Originally due out May 29, The Furious is now set to hit theaters on June 12 via Lionsgate.
The violent martial arts revenge thriller will face some stiff competition with its new date, opening against Steven Spielberg’s Disclosure Day.
The Furious stars Xie Miao (The New Legend of Shaolin) as Wang Wei, who sets out on a rampage to find his daughter after she’s kidnapped by a criminal network and he receives no help from the corrupt police.
Joe Taslim (Mortal Kombat) co-stars as Navin, a relentless journalist whose wife has mysteriously disappeared. Fueled by a furious vengeance, the unlikely duo ruthlessly fights against the kidnappers.
Kenji Tanigaki (Enter the Fat Dragon) directs from a script by Mak Tin Shu (Kung Fu Jungle), Lei Zhilong, Shum Kwan Sin (Twilight of the Warriors: Walled In), and Frank Hui.
Yang Enyou, Brian Le, Joey Iwanaga, Sahajak Boonthanakit, Manatsanun Phanlerdwongsakul, Guo Junqing, Winai Wiangyangkung, Yayan Ruhian, and Jija Yanin round out the cast.
Bill Kong (Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon), Shan Tam (Rumble in the Bronx), and Hui produce. Executive producers include Tianfu Xu, Nate Bolotin, Todd Brown, Maxime Cottray, Nick Spicer, Aram Tertzakian, and Michael J. Werner.
The film premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival and went on to play Sitges, Beyond Fest, Red Sea Film Festival, Busan International Film Festival, and this weekend’s Overlook Film Festival, among others.
I wrote in my review, “The Furious is 112 minutes of wall-to-wall, hard-hitting, martial arts action. It may not be quite as expertly crafted as The Raid or as hyper-violent as The Night Comes For Us, but in a post-Epstein world, it’s incredibly satisfying to watch child traffickers get their comeuppance.”
The Furious is rated R for “strong bloody violence and language.”