The Furious is a good old fashioned Hong Kong martial arts action movie. Reminiscent of Indonesian film The Raid (especially because it features Ruhian), The Furious has a solid (if thin) story that has a big heart at its core and is enough to string together the electric set pieces. Perhaps it is guilty of some of the genre's excesses (people who should long be dead or incapacitated get up and keep fighting again and again - the script often feels rather elementary) but it grabs you and doesn't let go for a solid 113 minutes offering a satisfying time.
You got to hand it to these film makers. They know how to leave it all on the screen. The final fight sequences is epic, perhaps a bit excessive, but will be remembered as a core of the genre. The cinematography and choreography are top level. You'll be sweating at the end.
One of the things I loved about The Furious is how it handles its subject. This is a film about child trafficking but instead of wallowing in the gore porn that it could have it keeps all that off screen, suggested, to instead focus on the action. It helps reminds us that yes these are very bad people our heroes are beating up, but also we aren't going to take any sick pleasure from that.
The Furious is a damn good action film that reminds you why going to the movies is so damn fun.
The Furious
Starring:Xie Miao, Joe Taslim, Yayan Ruhian, Yang Enyou
Director: Kenji Tanigaki
Writers: Mak Tin-shu, Lei Zhilong, Shum Kwan-sin, Frank Hui
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