Argylle

After making three Kingsman movies, Matthew Vaughn returns to the spy genre with Argylle.

This espionage comedy stars Bryce Dallas Howard as Elly Conway, the reclusive author behind the successful spy novel series starring the fictional secret agent Argylle (Henry Cavill).

She becomes involved in the spy world for real when her next book comes a little too close to the truth. She is approached by undercover agent Aidan (Sam Rockwell) on a train and asked to write another chapter of her novel to help him locate a top-secret file.

But he’s not the only interested party – a sinister underground syndicate led by Ritter (Bryan Cranston) also wants it, so a cat-and-mouse chase between Aidan and Elly and Ritter’s underlings ensues.

There are many twists and turns to Argylle and it’s best going into it knowing as little as possible. Some of the twists are decent but there are simply too many of them and it is a confusing mess. The...