Film Preview: The King’s Man (2021)

Page Revisions:

(July 21, 2019) Original
(October 6, 2019) New Trailer (#2) / New Poster (#2)
(June 28, 2020) New Trailer (#3) / New Posters (#3-#4) / New Release Date (changed from 2/14/20)
(September 5, 2021) New Trailer (#4) — New Posters (#5-#8) — New Release Date (changed from 9/18/20) — Revised Summary
(December 19, 2021) New Trailer (#5) — New Posters (#9-#15)

Release Date:

December 22, 2021

Synopsis:

From IMDb: “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.”

Poster Rating: C+ / B- / B+ / B+ / C+ / C- / C / C / C (7)

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Review: (#1) Just enough details to entice fans of the Kingsman films, but with few details worth noting.

(#2) There are a lot of details here and some of them are interesting, but the only thing keeping it from being a disappointment is that the background doesn’t feel excessively bare.

(#3) An Asian-inspired design that reminds us that the similar Disney designs showcase that this Fox property is now under the control of Disney. (#4) The distressed design doesn’t add much to an otherwise serviceable and well structured poster.

(#5) There are a few nice details here and it certainly feels like a decent amount of effort was made, yet it still seems incomplete. (#6) Unlike the prior design, the excess of white background makes the whole design feel dull. (#7) It’s like the fifth design, but doesn’t quite have the same general sense of intrigue. (#8) Less white to the design makes it a little more bearable, but that’s about as far as the interest goes.

(#9-#15) This series of character posters, in spite of the unique backgrounds, feel incredibly plain.

Trailer Rating: B- / C+ / B- / C / C+

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Review: (#1) Not as outlandish as the trailer for the prior Kingsman film, this origin story has just enough teases for fans of the Kingsman films to get them excited for the new film.

(#2) More action heavy than the prior trailer and less of interest to Kingsman fans. This attempt has a few of the flourishes fans of the series have come to expect and the same kind of music selection, but it feels rather generic at the same time.

(#3) Back to what made the first trailer enticing is that we’re given a lot more of the action we come to expect from this series and the characters don’t seem as brashly simplistic as they did previously.

(#4) There’s a lot more intense action in this effort, which might appeal to a broader audience, and the plot is slowly being fleshed out in the trailers, but ultimately it all feels rather unsuccesful.

(#5) Somehow, the film fails to look nearly as engaging as it should. The references to Gavrilo Princip and Mata Hari are interesting ones and are handled well, but the rest of the trailer feels like a cobbled-together greatest hits collection that is neither great nor a hit.