[0:00] I've only ever done this once before for
[0:02] a film, which was Flo. It's me begging
[0:06] you to go see a specific film in
[0:08] theaters because it deserves to have a
[0:10] really strong run in the cinema. The
[0:12] Furious. I am a massive fan of martial
[0:15] arts movies. I grew up on them. That put
[0:18] hair on my chest. Notably, everything
[0:20] Jackie Chan ever made. Basically, we had
[0:23] all of it on VHS. And martial arts films
[0:27] don't come around super often these
[0:29] days, unfortunately, but when they do,
[0:30] they're usually a treat. The Furious is
[0:33] more than a treat. It is a fivestar
[0:35] fullc course dining experience that
[0:39] walked me home, had sex with me, and
[0:41] promised to call me tomorrow. This film
[0:44] was extraordinary. I've often talked
[0:46] about how The Raid: Redemption is one of
[0:49] my favorite action movies of all time. I
[0:51] think it is just a bonafide masterpiece.
[0:54] And I would confidently say the Furious
[0:58] is up there in that conversation. And
[1:00] that's not something I do willy-nilly. I
[1:02] I don't I don't put that prestige out
[1:04] there lightly. The Furious is that good.
[1:08] So, I strongly urge you if you are a fan
[1:11] of action films, specifically like just
[1:14] good old-fashioned martial arts films,
[1:17] kung fu movies, this is a mustsee. The
[1:20] people in my auditorium were going
[1:23] ballistic because it was super hype. And
[1:26] like I imagine that's probably a
[1:28] universal experience when watching
[1:29] something like this. Like it is hard not
[1:31] to get invested in hype like watching
[1:34] it. It is constant action. But it's not
[1:37] just constant action. It does tell a
[1:40] story and a pretty compelling one at
[1:42] that. It's nothing you haven't seen
[1:44] before in the narrative department. It
[1:46] is a father whose daughter gets
[1:48] kidnapped by human traffickers and he
[1:51] hunts them down and just starts
[1:53] brutalizing them, just massacring them
[1:55] and eventually teams up with someone
[1:57] else who gets brought into the fold
[1:59] because he was investigating this human
[2:00] trafficking operation after his wife who
[2:03] was a reporter went missing when she was
[2:05] investigating it. And the two team up
[2:07] and they just start collecting scalp
[2:10] here. They blow through like hundreds of
[2:12] goons. Like it there are times where it
[2:15] felt like a muso, like a video game
[2:17] Muso, like Dynasty Warriors. They are
[2:20] just chopping through countless bodies.
[2:23] It is so good. But yeah, the narrative
[2:25] isn't going to be anything like super
[2:27] new that you are going to be, you know,
[2:29] [ __ ] blown away by when it comes to
[2:31] its story. But it's a good enough story
[2:34] that gives you reasons to care and does
[2:36] a good job of making you care and get
[2:38] invested because it doesn't pull any
[2:41] punches. So it is high stakes. It is
[2:43] intense and the characters, they do get
[2:46] a lot to do and they do get a lot of
[2:48] fleshing out for the most part, but it's
[2:51] not like anything, you know, unseen or
[2:54] unique in the space. It's just done.
[2:56] It's executed well, which I appreciate.
[2:59] But the star is definitely the fight
[3:02] choreography.
[3:04] [ __ ] Jiminy Christmas, man. I don't
[3:07] even know how to express it. They were
[3:09] busting out moves I've only seen in
[3:10] Tekken. like they were doing some crazy
[3:13] combos. And yeah, it is a little over
[3:15] the top in that regard, but it never
[3:17] like gets to a cartoonish level or like
[3:20] anything where they're like on wires
[3:22] flying around or anything like that. I'm
[3:23] sure there were like some wire uh
[3:25] moments in here when it came to some of
[3:27] the big hits and like they do kind of
[3:28] fly across, you know, like the floor and
[3:30] stuff, but it felt very grounded. It It
[3:33] felt like real martial arts that was
[3:36] taken to a absurd degree. Like it was it
[3:41] was breathtaking watching these fights.
[3:44] Like some of the moves they were doing.
[3:46] I'm not even sure if it was martial arts
[3:47] or some [ __ ] out of the Kama Sutra, yet
[3:49] it still ended with some dude's arms and
[3:51] legs broken into a thousand pieces like
[3:53] they just been put through a [ __ ]
[3:55] human wood chipper. [ __ ] was crazy, man.
[3:58] Like there are the so many of the moves
[4:01] are like on the ground and rolling
[4:03] around and stuff, but you can always
[4:05] tell what's going on. Like there's one
[4:07] move that the protagonist did multiple
[4:10] times where, you know, like everyone he
[4:13] fights is also really competent when it
[4:14] comes to their combat as well. So he'll
[4:16] often times be getting overpowered and
[4:18] then like get thrown on the floor and
[4:19] then they're about to like stab him or
[4:20] something. So then he like just starts
[4:22] rolling into them like actually like
[4:23] [ __ ] somersaulting into them to knock
[4:25] them off guard and fall over him getting
[4:27] table topped and then he like
[4:28] capitalizes on it like with some elbows
[4:30] and [ __ ] and some big kicks. It's so
[4:32] cool. And it's almost never one-on-one.
