The Reel Review
This sequel to Matthew Vaughn’s cute, cheeky, self-mocking spy movie parody is everything the original film happily wasn’t – a bloated, patience-trying, cleverless film that takes itself way too seriously and looks more like a way too long, CGI-hyped-up Night of A Thousand Stars whose laundry list of stunt casting – Julianne Moore, Halle Berry, Channing Tatum, Jeff Bridges and Elton John – should all be mortified to be associated with one of the year’s worst, most craptacular films. This sequel succeeds only in tarnishing what originally looked like a promising franchise. Yuck.