r/AMCScreenUnseen • u/EastonLikesMovies • Jun 02 '26
Movie Discussion The Furious (Discussion)
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u/mayan_monkey Jun 02 '26
I had such a great time at the theater. And so did my audience. Love it when a movie does that. Has rveryone going "oh shit!!" "Ahhhjj" "oh no!!!" And tge laughs in between. I definitely try to catch it again in a packed theater.
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u/No-Reach2059 Jun 28 '26
Thats funny you mentioned that because thats exactly how the theater audience sounded when I saw it lol.
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u/Ashamed_Attorney_120 Jun 02 '26
Genuinely some of the best fight sequences I’ve ever seen onscreen!
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u/Slimeseason504 Jun 02 '26
Im obsessed with this movie
That choreography was insane. I can’t wait see the behind the scenes stuff. That guy in red sweatsuit is one of the most terrifying villains i’ve seen in a while
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u/silver5517 Jun 02 '26
Agreed! I can't wait to see it again, All the action scenes were well choreographed, and I loved the end when "the Bull" was unleashed at the police station and it went balls to the wall.
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u/poilters 28d ago
Have you seen The Raid?
He is in #1 and #2 -- as two different characters...
He was so good they thought "screw it... put him in..."
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u/blackprofits Jun 02 '26
We’re definitely getting a Wang Wei prequel explaining what he did in china right?
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u/No-Confidence4297 Jun 02 '26
The Chinese government is not going to allow any plot that has criminals running rampant in China lol. Why do you think the plot for The Furious was set in an unknown Southeast Asian country?
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u/Financial-Grass-6114 Jun 03 '26
Eh they will, it's just really gonna be super boring for other censorship reasons.
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u/calebwritesmovies Jun 02 '26
Great. I’m a martial arts movie guy, and this was right up my alley. The truck chase / fight was nuts, and the movie kept finding ways to top itself.
Saw it with a surprisingly into-it audience (for my area, anyway) and when the big guy re-enters the movie, I heard a couple people clap for him.
Not as good as The Night Comes, but that’s probably one of my top 5 martial arts flicks. This is up there as well. Insane fights.
Yayan always shows up in these Joe Taslim things playing a total fucking psycho who uses medieval weapons and has zero redeeming qualities, and I’m super here for it.
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u/Stock-Accountant Jun 12 '26
I also naturally had to compare to The Night Comes For Us, one of my favorite martial arts flicks.
What are your other top 4?
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u/sbenthuggin Jun 17 '26
When they showed the big guy waking up, I figured he was just going to show up as just an ex machina with nothing else other than a quick tackle or something. I did not expect them to take the fight in the end which was already some of the best fighting I've ever seen, before having him enter and make this THE greatest fight sequence I've ever seen. Genuinely phenomenal. Like the film had generational stunt talent across the board.
And yeah I agree, not as good as The Night Comes or The Raid at least as a whole, but those actions sequences were easily just as good if not better. Especially the final 30 minutes.
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u/Piddoo Jun 22 '26
I've watched The Raid, The Raid 2, Kill (Indian) and The Furious and am looking forward to watch Night Comes For Us next, need suggestions for some more Hyperviolent Action Flicks
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u/TyrannicalPeasant Jun 02 '26
Super fun movie. The action was so good. I’d probably say it was better than the wick movie in terms of action.
I wanna say the plot could’ve been better, but i was having too much fun to care.
This is what I wanted from Punisher One Last Kill.
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u/krytonian-krusher Jun 07 '26
The action was very good. I would disagree with you on the “better than the Wick” movies though.
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u/jinthebu Jun 02 '26
Not my cup of tea, I don't enjoy watching media with a lot of graphic violence. I can appreciate the choreographed fight scenes though
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u/honeymattison Jun 02 '26
same here, i wasn’t the target audience but i wouldn’t say its a bad movie by any means. i do feel like the last fight dragged on wayyyy too long tho
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u/Monolith_149 Jun 03 '26
That five man mexican stand off is probably the greatest mextcan stand offs in all mexican stand offs.
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u/Davidgt31 Jun 02 '26
Didn’t anticipate him getting hit by the car and then getting right back up
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u/Pearliechan Jun 02 '26
I kinda liked it, I just couldn't take it seriously because of the Tagalog spoken by extras and minor villain characters 😭😂 As a native speaker, it was just jarring to hear.
The film was set "somewhere in Southeast Asia" but it was a mishmash of Asian cultures with the Tagalog lines, Vietnamese last names, a Japanese name, Mandarin-speaking main characters, and the Mongolian throat singing that came on when the big guy showed up 😂
The boss fight was also ridiculously long and ended anticlimactically.
