Movie Analysis – Kingsman

Story Arc Breakdown (8 steps)

• You

Eggsy’s father died heroically in 1997 when he failed to find the grenade hidden by the leader due to the mistake of his companions. His mother committed to a violent gang boss Dean, and gave birth to a daughter. Fearing that Dean would be bad for his mother and sister, Eggsy gave up the opportunity to become a Marine Corps sniper and compete in Olympic gymnastics, and has since become a bad boy.

• Need

When Eggsy was about to be heavily prosecuted for stealing a car, Harry rescued him and led Eggsy to the Royal Gentlemen’s Headquarters to participate in the selection of the new “Lancelot”.

• Go

Eggsy received strict instruction and experienced many hard tests, and his martial arts and wisdom have improved greatly. With wisdom and perseverance, he lasted to the final round and became the last three candidates. In a life-and-death loyalty test, he and another female candidate, Roxanne, successfully advanced to the final campaign and brushed off rival Charlie Hirsch. But at the final selection, Eggsy’s reluctance to shoot her dog, JB, was eliminated, making Roxanne the new Lancelot.

• Search

Eggsy, who failed in the selection, stole a car and returned to his mother’s house. After seeing his mother’s injuries from domestic violence, he originally wanted to settle the account with Dean, but Harry remotely controlled the car to take Eggsy to his home in time, explaining that all the training was actually arranged by the royal gentleman. Layouts (such as the level of killing the dog where the bullets used are only blanks), scold Eggsy for wasting a great opportunity.

• Find

Eggsy talks to Harry and Merlin about Valentine’s press conference and discovers Valentine’s conspiracy and decides to save humanity. Afterwards, Harry followed Valentine to a church where a cult group gathered in Kentucky, USA. Valentine hid next door to activate the SIM card drivers for most of the church members’ mobile phones, causing Harry and the believers to involuntarily kill each other. When the only surviving Harry walked out of the church, Valentine appeared in front of him and explained that these SIM cards can emit an electromagnetic wave that can affect the central nervous system of the human brain, which will force the phone holder and bystanders to lose their senses. After explaining that, he is shot and killed Harry.

• Return

Seeing Eggsy like this through the monitor, in grief and anger, he went back to the store to find Arthur. Just as he was about to raise a glass with him to commemorate Harry, he suddenly noticed that Arthur had a chip on the back of his neck. So, Eggsy used clichés to ask him about Valentine’s use of human cannibalism to solve the overpopulation, in order to achieve the real purpose of saving nature, and used a trick to make Arthur drink the poisoned wine prepared for himself, after his death, from him The brain took out the chip, and finally came to the Royal Gentlemen’s headquarters to report the matter to Merlin and Roxanne.

• Take

Merlin, Eggsy and Roxanne decide to go it alone and reach Valentine’s guest house in the Alps. When Eggsy impersonates Arthur to infiltrate the headquarters, Roxanne uses a lift-off device to reach the outer atmosphere and launches a missile to destroy one of Valentine’s satellites, causing Valentine’s global connection to fail. At this time, Charlie, who was not elected from the Royal Gentleman and was invited to the scene, recognized Eggsy, forcing Eggsy to stun Charlie and run back. However, Valentine decided to call another satellite to complete the connection. Even Merlin couldn’t hack into Valentine’s fingerprint recognition system, so Eggsy had to return to the guest house again.

• Change

Because Eggsy was attacked by the guards, Merlin had an idea and let Merlin invade Valentine’s brain chip control system and turned on the self-destruction device, so that all the political and business celebrities who were implanted with the chip were killed by the detonation of their heads. Valentine, who is still alive, completes the satellite mobilization, opening the global connection and causing people all over the world to start killing each other.
In a fierce battle, Eggsy scratched and poisoned Gazelle with a poisonous sword hidden in the leather shoes, and finally threw her bladed limbs out to kill Valentine. With the device disconnected, the world returns to normal, and Merlin and Roxanne cheer for Eggsy. Before leaving, Eggsy came to the dungeon to rescue Tilty, the Swedish princess, and made a love song with her. After the incident, Eggsy succeeded Harry as the new Galahad. When he came to the bar to pick up his mother and sister, he was once again insulted by Dean. Eggsy then performed the famous words and scenes that Harry once said in the bar again. After knocking Dean unconscious with a wine bottle, he taught the rest of the hooligans in Harry’s way.

Characters’ Archetypes Breakdown

Eggsy – He’s a hero who sabotages Valentine’s plan to save humanity

Harry Hart – he is the mentor who guides and trains Eggsy

Richmond Valentine – he is the shadow, the opposite of the hero

Merlin – he is Eggsy’s threshold guardian and ally

Roxanne – she’s Eggsy’s ally

Gazelle – She is Richmond Valentine’s ally

timeline

(Beginning) Eggsy’s father died to save his comrades during the mission. Harry Hart gave Eggsy’s mother a necklace with a phone number engraved on it, just in case.
(Foreshadowing) 17 years later, Eggsy, who was truant every day, crashed into a police car while escaping from stealing a car and was arrested.
(Turning) Eggsy dials the necklace’s phone number for help, but is released. Eggsy learned from Harry Hart that his father was a hero; he was talking about the gang to find fault, and was slashed by Harry Hart, stunned Xiaoqiang.
(arguing) When he got home, Eggsy was beaten up by his stepfather, fled the house, and found Harry Hart in the tailor shop.
(Into Act Two) Harry Hart takes Eggsy into the spy camp for spy training.
(Game time) Eggsy experienced flooded dormitory, escaped through broken windows; teamwork and other training. Puppy training, skydiving training, writing training. Take your puppy for walk training. Gradually become a qualified special agent fighter.
(Story B) Agent 2 rescued the hostages and was counter-killed. Harry Hart found the kidnapped person and questioned him, but an explosion occurred and he was seriously injured.
(Midpoint) In the last test of the agent, Eggsy was eliminated because he couldn’t bear to shoot his puppy. Richmond Valentine kidnaps the princess as a hostage in order to coerce the Prime Minister of Sweden.
(bad guy approaches) Harry Hart comes to church when he learns that Richmond Valentine is up to something. Unexpectedly, Richmond Valentine used his mobile phone to control everyone’s thinking and kill each other.
(Nothing) Sober Harry Hart walks out of the church, only to be killed by Richmond Valentine. Eggsy, who witnessed all this from a distance, reported to Agent Arthur, and accidentally found that Arthur was also controlled by Richmond Valentine, and then adjusted the wine glasses of the two. After learning that Richmond Valentine was about to massacre, the two toasted to celebrate, and Arthur was poisoned. died.
(Into Act 3) Eggsy and Agent Instructor Merlin and Roxanne decide to complete the mission together.
(Armageddon) Eggsy and Merlin infiltrate the Richmond Valentine base, the shutdown system is discovered, and the two escape. Roxanne flew into space and took out Richmond Valentine’s satellite communications system. However, it was discovered that Richmond Valentine had activated the satellite systems of other countries. Forced to be helpless, Eggsy returned to the base again, but was surrounded by the base army. At the critical moment, Merlin activated the self-destruct programs of all chips, and all enemies were reduced to ashes in the crackling fireworks.
Rescue the princess halfway and tell the princess that she is here to save the world.
Eggsy rushed to the lobby, killed Richmond Valentine’s female deputy Gazelle, and used Gazelle’s blade leg to kill Richmond Valentine at the last second. Successfully prevent humans from killing each other.
(Ending) Eggsy, after saving the world, came to the princess room with champagne.