The Furious Is A Brutal And Amazing Display Of Martial Arts Skills And A Highlight Of The Genre

Martial Arts films have long been a staple of the movie experience, as Bruce Lee is often credited with exposing the genre to a wider Western audience. The genre has evolved over the years to include darker stories and more graphic violence, but the core elements of amazing stuntwork and well-choreographed fight sequences have remained.

The new movie “The Furious” stars Miao Xie and Joe Taslim as two individuals on a path to answers and revenge. One is looking for his wife, who has gone missing while investigating child abductions, and the other is attempting to save his daughter, who was abducted despite his furious efforts to fight off her abductors.

The father is also mute with a missing element to his background, and when the police seem unwilling to help, he steps up to get the answers he needs and rescue his daughter. This allows him to make an unexpected ally with the investigator looking for his wife, and the two embark on a brutal trip into the dark side of the city, filled with dangerous and dark characters who peddle all manner of vices and do not let morality get in the way of profit.

The fight sequences in the film are brutal, fast, and amazingly choreographed. Some of them go on for a sustained period of time and make you wonder how the cast was able to film such detailed and intricate sequences without numerous cuts. Jackie Chan would love the use of props in the film, as various items are brought into the action with effective results.

For me, there are not enough adjectives to fully describe the intense and sustained action in the film, as the breaks in the action for story and character growth barely give you enough time to recover before a new round of action begins. The finale of the film is one of the longest fight sequences I have ever seen and makes the famed sequence in “They Live” seem like an appetizer as it just continues to build and become darker and even more intense.

“The Furious” is an absolute gem of the genre and is one of the best Martial Arts films I have seen, as it delivers a compelling and timely story with intense action and innovative choreography that fans of the genre should love.

4 stars out of 5