The Furious
The Furious may be the next Raid with the way audiences are responding to it. The film is a celebration of the golden age of Hong Kong action filmmaking, with authentic martial arts, hand-to-hand combat, and an international ensemble of elite fighters. Xie Miao stars as Wang Wei, a humble tradesman who is thrust into a deadly underworld of corruption and violence when his daughter Rainy is abducted. His only ally is Ravin (Joe Taslim), a relentless journalist haunted by his own past. Together, they fight their way through an international criminal network in a desperate bid to save Rainy and uncover the truth.
When does it come to digital VOD?
Dread Central has heard and reports that The Furious is set to become available on digital VOD platforms starting next month on July 14. Directed by Kenji Tanigaki from a screenplay written by Mak Tin Shu, Lei Zhilong, Shum Kwan Sin, and Frank Hui, The Furious has the following synopsis: After the daughter of Wang Wei (Xie Miao) is kidnapped by a criminal network and he receives no help from the corrupt police, Wei sets out on a rampage to find her himself. His only ally is Navin (Joe Taslim) – a relentless journalist whose wife has mysteriously disappeared. Fueled by a furious vengeance, the unlikely duo ruthlessly fights against the kidnappers in this explosive martial arts showdown.
Xie Miao and Joe Taslim star alongside Yang Enyou, Brian Le, Brian Le, and Joey Iwanaga.
Writer Frank Hui produced the film with Bill Kong and Shan Tam. It’s rated R for strong bloody violence and language.
A press release notes that The Furious is “Based on the Character Created by David Morrell,” an author who’s best known for creating the character Rambo in the pages of his novel First Blood.
What we thought of The Furious
Our Chris Bumbray was lucky to catch the film early at the Toronto International Film Festival. He gave the movie 9 out of 10 and his impressions were, “In terms of action, director Kenji Tanigaki—best known as the fight choreographer behind SPL and Twilight of the Warriors: Walled City—delivers the goods in a huge way. His staging is dynamic and unrelentingly brutal. On top of that, the whole thing is propelled forward by a hard-driving soundtrack from Flying Lotus.
While The Furious lacks the slick polish of the best recent South Korean, Chinese, or Indonesian action blockbusters, it makes up for it in sheer adrenaline and crowd-pleasing ferocity. It’s the kind of movie designed for high-fives in the theatre, where you’ll find yourself grinning like an idiot as wave after wave of mayhem unfolds on screen. I had a killer time with it, and it feels like the kind of old-school action banger they used to churn out regularly during the heyday of Hong Kong action cinema.”
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