How Kingsman Pulled Off One Of The CRAZIEST Fight Scenes In History 

The way Harry used literally everything at his disposal is also a nice detail for them to add because it tells the viewer that this man is really trained killing people, and he is trained to do it with anything he has at his disposal. Bravo

Kingsman even took the time to have a dialog between 2 characters about the classic 007 movies, one talked about how the modern ones are "too serious" and that a villain with a crazy plot is more enjoyable

Fun fact: This scene was actually added to the movie after Colin decided to kill everyone and they were already rolling.

By far one of my favorite fight scenes from a sheer cinematography stand point

"controlled chaos", the most underrated aspect of action movies, especially in scenes like these.

I remember i watched this movie in the cinema when i was in high school and was so confused why Harry suddenly came out of the church bloody. Then I watched the movie again on Blu Ray and was shocked to see this scene. Turns out this scene was cut because it was deemed 'too violent' and had to be cut out in my country, sad I couldn't see it in the big screen.

This scene pretty much made kings man what it is today

The one thing you forgot was the context of the szene in the movie. Putting the mentor of the hero into an almost impossible to survive situation, then giving us hope by allowing him to put all stops to fight out of that situation just for him to be shot right afterwards is an emotional rollercoaster. And it allows us to empaphice even more with Eggsy when he reacts to the death of Harry. Just imagine Harry standing somewhere being randomly shot. I honestly don't even think the movie would work that way.

This fight toes the line between fun and disturbing. I spend the whole time smiling and wincing

This scene is also amazing thanks to the dedication of Colin Firth, who accepted to do all his stunts himself (something really rare in the industry) and trained for weeks to be able to interpret the choreography perfectly. This allowed the director to follow him constantly without needing to use tricks to hide the stuntman’s face, thus adding to the emotional and physical impact of the scene.

Watching Kingsman, my dad comes in and asks what I'm watching, I tell him it's one of my favorite movies, he joins me in watching, this scene comes on, and he wonders what's wrong with his daughter.

Fights are more often directed by the 2nd Unit Director, who in this case was the AMAZING Bradley James Allan (former member of the Jackie Chan Stunt Team). I'm a long time fan of this channel, but it's disappointing to not see Allan come up given that he passed away less than a month ago. He was one of the greatest fight choreographers and action designers of the last 20 years, and was heavily involved in this scene. He worked on every Kingsman movie including the upcoming The King's Man. RIP to one of the all time greats.

RIP Brad Allan. Fantastic stunt co-ordinator and fight choreographer

Finally someone talking about how great the fight scenes were in the Kingsman. 🙌🏿

2:44 "A gigantic dude in a purple suit would look ridiculous on screen." *Celestial in the final trailer for The Eternals* It's ironic that a giant guy in a purple suit is considered ridiculous but not the mofo who literally looks like silver...surfing in the air...on a silver surf board.

The fact that we'll probably never see the uncut version of this scene breaks my heart

The type of shaky cam they employ reminds me of the shakes I usually get when my adrenaline spikes.

I remember the first time I saw this movie. I was on a first date, and there wasn't anything else to see, and he wanted to see this. I don't like James Bond movies and figured it'd be another one of those, but I said okay. I was so in awe of this movie. It was so good and funny and tongue-in-cheek. I loved it, and I went to see it multiple times in theaters. The guy actually didn't like it in the end, and I absolutely cannot understand how that was possible.

I miss how the original voice sounded like your best friend gushing about old memories or this cool new thing he found.

This is one thing I love about being alive in this era. A hyper violent action scene can exist, be as bloody as the director wants, and can be executed so perfectly that it’s dissected online and admired for its art. Meanwhile early in film history showing a thigh was suggestive. And psycho was “shocking “.

The great thing about what they do as opposed to fight scenes in other action movies at the time is it has a focus point. Theres so much chaos going on around them but the camera always moves with the person its focused on so you can see exactly whats going on with them instead of like you said with the Bourne scene where it looks like they’re fighting in an earthquake which is kinda nauseating and makes it incredibly difficult to see whats going on

What makes the shakeycam work in this movie is that it doesn't hide any of the action. There is no blurring or elements out of shot or even focus which would make the scene look not so nice. And this is possible because they didn't physically shake the camera, they kept the camera movements as smooth as possible and added in the shake during post.

