Kingsman: The Secret Service

Kingsman: The Secret Service is a 2014 spy action comedy film directed by Matthew Vaughn from a screenplay by Jane Goldman and Vaughn.[1][6] The first instalment in the Kingsman film series, it is based on the comic book of the same name by Mark Millar and Dave Gibbons.

Kingsman: The Secret Service
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Matthew Vaughn
Screenplay by	Jane Goldman Matthew Vaughn
Based on	The Secret Service by Mark Millar Dave Gibbons
Produced by	Matthew Vaughn David Reid Adam Bohling
Starring	Colin Firth Taron Egerton Samuel L. Jackson Michael Caine Mark Strong
Cinematography	George Richmond
Edited by	Eddie Hamilton Jon Harris
Music by	Henry Jackman Matthew Margeson
Production companies	Marv Films Cloudy Productions TSG Entertainment
Distributed by	20th Century Fox
Release dates	13 December 2014 (2014-12-13) (Butt-Numb-A-Thon) 29 January 2015 (2015-01-29) (United Kingdom) 13 February 2015 (2015-02-13) (United States)
Running time	129 minutes[1]
Countries	United Kingdom United States[2]
Language	English
Budget	$81–94 million[3][4][5]
Box office	$414.4 million[3]

The film follows Gary "Eggsy" Unwin's (Taron Egerton) recruitment by Harry Hart (Colin Firth) into a secret spy organisation called Kingsman. Eggsy joins a mission, in brutal and comedic fashion, to tackle a global threat from Richmond Valentine (Samuel L. Jackson), a wealthy megalomaniac and eco-terrorist wanting to deal with climate change by wiping out most of humanity. Mark Strong and Michael Caine play supporting roles.

Kingsman: The Secret Service premiered at the Butt-Numb-A-Thon festival on 13 December 2014, and was theatrically released in the United Kingdom on 29 January 2015 and United States on 13 February 2015, by 20th Century Fox. The film received generally positive reviews from critics, who highly praised the stylised action sequences, direction, acting performances, villain, visual style, score and its dark humour, although some scenes were criticised for being too over-the-top.[7] The film grossed over $414 million worldwide, becoming Vaughn's most commercially successful film to date.[8] In 2015, it won the Empire Award for Best British Film.

A sequel, titled Kingsman: The Golden Circle, was released in September 2017, with Vaughn and the main cast returning.[9] A prequel, The King's Man, was theatrically released in the United States on 22 December 2021.[10]