Argylle

Enjoyed watching the mystery unfold. Appreciated the character development, humor, and action.

By Agent Daffy, master of disguise, espionage, and dramatic entrances 🕶️🦆💣 Okay, okay, I saw Argylle, and let me tell ya… this movie is like ordering a top-secret gadget from Q and getting a glitter bomb instead. It’s wild, it’s flashy, it thinks it’s smart, and it has more twists than a pretzel shop in a hurricane. But does it stick the landing? Well… let’s debrief, Agent Feathers. 🕵️‍♂️ 🧠 THE CONCEPT (hold onto your trench coats): We start with Elly Conway, a quiet author of spy novels, living her life with her emotional support cat (more on THAT feline later). But then—bam!—real-world spies come knocking, and suddenly her stories aren’t fiction anymore. Turns out her books might actually be predicting real-life spy missions?! ...Okay, even I needed a second to process that. I write comedy, not clairvoyant espionage! 🎭 CAST (aka The Secret Weapon Squad): Bryce Dallas Howard as Elly – lovable, clever, and surprisingly good with a flamethrower. Sam Rockwell as Aidan – the disheveled, sarcastic spy who looks like he just rolled out of a laundry basket and into an action scene. I love this guy. Henry Cavill as Agent Argylle – and WHEW. This man looks like if James Bond ate protein powder for breakfast and flexed out of a tuxedo. But plot twist: he’s not exactly who you think he is... Dua Lipa, Bryan Cranston, Catherine O’Hara, Samuel L. Jackson – It’s a whole buffet of awesome, and they’re all giving it their all in this spy-fi smoothie. 🐱 THE CAT (yes, the CAT): Best character in the movie? ARGYLE THE CAT. This little guy survives gunfights, explosions, and espionage shenanigans without a single fur out of place. Someone give him an Oscar. Or at least a very tiny tuxedo. 🎢 THE STYLE (or "How many slow-mo backflips is too many?"): Matthew Vaughn, the director of Kingsman, is back with his signature style: Whiplash editing ✔️ Colorful, exaggerated action ✔️ Everyone looking fabulous even while dodging bullets ✔️ Reality? Optional. Logic? Optional-er. This movie is SO extra, it makes a Bond film look like a documentary. 🔄 THE TWISTS (and turns and whaaat?!): There are TWISTS. So many twists. I twisted my neck trying to keep up. By the third act, I felt like I was watching five different movies mashed into one blender. It’s a meta story inside a spy story inside a conspiracy wrapped in a cat carrier. Some folks might love the “What is real?” mind games. Others? Might start yelling at the screen. (Guess which bird I was. 🗣️) 🎯 FINAL DAFFY-NITION: Argylle is like a glitter-filled grenade: loud, messy, and trying very hard to impress. And hey—it kinda does! It’s silly, it’s self-aware, it’s got style up the tailfeathers, and while it doesn’t always make sense, it knows how to have FUN. Is it too long? Yup. Does it trip over its own shoelaces sometimes? Double yup. But was I entertained? YOU BETCHA. ⭐ Daffy Score: 3.7 out of 5 spy gadgets that turned out to be hairdryers Great popcorn flick if you love wild action, cat cameos, and spy tropes with the volume cranked up to 11.

One of the more interesting films I've seen, argylle is entertaining and funny, but has a odd, risky confusing plot that leaves you with more questions than answers

Was a really fun and enjoyable movie! Wish there were more like this one.

It's a decent action flick with lots of entertainment value and interesting cinematography, but it's dragged down by its length and extremely dated visual effects. Although it wants to be comedic in a lot of scenes, it fails to deliver good punchlines and turns to be very predictable in the delivery of them. The action also has very little weight, with no impact or seriousness behind it

Really great and funny with so many twists in it that I wasn't expecting.

It's disappointing when a film has an intriguing premise but fails to deliver the goods in the end. Such is the case with director Matthew Vaughn's latest, an action-adventure/comedy about an author of spy novels (Bryce Dallas Howard) who stumbles into a real-life espionage scenario that matches the plot of her latest novel, embroiling her in a web of ever-shifting intrigue with various nefarious parties. The problem here is that the film never quite latches onto a dedicated focus to make the picture work. Some of the comic bits are indeed quite funny, but they frequently get bogged down by a meandering story line that's trying to follow a more conventional, twist-laden thriller format. It leaves viewers asking, "So what's it going to be?" There's also more than a little derivative material thrown in, such as story threads we've already seen before in movies like "Romancing the Stone" (1984), "The Long Kiss Goodnight" (1996) and any number of James Bond flicks. While it's true that this release is intended to be a spoof of these titles (especially in scenes featuring Henry Cavill as a hilariously hammy 007 knock-off), there's a big difference between paying tribute and playing unrepentant copycat. Then there's the picture's excessive length, coming in at a bloated 2:19:00 runtime, far longer than it needs to be, a failing attributable to an often-needlessly complicated plot, one that begins to try audience patience at times, especially in the back half. "Argylle" also features a cute, cuddly cat, Alfie, as a central character (at least in its trailer), but, like the narrative overall, the film doesn't quite seem to know what to do with the supposedly frisky, fickle feline, an impression far different from what's conveyed in the picture's video marketing. All of this is a shame, because this title has both potential and some apparent strengths going for it, such as a fine soundtrack, superbly choreographed action sequences, and an excellent ensemble cast with the likes of Sam Rockwell, Bryan Cranston, Catherine O'Hara, Ariana DeBose, and a seriously underused Richard E. Grant, not to mention fine turns from Howard and Cavill as alter-egos of one another. This one isn't nearly as bad as many critics have made it out to be, but it could have been substantially better with some significant retooling and judicious editing. "Argylle" apparently has ambitions to become a new franchise, too, but we'll have to see if that materializes based on what kind of box office draw it ultimately produces. At this point, though, I think it has its work cut out for it.

Entrega entretenimento mas nada além disso.

Argylle It's a very crazy and unpleasant action movie in its performance, the script is terrible and the CGI is very weird in the initial opening of the movie.

I think people have just literally become mindless drones who can no longer find the joy in stuff and allow themselves to be coerced by critics or trapped in this entitled sense of intellectuality that comes off as elitist dumbness preventing you from seeing the fun and joy in things... As an eighties and 90s kid this movie was fun and ridiculous in the best ways possible.