You Should Really See This Movie

[00:00] I've only ever done this once before for

[00:02] a film, which was Flo. It's me begging

[00:06] you to go see a specific film in

[00:08] theaters because it deserves to have a

[00:10] really strong run in the cinema. The

[00:12] Furious. I am a massive fan of martial

[00:15] arts movies. I grew up on them. That put

[00:18] hair on my chest. Notably, everything

[00:20] Jackie Chan ever made. Basically, we had

[00:23] all of it on VHS. And martial arts films

[00:27] don't come around super often these

[00:29] days, unfortunately, but when they do,

[00:30] they're usually a treat. The Furious is

[00:33] more than a treat. It is a fivestar

[00:35] fullc course dining experience that

[00:39] walked me home, had sex with me, and

[00:41] promised to call me tomorrow. This film

[00:44] was extraordinary. I've often talked

[00:46] about how The Raid: Redemption is one of

[00:49] my favorite action movies of all time. I

[00:51] think it is just a bonafide masterpiece.

[00:54] And I would confidently say the Furious

[00:58] is up there in that conversation. And

[01:00] that's not something I do willy-nilly. I

[01:02] I don't I don't put that prestige out

[01:04] there lightly. The Furious is that good.

[01:08] So, I strongly urge you if you are a fan

[01:11] of action films, specifically like just

[01:14] good old-fashioned martial arts films,

[01:17] kung fu movies, this is a mustsee. The

[01:20] people in my auditorium were going

[01:23] ballistic because it was super hype. And

[01:26] like I imagine that's probably a

[01:28] universal experience when watching

[01:29] something like this. Like it is hard not

[01:31] to get invested in hype like watching

[01:34] it. It is constant action. But it's not

[01:37] just constant action. It does tell a

[01:40] story and a pretty compelling one at

[01:42] that. It's nothing you haven't seen

[01:44] before in the narrative department. It

[01:46] is a father whose daughter gets

[01:48] kidnapped by human traffickers and he

[01:51] hunts them down and just starts

[01:53] brutalizing them, just massacring them

[01:55] and eventually teams up with someone

[01:57] else who gets brought into the fold

[01:59] because he was investigating this human

[02:00] trafficking operation after his wife who

[02:03] was a reporter went missing when she was

[02:05] investigating it. And the two team up

[02:07] and they just start collecting scalp

[02:10] here. They blow through like hundreds of

[02:12] goons. Like it there are times where it

[02:15] felt like a muso, like a video game

[02:17] Muso, like Dynasty Warriors. They are

[02:20] just chopping through countless bodies.

[02:23] It is so good. But yeah, the narrative

[02:25] isn't going to be anything like super

[02:27] new that you are going to be, you know,

[02:29] [ __ ] blown away by when it comes to

[02:31] its story. But it's a good enough story

[02:34] that gives you reasons to care and does

[02:36] a good job of making you care and get

[02:38] invested because it doesn't pull any

[02:41] punches. So it is high stakes. It is

[02:43] intense and the characters, they do get

[02:46] a lot to do and they do get a lot of

[02:48] fleshing out for the most part, but it's

[02:51] not like anything, you know, unseen or

[02:54] unique in the space. It's just done.

[02:56] It's executed well, which I appreciate.

[02:59] But the star is definitely the fight

[03:02] choreography.

[03:04] [ __ ] Jiminy Christmas, man. I don't

[03:07] even know how to express it. They were

[03:09] busting out moves I've only seen in

[03:10] Tekken. like they were doing some crazy

[03:13] combos. And yeah, it is a little over

[03:15] the top in that regard, but it never

[03:17] like gets to a cartoonish level or like

[03:20] anything where they're like on wires

[03:22] flying around or anything like that. I'm

[03:23] sure there were like some wire uh

[03:25] moments in here when it came to some of

[03:27] the big hits and like they do kind of

[03:28] fly across, you know, like the floor and

[03:30] stuff, but it felt very grounded. It It

[03:33] felt like real martial arts that was

[03:36] taken to a absurd degree. Like it was it

[03:41] was breathtaking watching these fights.

[03:44] Like some of the moves they were doing.

[03:46] I'm not even sure if it was martial arts

[03:47] or some [ __ ] out of the Kama Sutra, yet

[03:49] it still ended with some dude's arms and

[03:51] legs broken into a thousand pieces like

[03:53] they just been put through a [ __ ]

[03:55] human wood chipper. [ __ ] was crazy, man.

[03:58] Like there are the so many of the moves

[04:01] are like on the ground and rolling

[04:03] around and stuff, but you can always

[04:05] tell what's going on. Like there's one

[04:07] move that the protagonist did multiple

[04:10] times where, you know, like everyone he

[04:13] fights is also really competent when it

[04:14] comes to their combat as well. So he'll

[04:16] often times be getting overpowered and

[04:18] then like get thrown on the floor and

[04:19] then they're about to like stab him or

[04:20] something. So then he like just starts

[04:22] rolling into them like actually like

[04:23] [ __ ] somersaulting into them to knock

[04:25] them off guard and fall over him getting

[04:27] table topped and then he like

[04:28] capitalizes on it like with some elbows

[04:30] and [ __ ] and some big kicks. It's so

[04:32] cool. And it's almost never one-on-one.

