whizz-bangery

It represents a dramatic turnover of cast members from the fairly compact ensemble in the first film and, for much of The Golden Circle’s first hour, there’s a slight absence of the crackling character dynamics that provided some flickers of realism amid the preposterous whizz-bangery.

2017 September 19, Gwilym Mumford, “Kingsman: The Golden Circle review – spy sequel reaches new heights of skyscraping silliness”, in the Guardian