Review: 'The Furious' Delivers Brutal Martial Arts Action as Joe Taslim Battles Human Traffickers
By
David Ehrlich
Front-window bakery material. Catches the eye, delivers the goods.
Summary
A review of Kenji Tanigaki's action film "The Furious," starring Joe Taslim and Xie Miao, about a tradesman who goes on a brutal rampage against child traffickers who kidnapped his daughter. The review compares the film's intensity to classics like "The Raid" and "Man on Fire," praising its martial arts choreography while noting its over-the-top violence and somewhat thin plot.
Key quotes
· 3 pulledNone of the kidnappers in any of those movies have ever chosen wronger than the child traffickers in Kenji Tanigaki's 'The Furious,' who snatch a tradesman's daughter off the streets and then pay for their insolence by getting their shit absolutely rocked off the bone.
It makes 'The Raid' feel like 'Paddington' by comparison. (OK, that might be overstating the case a little, but it was fun to type.)
Joe Taslim and Xie Miao team up to take down a network of human traffickers in a martial arts extravaganza for the ages.
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