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I took a few days off from the website to honor the passing of a true martial arts and action cinema legend as Chuck Norris has centered the ring in heaven. I’m still grieving and processing, but Chuck would want all of us to continue celebrating this great genre and that is what I am doing as Lionsgate has dropped a new poster for the highly anticipated and top contender for best action film of the year The Furious.
With many fans and outlets being able to catch this one during its festival run, I feel that I am the only one who hasn’t seen stars Xie Miao (The New Legend of Shaolin) and Joe Taslim (Mortal Kombat) deploy their sick martial arts skill sets on some fools with the blistering and unflinching martial combat flick that looks to dethrone some of the best martial arts actioners of our time. A trailer is finally set to drop tomorrow (check back here for the debut!) so in celebration and to get everyone properly pumped up for this one, an official poster has dropped teasing us of the insane and extreme action that is waiting for us. Check it out below!
In The Furious, when his daughter Rainy is abducted, humble tradesman Wang Wei is thrust into a deadly underworld of corruption and violence. His only ally is Navin, a relentless journalist haunted by his own past. Together, they fight their way through an international criminal network in a desperate bid to save Rainy and uncover the truth. (Per Deadline).
Another synopsis and some other goodies from the film will also debut tomorrow along with the trailer but I am on record as saying that this one will be a complete martial arts banger. Yes, I used the word banger and if you don’t like it (you know who you are), you may go you know what. Anyway, I digress, The Furious will most certainly be up there on any self-respecting action film blog’s best of list at the end of the year and it probably will take top honors on many. It’s early yet, but I would bet money on this one.
The Furious boasts a sensational cast featuring some of the best that martial arts cinema has to offer currently. Xie Miao, Joe Taslim (The Raid), Yang Enyou, Brian Le (Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings), Yayan Ruhian (John Wick: Chapter 3 — Parabellum), Jija Yanin (Chocolate) star along with Joey Iwanaga, Sahajak Boonthanakit and Manatsanun Phanlerdwongsakul.
The movie, directed by action maestro Kenji Tanigaki (Rurouni Kenshin, Snake Eyes), looks to throw it back to the glorious days of Asian action cinema and from what I’ve heard, they succeeded in spades.
Don’t Forget! Check back here tomorrow for the official trailer reveal for The Furious! You won’t regret it!