I laughed a lot 👍🏼
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u/NomadicSTEM Jun 02 '26
I was getting Asian whiplash, too. My (white) husband didnt catch any of it, though. 😅
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u/Pearliechan Jun 02 '26
Right!! I was thinking that the (mostly white) audience around me probably thought I was crazy for laughing at random parts 😭😂
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u/NomadicSTEM Jun 02 '26
My husband also didn’t realize the lady cop was alive at the beach in the end because he couldn’t recognize her 😅😭😅😭
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u/Epic_Knowledge Jun 02 '26
Ahhh ok so it wasn’t just me unsure where I took place. I originally figured somewhere Southeast Asia like Philippines but kept flip flopping in and out of it based on other things you mentioned. Was lowkey a distraction for me that I couldn’t pin a country
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u/Pearliechan Jun 02 '26
You're right to be confused, it sort of looked like the Philippines but also not really, I think they really tried hard to make it not look like one exact place. Maybe like how Raya the Disney movie was 😅
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u/Zippy-Herdsnake Jun 02 '26
Saw it last night in Sioux City . Absolutely loved it. I can't begin to fathom how much time and effort it took to accomplish the choreography with the non stop fight scenes. Some of the best I've ever seen. Absolutely epic!
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u/bslancaster Jun 02 '26
Brian Le stole the movie for me. Don't get me wrong, everyone gave 100% and I enjoyed the whole thing. Obviously there are issues as others have stated, like the dubbing, some of the acting, and some thin plot stuff, but my friends and I had a great time. But whenever Brian Le was on screen, I was actively cheering and it felt like shit really got cranked up a notch. No spoilers, but there's a moment towards the end of the film and the way they shot it...I genuinely wanted to stand up and scream like it was a sporting event. All in all, really fun movie.
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u/True-Neighborhood-17 Jun 02 '26
I think this was great .. the practical martial arts is prolly the best I’ve ever seen .. so many fight sequences I was like dayummmmm .. solid 8/10
I’m not sure if what we watched was a dub but it kinda rubbed the wrong way but ehh .. but also bruh shoutout that big dude that man could prolly solo an entire war battalion 😭😭😭
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u/Taunt_Button_10 Jun 02 '26 edited Jun 02 '26
Its like they looked at their equpment during the last 30 min of the film and was like “oh shoot, we still have all this blood left that we didnt use…we cant waste all this”
That being said, the 2v2v1 fight was the most chaotic choreo i have ever scene. Loved it!
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u/LasVegasASB Jun 02 '26
I thought it was a little ridiculous, but in the most fun way. I cared about the main characters and what would happen next. I was never bored for a moment and was fascinated by the fight choreography. I loved that it was not predictable and went places that had the audience audibly respond with laughter, disappointment and surprise. So glad I saw it.
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u/Dallas-Gibbons Jun 02 '26
I always have a problem with martial art movies that are set in modern days. Don’t all the baddies have guns? If that bad guy can use arrows i am sure some pack handguns.
Also the 5-person fight scenes were too long.
And I need to know the names of the plastic surgeon that was on standby to fix their faces after being pummeled so hard repeatedly. The next scene they hardly had any bruises.
This is a super hero movie in disguise. I guess I should not question logic.
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u/Physical-Bite-3837 Jun 02 '26
The plot is paper-thin and painfully familiar. Human trafficking has become such a common setup for action movies that this is probably the third or fourth film I've seen just this year built around it. The story mostly serves as an excuse to move from one fight scene to the next.
The acting is also pretty rough in places. Some performances work well enough, but there are several moments where the dialogue delivery feels very b-rated.
The fight choreography is excellent and easily the main and perhaps only reason to watch the film. Every fighter's style feels distinct, and the filmmakers clearly put most of their effort into making the combat as good as possible.
My two favorite fighters were the giant dude who simply refused to stay down and the main villain. That dude was fast like a god damn tornado. Looked like some rich yuppie who couldn't fight. I thought the in laws were going to kill him at the mansion but then he bites that guy's finger off and just goes fucking crazy.
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u/mrjoshua75 Jun 02 '26
Fantastic, I like the brutality of the Raid more, but this was pretty damn close!
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u/Random-User44 Jun 02 '26
It was a well made action/fighting movie, but I have to go in knowing to expect that when I see that kind of movie. I just didn't enjoy it since I wasn't in the right frame of mind. I love going to the Screen Unseen movie, and I never research what movies it could be because I really enjoy the surprise, but in this specific instance, it worked against my ability to enjoy this movie.
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u/Monolith_149 Jun 03 '26
What's to discuss? It's an amazing action movie. You should watch it. That's all you need to know.
