Review: 'The Furious' Earns Its Place Among Cinema's Greatest Action Films
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Robert Rubsam
Summary
A film critic delivers a passionate, in-depth review of the action movie "The Furious," contextualizing its action sequences within the pantheon of great cinematic action set-pieces. The article compares the film's choreography and intensity to classics like John Woo's Hard Boiled, Jackie Chan's Police Story, and Mad Max: Fury Road, arguing that "The Furious" deserves a place among these legendary action films.
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· 4 pulledWhat's the sickest action sequence you've ever witnessed on screen? I'll give you five.
There's the tea parlor shootout at the top of John Woo's Hard Boiled, of course, as well as Jackie Chan's multi-level shopping mall free-for-all at the close of Police Story.
I still don't know how John Frankenheimer made Ronin's Paris sedan chase without killing anyone.
Ditto the first tanker assault in Mad Max: Fury Road, that symphony of soaring bodies and spik
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