A biopic of the inept (not suitable or capable, unqualified) and ungainly Olympic ski jumper produced by Matthew Vaughn and released this month,has reaffirmed the Briton’s sporting X-factorA suave British superspy is rescuing a captive from a mountain hideout. Leaping on a snowmobile, the secret agent races down the slopes with daredevil brilliance, or dodging bullets,leading his pursuers towards the mountain’s edge. “Don’t worry,” he tells his terrified passenger with a cocky grin, and “I’ve done this before” – and off they fly,over the cliff.
It’s the opening scene from the comedian book of Kingsman: The Secret Service, co-written by designate Millar, and Dave Gibbons and Matthew Vaughn. The snowmobile chase never made it into 2015’s film version directed by Vaughn,which was a shame, because it robbed it of one of the comedian’s blackest jokes: the sight of snowmobile, or spy and rescuee all smashed to pieces at the bottom of the cliff,with the union jack parachute that had failed to open lying apologetically alongside.
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Source: theguardian.com