[04:35] He is always fighting hordes of bad

[04:38] guys. So, he's like, this movie is what

[04:42] Dale from Detroit Urban uh survival

[04:45] training thinks he is. Like, he is

[04:47] handling tons of guys, but he's not

[04:48] doing like the circle technique or

[04:50] anything. He's just going in there like,

[04:51] you know, climbing on top of them,

[04:52] hitting them with a hammer, elbow

[04:54] dropping the [ __ ] people's elbow,

[04:55] running their skull, collapsing it, you

[04:57] know, concaving their their face in, and

[05:00] then going to the next guy like crawling

[05:01] all over him and jumping around and

[05:03] scooting around. Bro, I kid you not. One

[05:05] guy unironically busts out that [ __ ]

[05:08] dance move that your drunk uncle uses at

[05:10] the wedding where he spins around on his

[05:12] back on the dance floor. He does that

[05:13] while sliding at someone doing that and

[05:15] kicking his legs out. It's like a

[05:17] Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle move and he

[05:19] just like bowls over a guy. It's It's so

[05:23] [ __ ] cool. Like I said it doesn't get

[05:25] cartoonish, but it does get very over

[05:27] the top, but in a way that does still

[05:29] feel grounded and impactful and like

[05:31] meaty. Like I I I really cannot praise

[05:35] the action and the fight choreography

[05:37] enough. It was so good. It was violent.

[05:41] It was extreme.

[05:43] [ __ ] And there was so much in so many

[05:45] different locations. Like it was

[05:46] constantly moving from new location

[05:48] that's exciting like a club or it even

[05:51] like some of the places it goes I do

[05:52] feel are paying homage to some of the

[05:54] action movie greats that came before it.

[05:56] So there are like recognizable locations

[05:58] that you can kind of see similar DNA

[06:00] from classics and they just keep going

[06:02] to these places beating up more guys,

[06:05] you know, it's it's so [ __ ] good,

[06:09] man. It even has some of the actors from

[06:11] the Raid Redemption. I love seeing them

[06:13] in here. So it was really cool to see

[06:15] them again. Uh like, man, I like you can

[06:19] tell how excited I am just having

[06:21] watched the film. I [ __ ] you not. As

[06:23] cringe as as it is, I came home and I

[06:25] literally started doing some of this

[06:26] [ __ ] like I was [ __ ] winging tuning a

[06:28] ghost. Like, it's just one of those

[06:30] movies where you watch it and you're

[06:32] like, "Fuck, that was cool. Wish I could

[06:34] do that." Also, I have to highlight one

[06:36] character in particular. He's introduced

[06:39] early on in the film. He is just this

[06:41] giant dude. He's got to be like 280 lb.

[06:45] Maybe that's a little much, but he's 250

[06:47] plus. He's north of 250. And this guy

[06:49] moves like a ballerina. This guy is like

[06:52] [ __ ] busting it wide open on the

[06:54] dance floor like doing head spins and

[06:56] [ __ ] and jumping all over the place,

[06:58] throwing his body at people. He's doing

[07:00] like handstands and [ __ ] kicking his

[07:02] legs out for drop kicks. He is like the

[07:04] most athletic guy I've seen in a martial

[07:07] arts movie. I think at his weight, the

[07:09] things he is doing defy physics that he

[07:12] he was he was something special, man. I

[07:14] hope to see him in more in more films.

[07:16] And if he's been in other films,

[07:18] someone's got to let me know. I've got

[07:19] to see more of that guy's work. [ __ ] was

[07:20] crazy watching him go to town and he's

[07:23] he's persistent throughout the movie and

[07:25] every scene he's in. He is just like a

[07:27] highlight reel, man. He is doing the

[07:29] coolest [ __ ] at his size. It makes no

[07:32] sense how he can even do it. But one

[07:34] thing I do have to mention that I think

[07:36] is going to be immediately clear when

[07:38] you see the film is there's like English

[07:41] dubbing, but it also looks like they

[07:44] English dubbed over what was already

[07:46] English. So, like sometimes the

[07:47] characters mouths are literally mouthing

[07:49] the English that you're hearing, but

[07:50] it's very clearly dubbed and it has like

[07:52] very old school dub sound to it, which

[07:55] doesn't bother me. I grew up on that

[07:57] kind of stuff with the old Jackie Chan

[07:58] movies, but I know it'll be jarring to

[08:01] people that haven't experienced it

[08:02] before. But, I did find it odd because

[08:05] did they need to dub over it if they're

[08:06] already saying it in English? Because it

[08:09] looks like they did. So, like I I'm a

[08:12] little confused on exactly why that was

[08:14] the case. I'm not really sure. It

[08:16] doesn't take anything away from the film

[08:18] in any way, shape, or form. Not for me

[08:21] at least. I thought it was still great.

[08:23] But yes, because it does have that kind

[08:25] of like old dub sound to it. Sometimes

[08:28] when there's an emotional beat, the dub

[08:30] doesn't really do it, you know, the

[08:32] utmost justice. So, something uh to

[08:34] mention there. But anyway, I think it is

[08:37] a must-sea film. I really do. I had such

[08:39] an incredible time watching The Furious.

[08:41] I highly recommend it. I really, really,

[08:43] really hope this has a strong word of

[08:44] mouth and a good run in the cinema cuz

[08:46] it definitely deserves it. This [ __ ]

[08:48] slapped. Anyway, that's really about it.