POP Valentine (Kingsman)

Richmond Valentine is a billionaire who made his fortune in new technologies by founding and managing Valentine Corporation. As a philanthropist, he decided to find himself the solutions that will allow man to avoid programmed self-destruction. Although his ambition is noble, his solution is not so noble since he simply wants to destroy a large part of the population so that the remaining population can benefit from sufficient natural resources...

Valentine's plans are being closely monitored by Kingsman's agents as they attempt to break through his plan. The latter, through his telecom company, offers free SIM cards with unlimited internet access. However, the cards have another vocation, that of transforming the people who are equipped with them to bring them back to their wildest state, forcing them to kill each other.

While agent Harry Hart is conducting the investigation in a small church, Valentine activates the SIM cards, triggering a veritable massacre. It is after this memorable action scene that Valentine kills with a bullet to the head. The Kingsman agents, viewing the scene of the killing, understand Valentine's plan and try to stop him before he deploys it on a large scale.

Eggsy, the trainee agent recruited by Harry, who after witnessing the execution of his mentor is driven by a vengeful spirit, manages to reach Valentine by throwing a blade into his chest, which is actually Gazelle's sharp prosthesis. Valentine will not survive this injury!

Played by Samuel L Jackson, Richmond Valentine's character is full of facets: intelligent, cultured, charismatic but also eccentric. Valentine's POP is in his image, orange sneakers, salmon leather jacket, collar around the neck and cap on the head giving a teenage style to the character despite his colossal fortune. On the props side, Valentine's figurine depicts him holding a gun in his hand, which could resemble a "movie moment" with the scene where Valentine executes Harry. Finally, Valentine wears his transparent and ultra high-tech glasses.