Argylle Review

 

Argylle is a spy action comedy movie, that's produced by Apple Studios, Marv Studios, and Cloudy Productions and distributed by Universal Pictures and Apple Original Films. Argylle is written by Jason Fuchs and directed by Matthew Vaughn.

The story is, Elly Conway is a spy novelist known for her Argylle series. She soon finds herself in a real life espionage when the plots to her books happen to match to the activates of a sinister organization. Now, with the help of an undercover spy, she along with her beloved cat must a find a way to survive this crazy experience.

Initial Reaction

The reason for wanting to see this was quite simple. Judging from the trailers, it seemed like it was going to be a very fun movie.

Cons

I've got nothing.

Middle Ground

There are many gray areas with Argylle, one of those being the runtime. The movie didn't feel like it had to be 2hrs and 19m. If anything it really should've been just two hours. With that runtime we essentially would've gotten the same movie. Then there's the CGI. I want be to harsh on the CGI artist, cause I'd imagine the artist probably had a ridiculous deadline to work that was mandated by the studios. Wouldn't be shocked if that was the case, cause there are times when the special effects are pretty good, other times not so much. Which brings me to my next point, that being the humor. I'll admit I did laugh at some bits. But you do have those moments where the jokes are just okay or just didn't work. The last thing I'll touch and it's the biggest mix bag of them all, and it's the story. Now, at first, it's actually a lot of fun. What with Elly understandably being terrified of the spy things going on, and putting her creative author mind to this mission. Where it loses steam is when it tries with all of the twist and turns. One wasn't bad, but then next thing you know we got like I think two or three others. One of them was a character wasn't actually dead. That one felt like it didn't need to be there at all.

Pros

Now there are three good things about the movie. The action is fun, and Matthew Vaughn's directing does give the movie a nice sense of style. And despite the weak script, people like Bryce Dallas Howard and Sam Rockwell provide some very entertaining performances.

Overall, I don't hate Argylle, but this isn't really a movie I'll be checking out again anytime soon, or anywhere in the near future. And if you have plans to see it, more power to ya, but this isn't really a must see, day one, or anything else. You can just wait a bit to see this.

My final rating is, Okay.

So, that's all for now. Come back on Monday, Feb 5th, for my review of Netflix's newest movie, Orion and the Dark. Until then, enjoy the rest of your day.