This scene also sets up the stakes for the climax. The long shot of the beach wouldn't work if we didn't have this close-up scene. While the climax featured everyday locations, this scene shows us a church, which should be thought of as safe and peaceful in body, violent chaos. By doing so, we really feel that it could happen anywhere. It was also brilliant to show us a racist church, so we have no sympathy for the everyday people getting killed in incredibly gruesome ways. Our focus remains on Harry and we have the cognitive dissonance of knowing this is wrong, but also accepting they are bad people getting what "they deserve." Like the characters affected, you find yourself enjoying the violence and maybe even cheering the deaths on, only to later realize how horrific it is.

I also really loved the build up to this scene! Harry's line with the hail satan, the woman screaming at him, and the pastor spouting awful things added to the impact of the scene, really making the whole thing very cathartic and satisfying.

Imagine being the detective explaining how every single person got killed in the church massacre

It was planned and performed amazingly. The best scene in the entire movie.

The sequel really felt like they tried to turn the whole movie into the church scene. Which made it lose a lot of its heart imo.

Absolutely can not think of a more badass movie scene that kept me glued to my tv screen every time I've ever seen it. I would love to do some fantastic editing like that one day! So seamless, so beautiful, so magnificent!

Still salty at Kingsman 2 for killing literally everyone

From a cinematography viewpoint, notice also the quick exposure. When there's fast movement, it doesn't give you the motion blur of cinema photography and it's difficult to describe it's effect, but it's there.

Yes that is one crazy memorable scene I put it up there with that large gang fight at the beginning of the movie Gangs of New York.

Shaky cam, when used correctly can bring a lot to a scene. It's nauseating watching it nowadays however. Directors use it in tight spaces with the camera zoomed right in, or when the actor is just walking along. It should he used sparingly.

Kingsman was defintely a sleeper hit. Absolutely loved it watching it in theaters.

Wasn’t Eggsy (Taron Edgerton) the protagonist of Kingsman?

This scene was a cinematic masterpiece. I was actually convinced that it is a one take

i like the fact that there is a short time in the middle where harry seems to come to his senses in the middle of the fight. right after the grenade goes off he loses hearing for a few seconds and can't hear the signal and his expression is amazing.

Love how they set up the pub scene's too, 'Manners maketh man.' Along with the actions of locking the doors, echoing Rorschach's words in the prison fight scene, "None of you understand. I'm not locked up in here with you. You're locked up in here with me."

something i never noticed watching this movie. at 8:07 the two people fighting in front of the pulpit that harry pins his victim to weren't there at first. you can see, in the moment harry's victim passes over the camera, they're suddenly there, even though they weren't before the victim passed over the camera.

Wow, we need the 7 minute cut of that scene. Also great video, as always.

Loving these Friday Nerdstalgic videos! Perfect lunch time break and always top-notch

Literally my favorite action scene and action movie of all time it’s just so AWESOME

I remember watching this at night on a streaming service. I had no idea what this movie was but I was bored. And then this scene came on. It felt like I was holding my breath. The entire time I was watching it. To the boy where I started talking very loudly and I ended up waking my parents by accident.

This scene is actually what made me watch Kingsman in the first place -- I've seen a showcase in another video and decided I just have to watch a movie with such perfectly executed fight scenes. XD

That reference to The Mist was S-class. That ending made the whole movie.

I actually watched this film for the first time at a stunt performer training program. We were working on fight choreo the first two weeks, and at some point a bunch of us decided to have a movie night together and watch this. I remember during this scene we were just FLOORED. We’d been trying to memorize and execute fights about a minute in length between two or three people, and then there’s this extended, multi-person sequence of brilliant choreography with so much precision and such creative choices. We were Al just like “HOW????????”

editor of this did such a great job. i've been 100% sure they some how pulled it off in one take without cuts. even when i watched it back looking for cuts there's nothing that stands out to me as "well, THAT'S where the cut was.". even after being told by this video, i can't notice any cuts.

Great information, really enjoyed it!!

I’m so proud to say it was filmed right next to my house

This is the greatest and most brutal fight scene I have ever seen in a film. Love it!

A great analysis and another brilliant video. Keep up the good work!

Awesome analysis as always! Such a great scene and so well executed!

and something else people don't notice. Harry holds his composure far better than the others under the influence of the sim card's effects, and only starts killing when it's turned to max. Then, when the explosion happens partway through, he's temporarily deafened and somewhat regains his composure.

i genuinely think that the editor for this should've been nominated for an oscar

This scene was very ahead of its time. Loved it the first time I saw it. This was before The Raid, before John Wick, before Daredevil. It set the bar very high on action choreography for me going forward.

