The basic premise of
The Furious is simple; A mute father with a mysterious past and exceptional fighting skills tries to rescue his daughter from a human trafficking ring. It’s
Taken meets prime Jackie Chan with the brutal fight choreography from a Timo Tjahjanto film where the characters have unrealistic healing ability and pain thresholds. Actually – Jackie Chan has already made a
Taken-coded film in the form of
The Foreigner so it’s really
The Foreigner meets Timo Tjahjanto with characters that can shake off blows to the skull with monkey wrenches and hammers. This semi-recent genre of action movies where the martial artists have unclear powers is common now
(The Raid, The Night Comes For Us, Shadow Strays, etc). This isn’t the type of movie you watch for logic and common sense. You come for the classic/simple plot and stay for the brutal Jackie Chan-inspired fighting.
In my generation, the older kids in Japan loved to watch Jackie Chan movies – Kenji Tanigaki, Dorkaholics
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Wheels on Meals / The Furious
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First Strike / The Furious
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Operation Condor / The Furious
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Project A / The Furious
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The Young Master / The Furious
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And like Jackie Chan, Tanaigaki draws from the originals sources that inspired Jackie Chan…
I love classic films like Buster Keaton, Harold Lloyd and Gene Kelly - Kenji Tanigaki, Third Coast Review
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The Three Muskateers / The Furious
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Jackie aside, this movie also pulls from classic 80s Hong Kong action in general
In my childhood, I loved Hong Kong action cinema - Kenji Tanigaki, Dorkaholics
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If you’re willing to accept the almost fantasy-like aspect of
The Furious, this is an incredibly fun movie. It’s got the old school action film sensibility with up-to-date fighting that combines mixed martial arts with Tekken finishers.
