The director of Kingsman and Kick-Ass has produced pure entertainment, sometimes clumsy but always sincere, somewhere between an adventure comedy and a spy film.
For Argy flopped at the start of the year, contributing to questions about Apple’s exit strategyafter the mixed successes of Killers of the Flower Moonby Martin Scorsese (which had a poor theatrical run, but was well received by critics, nonetheless), and Napoleon by Ridley Scott (already available on the studio’s platform in a longer version, more successful than the one offered in theaters) – all of which had cost a lot to produce. At Firstwe nevertheless found many qualities in this spy film which never ceases to play with the expectations of its audience.
We are sharing our enthusiastic review again, to keep us going until it is broadcast on Canal +, this Friday evening from 9:10 p.m.
Busy producing here and there (Tetris, Silent Night…), Matthew Vaughn had devoted his career as a director to films since 2015 Kingsmana saga of fluctuating quality – the sequel and the prequel never having reached the effectiveness of the first part. The filmmaker is now digging deeper into his obsession with the world of espionage with For Argya new project in the form of an adventure comedy with a touch of « vaughnienne » assertive. We follow Elly Conway (Bryce Dallas Howard), best-selling author of spy novels featuring secret agent Argylle (Henry Cavill). But when the writings of the reclusive Elly get a little too close to the plans of a real secret organization, killers start to hot on her tail and the spy Aidan (Sam Rockwell) suddenly bursts into her life to save her skin…
Fluo-pop and meta squared, For Argy is based on a plot with drawers where the ” reality “ and fiction, Elly having hallucinations that regularly make her glimpse the character from her books instead of Aidan. Which gives rise to some frankly hilarious staging and editing effects (you have to see Cavill’s demigod face and that of hobo Rockwell’s fighting and dancing sequences). We have a good laugh, the action pushes all the knobs into the red (sometimes to the point of cartoonishness) and the soundtrack is sure to make Beatles fans happy.
Le Sam Rockwell show
For Argy is in any case the film of a guy certain of his abilitiesentertainerexcessive in every way – even in its length, 2 hours 19 minutes – and full of supporting roles who always have something juicy to play (Dua Lipa, Bryan Cranston, Catherine O’Hara, John Cena, Samuel L. Jackson…).
Entertainment, real entertainment, to make you forget that the outside world exists, even if it will require accepting the abuse of green screens (filming in the middle of covid forced Vaughn to shoot in a studio instead of traveling to the four corners of the globe), endless twists and a script imposing on Bryce Dallas Howard a duality that she is simply not capable of. Not so bad: fortunately, Sam Rockwell gives a lot of himself to put on a show and fill the few lulls in the plot, even if it means eclipsing his acting partners.
Trailer:
https://www.dailymotion.com/embed/video/x8oe6c4?autoPlay=0
Matthew Vaughn didn’t expect Argylle to be so critically panned
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