Calling it now fight fans, we may have an all-time action classic on our hands.
Lionsgate released the first official trailer for its upcoming Hong Kong action film The Furious, and the words brutal and intense will be seared on to your brain after watching it.
Kenji Tanigaki‘s film is an amalgam of the very best of Asian action cinema and features Chinese actor Xie Miao (aka Mo Tse, who starred with Jet Li in The New Legend of Shaolin and My Father Is a Hero) and Indonesian star Joe Taslim (yes, the guy from The Raid films and also Sub-Zero in the Mortal Kombat movies). The cast also includes Indonesian action favorite Yayan Ruhian (another breakout star from Gareth Evans’ Raid films) and Thai actress Yanin Vismitananda (Europe Raiders, Triple Threat).
Though The Furious is only Japan-born Tanigaki’s third outing as a director, the filmmaker is something of a legend in Hong Kong cinema having been the stunt co-ordinator or fight choreographer for films such as Flash Point, Hidden Man, Raging Fire and Twilight of the Warriors: Walled In, as well as the Hollywood film Blade II.
The plot of film revolves around Wei (Xie), a father desparately searching for his daughter after she was kidnapped by an international organized crime group. Helping Wei is Navin (Taslim), a journalist with secrets of his own. Together they fight their through the criminal underworld to rescue Wei’s daughter.
The Furious premiered as part of the Midnight Madness sidebar of the 2025 Toronto Film Festival and was a huge hit with viewers, finishing as runners up in the People’s Choice Award. After its debut at TIFF, Lionsgate acquired the worldwide rights (excluding China, Hong Kong and Macao) to the film.
The Furious hits theaters on May 29.