![]() There have been a lot of productions that have been stuck in ‘production hell’įor years before they get made (and some never exit it) and one of the bigĬasualties of this was the Queen/Freddie Mercury biopic. 12-years later, the world is careening towards war because a mysterious force is pulling strings behind the scenes, pushing King George of Britain (Tom Hollander), Kaiser Wilhelm of Germany (Tom Hollander) and Tsar Nicholas of Russia (Tom Hollander) into conflict. They were inspecting the facilities for the Red Cross and meeting Lord Herbert Kitchener (Charles Dance) when a sniper kills Emily in the crossfire. ![]() ![]() So to set the scene, we open in South Africa, 1902 with Orlando Oxford (Ralph Fiennes) and his wife Emily Oxford (Alexandra Maria Lara) arriving at British Concentration Camp during the Boer War. And after watching it all, I’m still not sure. So when I heard that there was going to be a prequel, I was interested but also concerned because revisionist histories can land like a thud. I even liked the follow-up Kingsman: The Golden Circle, though I may be alone on that front. Overall, I thoroughly enjoyed the first entry into this universe with Kingsman: The Secret Service.
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