King's Man, The
[Opens Dec. 22 in theaters.] When ruthless, power-hungry, cashmere-scarf-wearing, villainous cabal members such as Russia's wacky Rasputin (Rhys Ifans) and Mata Hari (Valerie Pachner) seek to orchestrate the start of WWI in the early 1900s that could kill millions in Matthew Vaughn's action-packed, fast-paced, wit-dotted, violent, twist-filled, unpredictable, star-studded (Matthew Goode, Charles Dance, Stanley Tucci, Daniel Brühl, Tom Hollander, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Aaron Vodovoz, Todd Boyce, Branka Katic, Olivier Richters, and Alexandra Maria Lara), 131-minute prequel highlighted by stunning cinematography, costumes, and sets, a widowed English Duke (Ralph Fiennes), who is protective of his son (Harris Dickinson/Alexander Shaw) after the sudden death of his beloved wife in 1902, starts a spy organization in the back of a London tailor shop and recruits an eclectic group of talented members, including a skilled combat trainer (Djimon Hounsou) and crack shot sharpshooter (Gemma Arterton).
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