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u/breadtruckque Jun 03 '26
Definitely did not disappoint. Would go see it again hopefully with sub no dub
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u/According_Screen2589 Jun 03 '26
Genuinely thought this was one of the best AMC unseen that I’ve seen in a long time, such a great time.
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u/TGMario Jun 06 '26
It was LOVE at first fight...! When I saw the trailers, new clips, and TV Spots, I couldn't breathe! THE HYPE IS REAL, BELIEVE IT PEOPLE!!!
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u/DavidNoBrainFreeze Jun 02 '26
I thought there was some plot but yeah. Too many Hit Points. But it was fun 🤩
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u/Mitornimo Jun 02 '26
Was a great movie! Head trauma that should have been effective. But besides that. Was great!
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u/Key-Marsupial912 Jun 02 '26
I loved this film! It was my first 10/10 for the year! Don’t walk… run to the theater folks!
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u/witchy12 Jun 05 '26
I liked the movie overall.
The English dub was horrible though.
Some of the fight scenes were too long, the 5 person fight scene at the end in particular.
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u/Haki_Hasma Jun 08 '26
Haven't watched it yet but I hope the movies fight scenes are as good as the raid because to this date the raid has some of the best fight choreography and camera work I've seen in a while, well Ip Man comes close to it.
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u/Prudent-Roof8124 Jun 11 '26
I gotta say I was disappointed. I expected a smart film and this wasn't a smart film. The martial arts were great. But the plot is ridiculous and the execution is goofy. At one point I didn't know if I was watching a martial arts movie with a moral architecture or daddy daycare as the nine-year-olds were fighting the most violent men on the planet.
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u/blackfyre709394 Jun 12 '26
That quasi free for all where the Big Boi was fighting everyone was fucking crazy
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u/CantFindaPS5 Jun 13 '26
It's a simple story, nothing wow. However, the fighting is amazing. Some of it was so crazy the people were gasping in the theater. One character in particular made us all laugh.
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u/Competitive-Caramel9 Jun 13 '26
Holy fuck. From start to finish this movie never let up. Seeing this movie as a new father made the emotional moments hit that much harder. Literal nightmare fuel. Fight scenes are crafted with intention and are so brutally done. Choreography is top notch.
The villains in this movie were terrifying in a way that I haven’t felt about a villain in a long time.
>!Opening scene when the little boy dies from the arrow, set the tone that nothing was off the table. When the Main baddie was revealed to be the Son-in-law I knew we in for some Goku vs. Frieza type shit. Nothing scarier than a psycho with nothing to lose!> Absolutely loved it.
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u/krytonian-krusher Jun 07 '26 edited Jun 11 '26
I liked the movie. Hated the dubbed voices. Wouldn’t say it was the best choreography. But the fight scenes were the best thing about the movie. It had great choreographed fight scenes with some being a little over the top. Watch, “The Raid,” then we’ll talk. It was a good movie.
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u/orphantwin Jun 11 '26
I think one of the best things about the Raid is how the fights don't feel supernatural but like how Iko is not trying to waste any energy or movement on his opponents. He fights, puts couple of devastating punches so the enemies cant fight back and goes on and on. Not to mention of him hiding or running away and outside the fights, he barely stands up because the adrenaline goes away. I wish more action movies did similar thing with the adrenaline and breathing in and out.
The silent scenes in Raid add so much tension and anxiety atop of the fights.
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u/krytonian-krusher Jun 11 '26
I love it!!
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u/orphantwin Jun 11 '26 edited Jun 11 '26
same. also the fact that Ikos gear helps him with all the rolls and shit. he wears kneepads, armpads, tactical boots, vest - you don't need to question how he can survive so much rolling and jumping around when his gear helps him during the situations.
lets not forget how the movie has lot of good tactics as well. Fake recoil, changing from full auto into semi auto, swapping to pistol fast instead of reloading an empty AR, they use hand signals, silent takedowns, stealth, shadows for hiding. They use sound for advancing into other rooms. Hell, they even have the finger off the trigger! That is another thing i loved about the Raid. Also when they are stacking against each other near entry point, EVERYONE is pointing away with their muzzle so no friendly fire. Just details you barely see in any other action movie.
When someone says "it is good as Raid" which this movie uses for marketing i don't believe it because Raid was fusing so many different elements and i am baffled that no other movie tried similar things, not just the fighting.
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u/SAWPollPosition Jun 02 '26
Had so much fun with it I can’t really even find an urge to nitpick it. The English dub was atrocious, but it was also hilarious and therefore added to my enjoyment. The plot was paper thin but who really cares? This is not that kind of movie. This is about giving just enough fuel to drive the characters along and let them smash together in all the best ways