Is The Furious really the martial arts comeback everyone says it is or just two hours of exhausting fight choreography with almost no story?

In this spoiler-filled review, we break down The Furious, the international martial arts action movie featuring kung fu, judo, brutal stunt work, extended fight sequences, and a very serious rescue storyline.

While many action fans have praised the movie’s choreography and practical stunt work, we struggled with its cartoon logic, generic villains, awkward English dubbing, excessive sound design, inconsistent tone, and fights that seem to last forever.

We discuss the movie’s comparisons to The Raid, John Wick, Oldboy, classic Hong Kong action cinema, Jackie Chan, Bruce Lee, John Woo, Tony Jaa, and Takeshi Kitano.

We also question whether the impressive wide-angle choreograph ...