PREVIEW: The King’s Man (15)

WHO’S IN IT?

Ralph Fiennes (The Grand Budapest Hotel), Gemma Arterton (Summerland), Rhys Ifans (Notting Hill), Matthew Goode (The Imitation Game), Tom Hollander (In The Loop), Harris Dickinson (Beach Rats), Daniel Brühl (Rush), Djimon Hounsou (Blood Diamond), Charles Dance (Fanny Lye Deliver’d), Aaron Taylor-Johnson (Kick-Ass), Neil Jackson (Nocturnal Animals), Stanley Tucci (The Lovely Bones), Joel Basman (Hanna), Alison Steadman (Secrets & Lies), Robert Aramayo (Galveston), Alexandra Maria Lara (Geostorm)

WHO’S BEHIND THE CAMERA?

Matthew Vaughn (Kingsman: The Secret Service), director, writer, producer; Karl Gajdusek (Oblivion), writer; Adam Bohling (Rocketman) and David Reid (Layer Cake), producers; Dominic Lewis (Money Monster) and Matthew Margeson (Eddie the Eagle), composers; Ben Davis (Guardians of the Galaxy), cinematographer; Jason Ballantine (It) and Robert Hall (Final Score), editors

WHAT’S IT ABOUT?

In the early 20th century, a collection of tyrants and criminal masterminds, including the fiendish Rasputin (Ifans), team up to plot a war that could kill millions. The only one standing in their way is the Duke of Oxford (Fiennes) who, along with his son Conrad (Dickinson) and his trusted allies, must race against time in order to stop them, kick-starting a special agency dedicated to stomping out villainy…

IN ONE SENTENCE, WHY SHOULD YOU BE EXCITED?

Director Matthew Vaughn takes audiences back to the very beginning of the Kingsman legacy, with an action-packed historical adventure that’s just as exciting as the previous films in the series.

WHEN’S IT OUT?

SUNDAY 26TH DECEMBER 2021

WHERE CAN I FIND IT?

IN CINEMAS NATIONWIDE

 

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