Movie Review # 652: Argylle (2024)

And now, ladies, and gentlemen, today, we review an action film that was just released around the beginning of this month. It stars people like Bryce Dallas Howard, Sam Rockwell, Catherine O’Hara, whom I’m sure many of us know mainly as the mother in Home Alone 1, and 2, John Cena, Henry Cavill, and a few other people. Presenting to you all my review of the action film that was distributed by companies like Universal Pictures, and Apple Original Films, it is the one, and only Argylle.

Plot: Elly Conway (Bryce Dallas Howard) is a happy go lucky author that has been writing about the adventures of a spy named Argylle (Henry Cavill). But when she discovers that her stories are parallel to real life events in her world, can she, with the help of a spy named Aidan (Sam Rockwell) bring any terrorists that come her way to justice, and help bring her stories to happier endings, and happier beginnings?

Okay, I’ll admit that this is a fairly good film. I mean you have tons of great action, and comedy, for sure. This is probably the first time in years that an action movie has had plenty of comedy put in, and successfully worked. Aside from the 2008 action film, Get Smart, how often have you heard of an action film that does that, and works well? And yeah, the action in this film is phenomenal. Also, how could you not love characters like Elly’s cat, who brings a great plenty of the comedy to this film, and ends up being a major highlight in this film as a result? Bruce Dallas Howard plays a great introvert for this film, with Elly Conway. She’s great at being socially awkward on occasion, also bringing good comedy, and, overall, being a fun, and likeable main character. Additionally, there were some decent plot twists to this film. And the acting, the cast helped bring charm, and wit to each of these characters. One other thing to note is that there were some clever things in this film, such as where the title of the movie derived from, and things like that.

Still, despite these good elements for this film, Argylle was probably not quite the best spy comedy action film. One of the main downfalls is that though some of the plot twists were okay, Argylle probably had one too many of those items. Yeah, some of them. However, there were other times in which the amount of plot twists for this film didn’t seem to work as well as one might have hoped. Yes, plot twists are good in the end. Still, the amount of ones that they had for this film pretty much made this film not quite reach its full potential. What’s more is that the storyline, because of the many plot twists, felt very weird, and complicated, and seemed to complicate some of the character development in this film. Were the filmmakers for this film on crack, or did they just try a little too hard to make this film good, and fail in the end? You got me! And yeah, some characters weren’t given as much due as they likely could have been in the end.

And that’s my review for Argylle. It was a decent film. Still, it was probably not the best spy comedy to be released. Yes, the comedy is one of the major highlights of this film. However, this film could have been better than it was in the end, due to the storyline, and character development especially getting too over complicated throughout the film. I would say that if you were to see Argylle, probably see it if you can see it either for free, or at a cheaper price.

Final Grade: C+