by Appletv+ adds today a 2024 film to its catalog directed by the king of the spying of the espionage Matthew Vaughn (Kingsman). And there are beautiful people in the casting.
A year and a half after its cinema release, Argylle arrives this Wednesday on Appletv+. A great acquisition for the streaming platform that will be able to satisfy fans of spy films.
We follow the adventures of Elly Conway (Bryce Dallas Howard), the author of a series of successful spy novels. But when the intrigues of his books, centered on the secret agent Argylle and his fight to dismantle a network of world spies, begin to strangely resemble the secret operations of a real organization of spies, his tranquility only becomes a memory.
Alongside Aidan, Elly does not hesitate to embark on a race against the clock around the planet in order to distance dangerous killers and prevent her fictions from going beyond reality.
With a comfortable budget of $ 110 million, Matthew Vaughn was able to offer himself a quality casting, composed between others, of Henry Cavill, of John Cena, Bryan Cranston, Dua Lipa, Sam Rockwell, or Samuel L. Jackson.
Universal Pictures
Known for its graphic and colorful visual style, its side British And chic, as well as his love for action, the director offers here a spy film where explosions, hand-to-body fights and slow motion is in order.
A box office disappointment
But a renowned cast and a director appreciated by the public, it is not enough to make good films it seems. Argylle was indeed stricken by criticism at the time of its release, to the point where its director was particularly hit by the wave of negative comments:
“They were vitriol. I do not say in any case that the film is perfect, but I did not think it was offensive. It took me by surprise. It rocked me. I really dig my head about that, because we cannot ignore it. It was not just a few bad reviews. It was what it was. We learn from this kind of thing.”
Neither a bad, nor an excellent action film according to the spectators who saw it in the cinema and which noted it 2.6/5, Argylle is a pure entertainment product, with pure action, touches of humor and fun. The kind of feature film that we love to watch a Friday evening at home.
Argylle, to see on Appletv+.
