Spy films are governed as if they followed a schematic axis: if they are spies, there will be a counter-spy, someone who also plays on the side of the other, recurring, “bad guys”. It happens in Mission Impossibleand it happens in those of Bourne.
In the latest directorial work of the British Matthew Vaughn (he made the trilogy of king) and is Claudia Schiffer’s husband) there are spies and a writer of spy novels. Eli Conway (Bruce Dallas Howard, from another trilogy, the Jurassic world) presents the fourth book about Argylle, a spy who can do anything – everything -.
If not, let’s revisit the beginning of the film with a multi-star cast. Henry Cavill arrives at a party and prepares to dance with a blonde (Dua Lipa), who turns out to be a terrorist who discovers that Argylle is a secret agent. Well, don’t ask yourself how, but Argylle manages to escape despite being surrounded by dozens of guys armed with machine guns.
Henry Cavill is how Eli imagines Argylle. But stuck without knowing how to continue the fifth book, and faced with criticism from her mother (Catherine O’Hara, who 34 years ago left her son Kevin forgotten in the My poor angel) decides to go to visit her by train (he doesn’t like planes). And on the train, dozens of assassins try to end her life, but she is saved by the spy Willis (Sam Rockwell), who Eli sees in the middle of a fight with Argylle’s face.
Dua Lipa and Henry Cavill at the beginning of “Argylle”. Universal photosThus, the daily life of the author of spy novels who lives with a cat named Alfie, who always carries in her backpack, changes radically. Why? Because it seems that the plots of her books are too similar to reality, telling that a spy organization is about to be discovered.
Mix of humor and action
Matthew Vaughn, the director of Kick ass and as we said the films king (Sofia Boutella, who appears in this film, wasn’t Gazelle in Kingsman, the first of the saga?) once again mixes, or mixes, humor and action, although the stunt scenes here are incredible.
Bryce Dallas Howard is the spy novel writer and Sam Rockwell, a real spy. The screenplay by Argyleby Jason Fuchs (wrote the Wonder Womanthe first, not the mess that is the sequel, and which also plays a small part in this film) has as many curves as a labyrinth.
So important is the number of characters that are added to Howard and Rockwell, who demonstrate that they have what is usually called good chemistry, and those already mentioned will have to be added to Bryan Cranston, John Cena and Samuel L. Jackson. We won’t reveal who they play, because this is a spy movie…
Dua Lipa dances with Henry Cavill. There’s no need to be late to the cinema or get up during the credits, because things happen…And it’s a long film (almost two hours and twenty minutes) and includes a post-credit scene that you absolutely have to watch.
“Argylle: Secret Agent”
Action/Suspense. UK/US, 2024. Original title: “Argyle”. From: Matthew Vaughn. With: Bryce Dallas Howard, Sam Rockwell, Henry Cavill, Dua Lipa, Bryan Cranston, John Cena, Samuel L. Jackson. Rooms: IMAX, Cinemark Palermo, Hoyts Dot, Cinépolis Recoleta, Houssay y Pilar, Showcase Belgrano.
Source: Clarin
