenant
Martin Razpopov
Sarajevo Prison Warden
Aaron Vodovoz
Felix Yusupov
Gabriela Całun
Russian Maid
Gabriel Constantin
Russian Master of Ceremonies
Vår Haugholt
Russian Prostitute #1
Ronja Haugholt
Russian Prostitute #2
Alyona Kazarova
Yusupov Guest #1
Fiz Marcus
Yusupov Guest #2
Nina Novich
Yusupov Guest #3
Andrey Andreev
Yusupov Guest #4
August Diehl
Vladimir Lenin
Nigel Lister
Arthur Zimmermann
Daniel Vernan
German Foreign Office Worker #1
Nigel Pilkington
German Foreign Office Worker #2
Ed Cooper Clarke
Admiralty Military Intel Officer
Stevee Davies
Young Codebreaker
Alison Steadman
Rita
Russell Balogh
Sandhurst PT
Kristian Wanzl Nekrasov
General Ludendorff
Stefan Schiffer
Ludendorff Butler
Tim Bruce
Sandhurst Chaplain
Hal Hillman
Sandhurst Cadet
Ian Kelly
President Woodrow Wilson
David Calvitto
Vice President
Ian Porter
General
Simon Connolly
White House Butler
Alexander Cobb
British Officer
Aaron Taylor-Johnson
Archie Reid
Emun Elliott
Sergeant Major
James Backway
Soldier
Cassidy Little
British Spy
Neil Jackson
Captain Forrest
Ben Ayers
Black Watch Soldier #1
Gwithian Evans
Black Watch Soldier #2
Cory Stuckey
Black Watch Soldier #3
Timon Staehler
Storm Trooper
Timothy Blore
German Soldier #1
Ross Anderson
Corporal Johnstone
Robert Aramayo
Sergeant Major Atkins
Remus Brooks
Kings Liverpool Soldier #1
Felix Mosse
Kings Liverpool Soldier #2
Will Pattle
Kings Liverpool Soldier #3
Amy Leeson
Pub Girl #1
Dolores Carbonari
Pub Girl #2
Stanley Tucci
United States Ambassador
Pippa Winslow
United States Embassy Secretary
David Kross
Moustached Man
Katarina Martin
Housekeeper (uncredited)
Kya Garwood
Maid (uncredited)
Constantine Gregory
Mayor of Sarajevo (uncredited)
Hal Fowler
Russian General (uncredited)
Renars Latkovskis
Russian Sheppard (uncredited)
Jack Cunningham-Nuttall
Bath Boy (uncredited)
Chloé Booyens
Soldier (uncredited)
Pierre Bergman
British General (uncredited)
Crew
Director, Screenplay, Story
Matthew Vaughn
Comic Book
Dave Gibbons
Comic Book
Mark Millar
Screenplay
Karl Gajdusek
Reviews
garethmb
December 14, 2021
After being delayed multiple times from a planned November 2019 release; Writer/Director Matthew Vaughn has released the third film in the “Kingsman “film series with “The King’s Man”. This time around the movie looks back to the origins of the society dedicated to peace and solving global conflicts before they can escalate.
In pre-World War I Europe; wealthy pacifist Orlando Oxford (Ralph Finnes); looks to raise his son Conrad (Harris Dickinson); following the tragic loss of his wife some years earlier on a Red Cross mission.
When events kick off the war; Conrad wishes to enlist and fight and his father is able to keep this from happening as he wants his son to avoid the horrors of war. At the same time; a secret Cabal has been plotting to start the war and manipulate the outcome and one of the agents named Rasputin (Rhys Ifans); looms prominently due to his influence over the Czar of Russia.
As the years pass and the war unfolds; Conrad and Orlando soon find themselves at odds and being pulled into opposite directions which sets a chain of events into action and puts the fate of the world in the balance.
The film is at times more retrained than the prior two films but the action sequences when they arrive are entertaining and mix the humor and violence that the series is known for. The cast is solid and the way that historical events were used but given an alternate perspective really added to the enjoyment of the film.
The movie does have a decent amount of humor but does spend a great deal of time on character development and exposition which can lead to some long gaps between the action, but the engaging stories and characters hold your interest throughout.
The film sets up further adventures in the Prequel timeline well and it appears that this is the direction that future films may go which would be more than fine as the film delivered what fans have come to expect from the series.
4 stars out of 5
