Kingsman: The Secret Service is a 2014 spy action comedy film directed by Matthew Vaughn from a screenplay by Vaughn and Jane Goldman. Based on The Secret Service comic series, it is the first installment in the Kingsman franchise and stars Colin Firth, Samuel L. Jackson, Mark Strong, Taron Egerton and Michael Caine. In the film, Gary "Eggsy" Unwin (Egerton) is recruited by Harry Hart (Firth) into Kingsman, a secret spy organisation, while they pursue the eco-terrorist Richmond Valentine (Jackson).