Messy, muddled and mostly dull, this feels like a movie that wants to be an anti-war drama but could only get made if it was a Kingsman movie so occasionally has to bung in an acrobatic fight scene or some aimless alternate-history super-villainy before returning to another slow reading of Wilfred Owen poetry. Eventually it completely gives up and provides us with the happy ending of getting even more countries into the war and turning the pacifist lead into a killer. Any remaining time is spent on the usual prequel busywork. As for action, there are a couple of pretty good swordfights in there but the rest is a mix of half-arsed Kingsman-lite and Pirates Of The Caribbean-y nonsense.
Rating: Bad.
