I just watched Kingsman and I’m blown away by how much they packed into the ending. In like 20 minutes, Eggsy takes down Gazelle using a hidden dart from his shoe, defeats Valentine with her own prosthetic blade, stops the whole world-ending plot, and gets the girl in that crazy prison scene. It feels like they crammed every awesome action movie trope into one sequence. The pacing is insane but somehow it all works together. Has anyone else noticed how this finale basically represents everything great about over-the-top spy films? The gadgets, the villain defeats, saving the world, and the ridiculous romantic payoff all happen so fast but feel so satisfying. What do you think makes this ending sequence work so well compared to other action movies?
What gets me is how every single win feels completely different. The Gazelle fight? Pure physical comedy with that shoe trick. Valentine’s death? Personal and brutal. Then those head explosions are just bonkers spectacle. Most action movies would drag one of these out for ten minutes, but Kingsman rapid-fires through all of them. They knew exactly what we wanted and didn’t waste time getting there.
It nails the over-the-top vibe perfectly. That final prison scene is completely outrageous, but it works because they embrace the craziness instead of trying to make it realistic.
Plus the music goes absolutely wild in those final moments
The crazy editing with those quick cuts between each victory really sells it too
That church scene before the finale is what makes it work for me. Colin Firth goes absolutely mental in this brutal sequence, then it jumps straight to the cartoony exploding heads bit. The crazy tonal shift actually makes Eggsy’s wins feel more earned - you’ve seen how dark and serious things can get. And that shoe dart? Ridiculous but memorable without being completely stupid.