Stage 4: The victim's brain essentially liquifies and pours out of the nostrils in two thick gory streams shortly after the eyes pop like blood-filled balloons.
All of this happens within about 48 hours from the moment of infection, and the only cure is in the hands of the very person that infected them in the first place to use them as a hostage for her nefarious plans.
Also, the paralysis works by causing muscles to seize up, not by paralyzing the nervous system. This would be extremely painful.
The viciousness of the Kingsmen to turn the tables on Poppy and force her a 'hot shot', a super concentrated dose of heroin that does all this in a matter of minutes. Forcing drugs for coercion is a vile tactic committed by friend and foe alike.
Poppy's first major villainous act is to have a henchman thrown into a meat grinder by his best friend as a test of loyalty for the latter. Not only does she cook his remains into a burger, THEN she forces his friend to eat it as a further test.
At the end of the final showdown, the meat grinder is used to kill Whiskey in a brutal fashion.
It's even worse in the behind the scenes segment on this scene. It doesn't contain the remix of Word Up and we hear Whiskey scream right as he's dunked head first into the grinder. There's even blood flying out which is removed in the final version. It's much more harrowing and disturbing as it lacks the typical fun Kingsman flair.
We get to see how Poppy has her henchmen marked first hand when said best friend is taken in for his initiation into her organization. His back teeth are drilled out and replaced with golden fillings, his fingerprints lasered off, and molten gold is poured into a cut on his chest to form a permanent golden marker. With no anesthetic.
The US President is content to let millions of people who had dabbled with drugs die, because in his mind drugs are the ultimate evil. Note that he's explaining all of this while pouring himself a stiff drink.
His solution to get the victims out of the way. He has them all go to stadiums and they're all shoved in cages stacked on top of each other, and left to die.
Crosses over into Reality Subtext and unintentional Black Comedy for Filipino viewers, particularly when he decides to declare nationwide martial law. note The film was released on September 21, the date when Ferdinand Marcos declared martial law in 1972. His term (1965-1986) was known for human rights violations during and after martial law. The current president at the time of writing, Rodrigo Duterte, known for his very strong position against drugs, drug pushers, and users, was rumored to be considering the declaration of nationwide martial law on the same day and currently leads the Philippine Drug War, the casualties of which now surpassthe casualties in martial law. The fact that the President seems to have a Southern accent (Duterte himself is from Mindanao, the southern part of the country, and has a strong accent when speaking English) does not help matters.
All of this could be seen as Paranoia Fuel as well, considering that even people who used drugs as medication or were only experimenting wound up not getting any help from the President. Imagine that you tried drugs once and wound up in a situation similar to the one in the movie. Terrifying, isn't it? Also consider that some parts of the world (some parts of the US, even) have legalized marijuana, so legally speaking, you did nothing wrong, but are condemned to die anyway because the person who could save you is just thatStraight Edge Evil.
At the beginning, Poppy manages to kill every Kingsman barring Eggsy and Merlin. This also doubles as a Tear Jerker. Eggsy in particular only survives because he happens to have dinner with his future parents-in-law (the Swedish King and Queen) when Poppy wipes out the organization.
