MOST DIRECTORS, WHEN they’re talking about sequels, tend to go for the obvious platitudes: bigger, better, faster, stronger, explodier.
Not Matthew Vaughn. When he was making Kingsman: The Golden Circle, the follow-up to 2014’s audacious, hilarious and button-pushing spy caper Kingsman: The Secret Service, he had a mantra in mind. “If you didn’t like the first movie, you’ll fucking hate this one,” he laughs. “I’ve made this for people who liked the first film.”
Which means they should love this one. And while Vaughn wasn’t physically present at Comic-Con this year, there was plenty of evidence in the footage that his all-star, mostly Oscar-winning cast brought with them to suggest The Golden Circle isn’t playing it safe, from a gloriously inventive, breakneck car chase-cum-fight scene to evil henchmen being turned…