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For those who didn鈥檛 want to see one of the multiple romantic films being released this weekend, the action film 鈥淜ingsman: The Secret Service鈥� was another option for a night at the movies.

However, 鈥淜ingsman,鈥� which centers on a teenager (Taron Egerton) recruited for a secret spy organization by one of its members (Colin Firth), has received middling to negative reviews from critics so far.聽

Monitor film critic Peter Rainer gave the movie a B- and wrote that Samuel L. Jackson of 鈥淐aptain America: The Winter Soldier鈥� playing the villain is the highlight of the film.聽

鈥淐amping it up, Jackson is hilarious,鈥� Rainer wrote.聽

The film currently has a score of 58 out of 100 on the review aggregator site . Jordan Hoffman of the was one critic who found the film passable, awarding it four stars out of five.聽

鈥淲ildly enjoyable,鈥� Hoffman wrote. 鈥淭he spirit of 007 is all over this movie, but Vaughn鈥檚 script has a licence to poke fun鈥� the overall vibe is sheer glee鈥� The action scenes delight with shock humor.鈥澛�

And critic Peter Debruge wrote of the movie, 鈥溾�橩ingsman鈥� brings the irreverence back to the British spy genre鈥� gleefully pushing audiences鈥� favorite elements鈥� Few of the year鈥檚 films have been so openly covetous of material possessions, which sits oddly with the movie鈥檚聽open resentment of extreme wealth.鈥�

However, critic Manohla Dargis wrote, 鈥淎s this bludgeoning movie grinds to a halt, its gears clogged by viscera and narrative overkill, even those who enjoy go-go gore may end up yearning for the soft touch and subtleties of Guy Ritchie鈥� The problem is that Mr. Vaughn has no interest in, or perhaps understanding of, violence as a cinematic tool鈥� his lack of modulation ruins 鈥楰ingsman鈥欌�� That鈥檚 too bad, because someone here has assembled a fine cast.鈥�

Michael Phillips of the also did not like the film's violence.聽

鈥淪illy, sadistic and finally a little galling,鈥� Phillips wrote of the movie. 鈥淭aron Egerton is engaging鈥� [but] If you don't like the way the action's handled in an action movie, you are in trouble鈥� I find the jocularity of Vaughn's gamer-style violence a drag. After an hour I wanted some visual clarity and something more than a few jokes about the tropes of the spy movie genre.鈥