Such a great movie. I only just recently watched all three and I was blown away at just how entertaining it was. A sheer joy to watch.

if my memory serves me correctly, the point of this scene was to show what a Kingsman could do without holding back at all

Hands down one of my favourite scenes, also the bar fight after the classic “Manners Maketh Man”. Love Kingsman!

This fight scene encapsulated everything I've wanted to see in a fight scene, it's beautiful

One of my favourite scenes in cinema history

Absolutely phenomenal scene. Easily the highlight of an excellent moment.

Phenomenal work - outstanding. I wish I could have been there to watch!

This was mind blowing watching it first on the big screen. It's still amazing.

Excellently paced video.

this scene is a master class on why creating a scene with editor, music, stunt and performers all involved in the preproduction is so important

Bro I freaking love this scene it's so iconic!

You literally don't ever forget this scene after seeing it for the first time, it just stuns you into a 4 min trance of violence and mayhem!

Yeah hands down one of my favorite fights scenes of all time.

Two movies made me love Country Roads. Kingsmen and Whispers of the Heart

Kingsman movies just have to be the best action movies ever

I have watched The Kingsman twice, but the church scene over 50 times. Every single time is mindblowing perfect.

This is one of the best scenes I've seen in my whole life

Saw this in theaters when it first came out. The entire audience in the theater was Silent in that quiet part right after the scene when someone yelled out "Hallelujah!". It's my favorite theater memory ever XD

I really loved watching this!

This scene is so incredible; I remember sitting in the theater absolutely gobsmacked and audibly saying 'wow, holy shit' and then sitting in awe at the completion...then being flabbergasted as I looked around to see the non existent reactions of others in the audience. This movie is an absolute gem and will be a favorite for the rest of my time.

I just Watched this movie and I love the Kingmans movies and that Church scene still stands out! As the most brutal and violent action sequences I ever seen and I loved it!

And the free bird solo adds the final touch 🔥

Loved this movie. I’m super excited for The King’s Man coming out this year.

This Kingsman church fight scene was brilliant, the pacing of the music and editing makes it much better to watch it again like Nerdstalgic.

You barely even acknowledged Free Bird, arguably the greatest song of all time. The slow consistent build until the dramatic "turning up to 11" (they literally turn the dial on the sim card machine all the way up) the snap into the riff of the song and the snap into the riff of violence is beautifully synchronised. I dont have the words to emphasise how much of a perfect fit the song is.

Who else wants to see the 7 minute version?

King's Men is one of my favorite movie hands down. I can watch this movie any time, any where.

I always found this scene very distributing

that scene was EEEEEEEEPPPPPIIIIIIIIIICCC omgggg!!!! So satisfying seeing these people getting owned.

A year in the future and this scene is still perfect everything is perfect about it which seems almost too good but you can’t help but to love it

Comic books translated to the bigscreen strooongly reminds me of Spiderman: Into the Spiderverse. You guys should do a video on that! Or if you haven't seen it yet, check it out, it's literally a comic book made into a movie! 😀

I was talking about film and fight choreography with my cousin’s recently, and this scene was brought up. It’s honestly so brilliant

This is one of the best fight scenes I have ever seen in a movie. It reminds me of the over-the-top fights and movies in general, like the old west bar fights, Etc. I can't get enough of this movie scene. it seems seamless and one take. It's one of the scenes that will go down in movie history. Whenever you look up epic fight scenes, this is one of them. I don't think I would have remembered The Kingsmen without the church Massacre scene. People went to see this movie for the ultra-violent death that this scene produced. I am willing to bet, this church scene was also the most expensive scene to film for the entire movie. Looking back, I would have loved to have had the 7 minutes of violence in here.

Best fight sequence in the entire history of cinematography. Period.

one of the best!

The Free Bird solo is the cherry on top of this entire fight scene.

One of the best scenes ever

Couldn't agree more. It is totally my favourite. Think it should be a podcast discussion on WN movie Talk podcast.

Legit one of the best one takes I’ve ever scene. people mention one takes and I think of two. This and goodfellas.

One of my favorite scene in Cinema.

straight chills

One of the best fight scenes of all time.

This is the fight scene G.O.A.T I love it!!

One of the best scenes I’ve ever seen in a action movie 🔥

Love this movie, from your fan in Thailand.

This scene made me love this movie, I love this kind of unstoppable action, it kinda remembers me to the fight scene in Kill Bill Vol. 1 against the Crazy 88