[4:35] He is always fighting hordes of bad
[4:38] guys. So, he's like, this movie is what
[4:42] Dale from Detroit Urban uh survival
[4:45] training thinks he is. Like, he is
[4:47] handling tons of guys, but he's not
[4:48] doing like the circle technique or
[4:50] anything. He's just going in there like,
[4:51] you know, climbing on top of them,
[4:52] hitting them with a hammer, elbow
[4:54] dropping the [ __ ] people's elbow,
[4:55] running their skull, collapsing it, you
[4:57] know, concaving their their face in, and
[5:00] then going to the next guy like crawling
[5:01] all over him and jumping around and
[5:03] scooting around. Bro, I kid you not. One
[5:05] guy unironically busts out that [ __ ]
[5:08] dance move that your drunk uncle uses at
[5:10] the wedding where he spins around on his
[5:12] back on the dance floor. He does that
[5:13] while sliding at someone doing that and
[5:15] kicking his legs out. It's like a
[5:17] Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle move and he
[5:19] just like bowls over a guy. It's It's so
[5:23] [ __ ] cool. Like I said it doesn't get
[5:25] cartoonish, but it does get very over
[5:27] the top, but in a way that does still
[5:29] feel grounded and impactful and like
[5:31] meaty. Like I I I really cannot praise
[5:35] the action and the fight choreography
[5:37] enough. It was so good. It was violent.
[5:41] It was extreme.
[5:43] [ __ ] And there was so much in so many
[5:45] different locations. Like it was
[5:46] constantly moving from new location
[5:48] that's exciting like a club or it even
[5:51] like some of the places it goes I do
[5:52] feel are paying homage to some of the
[5:54] action movie greats that came before it.
[5:56] So there are like recognizable locations
[5:58] that you can kind of see similar DNA
[6:00] from classics and they just keep going
[6:02] to these places beating up more guys,
[6:05] you know, it's it's so [ __ ] good,
[6:09] man. It even has some of the actors from
[6:11] the Raid Redemption. I love seeing them
[6:13] in here. So it was really cool to see
[6:15] them again. Uh like, man, I like you can
[6:19] tell how excited I am just having
[6:21] watched the film. I [ __ ] you not. As
[6:23] cringe as as it is, I came home and I
[6:25] literally started doing some of this
[6:26] [ __ ] like I was [ __ ] winging tuning a
[6:28] ghost. Like, it's just one of those
[6:30] movies where you watch it and you're
[6:32] like, "Fuck, that was cool. Wish I could
[6:34] do that." Also, I have to highlight one
[6:36] character in particular. He's introduced
[6:39] early on in the film. He is just this
[6:41] giant dude. He's got to be like 280 lb.
[6:45] Maybe that's a little much, but he's 250
[6:47] plus. He's north of 250. And this guy
[6:49] moves like a ballerina. This guy is like
[6:52] [ __ ] busting it wide open on the
[6:54] dance floor like doing head spins and
[6:56] [ __ ] and jumping all over the place,
[6:58] throwing his body at people. He's doing
[7:00] like handstands and [ __ ] kicking his
[7:02] legs out for drop kicks. He is like the
[7:04] most athletic guy I've seen in a martial
[7:07] arts movie. I think at his weight, the
[7:09] things he is doing defy physics that he
[7:12] he was he was something special, man. I
[7:14] hope to see him in more in more films.
[7:16] And if he's been in other films,
[7:18] someone's got to let me know. I've got
[7:19] to see more of that guy's work. [ __ ] was
[7:20] crazy watching him go to town and he's
[7:23] he's persistent throughout the movie and
[7:25] every scene he's in. He is just like a
[7:27] highlight reel, man. He is doing the
[7:29] coolest [ __ ] at his size. It makes no
[7:32] sense how he can even do it. But one
[7:34] thing I do have to mention that I think
[7:36] is going to be immediately clear when
[7:38] you see the film is there's like English
[7:41] dubbing, but it also looks like they
[7:44] English dubbed over what was already
[7:46] English. So, like sometimes the
[7:47] characters mouths are literally mouthing
[7:49] the English that you're hearing, but
[7:50] it's very clearly dubbed and it has like
[7:52] very old school dub sound to it, which
[7:55] doesn't bother me. I grew up on that
[7:57] kind of stuff with the old Jackie Chan
[7:58] movies, but I know it'll be jarring to
[8:01] people that haven't experienced it
[8:02] before. But, I did find it odd because
[8:05] did they need to dub over it if they're
[8:06] already saying it in English? Because it
[8:09] looks like they did. So, like I I'm a
[8:12] little confused on exactly why that was
[8:14] the case. I'm not really sure. It
[8:16] doesn't take anything away from the film
[8:18] in any way, shape, or form. Not for me
[8:21] at least. I thought it was still great.
[8:23] But yes, because it does have that kind
[8:25] of like old dub sound to it. Sometimes
[8:28] when there's an emotional beat, the dub
[8:30] doesn't really do it, you know, the
[8:32] utmost justice. So, something uh to
[8:34] mention there. But anyway, I think it is
[8:37] a must-sea film. I really do. I had such
[8:39] an incredible time watching The Furious.
[8:41] I highly recommend it. I really, really,
[8:43] really hope this has a strong word of
[8:44] mouth and a good run in the cinema cuz
[8:46] it definitely deserves it. This [ __ ]
[8:48] slapped. Anyway, that's really about it.