Spy movies are governed as if following a schematic axis: if they are spies, there will be a counterspy, someone who also plays for the side of the others, recurrently, “the bad guys.”
It happens in
Mission: Impossible
, and it happens in
Bourne
.
In the latest directorial work of the British Matthew Vaughn (he made the
Kingsman
trilogy ) and is Claudia Schiffer's husband) there are spies and a writer of spy novels.
Eli Conway (Bruce Dallas Howard, from another trilogy,
Jurassic World
) is presenting the fourth book about Argylle, a spy who can do anything - anything -.
If not, let's review 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 how, but Argylle manages to escape despite being surrounded by dozens of guys with machine guns.
Henry Cavill is how Eli imagines Argylle.
But blocked without knowing how to continue her fifth book, and faced with criticism from her mother (Catherine O'Hara, the one who 34 years ago left her son Kevin forgotten in Home
Alone
) she decides to go visit her by train (she doesn't like trains). planes).
And on the train, dozens of assassins try to end her life, but she is saved by the spy Willis (Sam Rockwell), whom Eli sees in the middle of a fight with the face of Argylle.
Dua Lipa and Henry Cavill at the beginning of "Argylle."
Universal Photos
Thus, the daily life of the spy novel author who lives with a cat called Alfie, whom she always carries in her backpack, changes dramatically.
Because?
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
Kingsman
films
(Sofia Boutella, who appears in this film, wasn't she Gazelle in Kingsman, the first in the saga?) once again mixes, or blends, humor and action, although the stunt scenes here are incredible.
Bryce Dallas Howard is the writer of spy novels, and Sam Rockwell, a real spy.
The script for
Argylle
, by Jason Fuchs (he wrote
Wonder Woman
, the first, not the mess that is the sequel, and who also has a small role in this film) has as many turns as a labyrinth.
This is how the number of characters that are added to Howard and Rockwell, who demonstrate that they have what is usually called good chemistry, is important, and those already mentioned must be added to
Bryan Cranston
, John Cena, and Samuel L. Jackson.
We are not going to reveal who they play, because this is a spy movie...
Dua Lipa dancing with Henry Cavill.
You don't have to be late to the movies, or get up during the credits, because things happen...
And it is a long film (almost two hours and twenty minutes) and includes a post-credit scene that you definitely have to stay to see.
"Argylle: Secret Agent"
Good
Action/Suspense.
United Kingdom / United States, 2024.
Original title:
“Argylle”
.
From:
Matthew Vaughn.
Starring:
Bryce Dallas Howard, Sam Rockwell, Henry Cavill, Dua Lipa, Bryan Cranston, John Cena, Samuel L. Jackson.
Theaters:
IMAX, Cinemark Palermo, Hoyts Dot, Cinépolis Recoleta, Houssay y Pilar, Showcase Belgrano.