Former UFC light-weight and featherweight champion Conor McGregor starred in Doug Liman’s creativeness of the cult traditional Highway Home. However, does his character Knox survive the movie? Spoilers incoming!
Recognized for his polarizing and over-the-top character inside and outdoors of the Octagon, McGregor channeled his large-than-life demeanor for the position of Knox, a villainous mercenary employed by central antagonist Ben Brandt’s father to place an finish to Jake Gyllenhaal’s Dalton. In brief, Dalton was employed as a bouncer by Jessica Williams’ Frankie. Tough and difficult clientele had put a stain on her roadhouse within the Florida Keys, and Dalton shortly gave the joint a facelift by sending a number of of its most infamous visitors to the hospital.
Nonetheless, there was extra occurring than a handful of bikers and ruffians turning the institution into their stomping floor. Ben, performed by Billy Magnussen, wished the roadhouse’s property for his actual property ambition, so he tried to pressure Frankie into promoting it by regularly having his minions trigger a ruckus.
However, Dalton was a serious thorn in Ben’s facet. A lot in order that his father, the imprisoned and faceless man who constructed the Brandt empire, known as within the massive gun to silence Dalton. Enter Knox.
From the soar, Knox was a pressure to be reckoned with. Flying into Florida from Europe, he and Dalton went toe to toe on a number of events with the previous routinely incomes the higher hand along with his martial arts prowess.
Through the movie’s climax, Dalton and Knox dueled in a deathmatch contained in the roadhouse, and the hero walked away victorious after stabbing Knox with a knife a number of instances. The lifeless Knox was left face-up on the bottom as Dalton rode away into the sundown.
It appeared fairly reduce and dry — Knox was lifeless after struggling a number of stab wounds to his torso. However, apparently, Knox didn’t get the memo.
A secret scene performed after the primary set of ending credit rolled. Donning a affected person robe, a bloodied Knox was very a lot alive inside a hospital. After leaving a number of healthcare staff on the bottom in anguish, Knox waltzed out of the hospital whereas a girl yelled, “Cease that man!”
Highway Home reduce after that, leaving Knox’s storyline ambiguous. It’s clear they confirmed him alive. However, we don’t know if he’s embarking on a revenge tour with Dalton as his vacation spot. Or, if he’ll head again throughout the pond whereas evading police. Regardless, if Highway Home 2 is a factor, then we will be fairly sure that one other collision course between Dalton and Knox is within the script.