The Furious Hits Theaters June 12, Hailed as 113-Minute Summer Action Standout
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Updated · The Daily Beast · Jun 11
The Furious Hits Theaters June 12, Hailed as 113-Minute Summer Action Standout
3 articles · Updated · The Daily Beast · Jun 11
Summary
June 12 brings Kenji Tanigaki’s Hong Kong action film to theaters, with reviewers calling its 113-minute barrage of fights and improvised weapons a standout of the summer movie season.
Tanigaki’s film centers on two rescue quests—a reporter’s search for missing children and a father’s hunt for his kidnapped daughter—that converge into a battle against a human-trafficking ring.
Joe Taslim and Xie Miao lead the pursuit, joined by JeeJa Yanin and opposed by Yayan Ruhian, in set pieces praised for relentless choreography even as the dialogue and plot are described as thin.
The review frames The Furious as the latest Asian action film to outshine bigger U.S. blockbusters, arguing its inventive, ultra-violent combat outweighs its clichéd storytelling.