The Furious (2025)★ 7.6/10

Unbeknownst to probably most people, DISCLOSURE DAY wasn’t the only movie released that week. We also got THE FURIOUS, the best action movie in years. This is truly an international production. Director Kenji Tanigaki and his fight choreographer Kensuke Sonomura are both Japanese, his cinematographer Meteor Cheung (awesome name) is from Hong Kong, and his editor Chris Tonick is American. Together, they have created such a fun and entertaining thriller. This has an easy story to get behind. Somewhere in South Asia, a mute father (Xie Miao) tries to get his daughter back from child traffickers with the help of another man (Joe Taslim) who has the same goal. They plow through many people, quite violently. The camera moves so fluidly around the actors, who are really putting in the physicality. It’s immersive and frantic, but not too shaky. The complexity of the choreography boggles my mind. If I had to guess, I’d say they were all martial artists. The many fights in this movie are inventive and ferocious. They are also extremely satisfying. The more people in your theater, the more fun you’ll have. It’s the kind of movie that enjoys eliciting reactions from its audience. Unfortunately, it’s a tad too long. There’s a certain point where I thought it was over, but it kept going. There are moments where I thought the dialogue was dubbed over, like the voice didn’t match the face. It’s because they used ADR (Automated Dialogue Replacement), which was a little off at certain moments. This made me think that it would’ve been better if it was just a non-English film. This movie made my inner video gamer very happy, with many moments reminding me of the YAKUZA games. It’s cartoonish at times, but not in a negative way. If you’re looking for realism, look somewhere else. Think of this as TAKEN mixed with THE RAID. This is my favourite action movie since JOHN WICK: CHAPTER 4 and just makes me want to rewatch THE RAID movies. Overall, if you love action movies and don’t mind some gore and a lot of fighting, THE FURIOUS is a must-see movie for the big screen.

Es básicamente Taken, pero con peleas perfectamente coreografiadas, una dirección igual de meticulosa y una historia mucho más cruda.
Por momentos, la historia y la acción se vuelven totalmente exagerados, pero pienso que son parte del encanto de estos filmes.