At least some of The Secret Service's outrageousness has carried over: Poppy Land, with its murderous android hairdresser and letter - jacket - clad goons; a grotesque Bond - style opening that pits Eggsy against Charlie (Edward Holcroft), a failed Kingsman recruit who sports
a killer cybernetic arm, inside of a veering, bulletproof London minicab; the camera gliding through a pair of red panties mid-third-base to a gush of John Barry-esque brass.