Love Hurts ending explained: Rose's secrets, Knuckles' fate, and more

Love Hurts is an action comedy film that was released on February 7, 2025. Jonathan Eusebio directed the film, written by Luke Passmore, Matthew Murray, and Josh Stoddard. The film is about an ex-assassin, Marvin Gable (played by Ke Huy Quan), who now works as a realtor. All hell breaks loose when his past catches up with him.

Since its release, the film's ending has intrigued a lot of viewers, who want to know what exactly happened. So let us explore the ending of Love Hurts, a film produced by Kelly McCormick, Guy Danella, and David Leitch.

What is the plot of Love Hurts?

Love Hurts is about Marvin Gable (played by Academy Award-winning Ke Huy Quan), who works as an agent in real estate. He used to be a hitman for an organization called The Company, which was operated by his brother Alvin Gable (Daniel Wu). In the film, Marvin tries to save Rose (Ariana DeBose), who is being chased by The Company and his brother.

How does Love Hurts end?

A still from Love Hurts (Image via YouTube/Universal Pictures)

Spoilers ahead.

Love Hurts has Alvin 'Knuckles' Gable the mob boss as the main antagonist. Knuckles kidnaps Rose, and reveals to his brother Marvin that he has also murdered the latter's boss in the real estate business, Cliff. The two brothers get into a scuffle, and Marvin manages to overcome Knuckles. Towards the end, we see Knuckles being taken out by the Russians who might end up killing him, but it is not revealed.

Earlier, Rose had gone into hiding after some people from The Company decided to frame her, which led Knuckles to go after her. After he is dealt with by the Russians, Rose decides to come out of hiding. She and Marvin officially begin their relationship. The ending hints that the two will continue their relationship as Knuckles is not around to bother them.

However, because of several events that unfold in the film, it would be hard for Marvin to continue as a realtor. The couple might move to a different location with the money they have. Despite his back story, Marvin is a changed person and has reunited with the love of his life.

Love Hurts stars Ke Huy Quan, Ariana DeBose, Daniel Wu, Marshawn Lynch, and Mustafa Shakir among others. Other cast members include:

Lio Tipton as Ashley
Drew Scott as Jeff Zaks
Sean Astin as Cliff Cussick
Rhys Darby as Kippy Betts
André Eriksen as Otis
Cam Gigandet as Renny Merlow

In an interview with NBC, the film's director Jonathan Eusebio spoke about the film's ending, and if there is the possibility of a sequel:

"I just wanted to make it open-ended and have people feel their own endings for each character. And I think we did it. As long as you feel like you leave the audience wanting more, or wanting to see more of them, that helps the sequel, maybe?"

Eusebio also revealed that he retained almost everything they had shot for the film. He said:

"I wanted to keep everything that I shot. A lot of things come out in post. I'm an action person. I love choreography and action design and things like that. So, if I can make the action scenes bigger, I would — in a heartbeat — keep those. But there's a fine balance between that and having a story and characters that people relate to. So that's always the hardest thing for me, is how you balance that with the emotional, right? It's just finding that balance."