Look, if your teen loved the first two Kingsman movies and you're comfortable with R-rated content, this prequel delivers more of the same stylized ultraviolence wrapped in dapper suits. But fair warning: it's darker and more disturbing than its predecessors.

The Rasputin sequence alone—featuring sexual assault played for laughs—is going to make you regret your choices. Add in graphic war violence, a suicide, and villains literally plotting genocide, and you've got a movie that's trying way too hard to be edgy.

The historical window-dressing is mildly interesting (real figures! WWI intrigue!) but it's all in service of increasingly absurd action set pieces. At 131 minutes, it overstays its welcome. The TMDB score of 6.7 tells you what you need to know: it's fine if you're already a fan, skippable if you're not.

Bottom line: This is not a family movie night pick unless your family is college-aged. Save it for the 17-year-old who specifically asks for it, and even then, maybe preview that Rasputin scene first.