When a little girl is kidnapped by a trafficking ring, they soon find they messed with the wrong child. Her mother, a notorious former gang leader, is close on their trail and will go to any lengths to bring her child home.
HAI PHƯỢNG, 분노, 퓨리, ไฟแค้นดับนรก, FURIE, Фурия, Hai Phuong, 二凤, Hai Phượng, Οργισμένη, Fúria Feminina, 怒火, זעם, Lángoló harag, 怒拳媽媽, გაბრაზება, Furia
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Vietnamese female version of Taken. Very cool that the final showdown is between two kick ass women. Nice to see Veronica Ngo (The Last Jedi) jumping between Hollywood and Vietnam's blossoming film industry.
Lighting is very inspired... multi-colored neon and even giallo-esque Red, Green and Blue splashes of light. Great FX... I don't know how they did some of the 'day for night' sequences. I looked up the FX supervisor Thierry Nguyen and he has quite a filmography (Mad Max, John Carter).
Had the pleasure to watch this (on the big screen) with a very enthusiastic audience at the Cineplex Odeon Intl. Village (Vancouver). They actually applauded at the end credits.
#20 Vietnam
I thought I'd do a bit of work towards that Letterboxd World Map. I can't believe I had never seen anything from Vietnam before!
Anyway, this is an absolute bad-ass of a movie. One of the best action films I have seen in a while. A woman is hell bent on finding her kidnapped daughter. On the way she kicks the living hell out of just about anyone who gets in her way. There's also an emotional kick to it that gives this film some depth. I had a great time with it.
Who needs Keanu Reeves and Liam Neeson when you've got Veronica Ngo! 😀
NGO WAY OUT
Action choreography is stunning. In the end a sequence looks same as Batman v Superman's warehouse scene. Wonderful lighting combinations.
Story is not unique yet engaging.
Why are all the rooms purple and the windows green, the lighting crew got a little crazy there but it does look good, like we've suddenly transitioned into giallo horror. It never occurred to me as silly before but I just realized how in action movies, even during hot pursuit, everyone must stop to properly wear and fasten their helmets before riding a motorcycle, I mean yeah safety first we don't want to send the wrong message to the audience but somehow it's also unintentionally funny. Jokes aside though this is a great attempt from vietnam, I dig it.
I may be in the wrong place. But you took the wrong kid!
Veronica Ngo is such a badass! When a former gang member's child is abducted by people traffickers she will go to any lengths to get her back. With this type of set up it's always gonna be compared to the likes of Taken but Liam Neeson wishes he had the skillset of Hai Phuong! Swap John Wicks's dog for a kid and the comparison is more apt as she kicks the shit out of bad guy after bad guy and gets the shit kicked out of her along the way in her pursuit of her child. It's not The Raid but the choreography is still top-notch with…
A Vietnamese mix of John Wick and Taken, focusing on a child trafficking ring that find themselves on the back foot after kidnapping the child of a female gangster who will stop at nothing to bring her child home. The film spends a bit of time setting up the central situation and characters, before bursting into action with an extremely well done chase sequence. Being set in Vietnam, Furie takes full advantages of the unique and beautiful locations - the chase takes place on a river between a boat and a motorcycle! The action then relocates to Saigon and things slow down a bit - the lush scenary is largely replaced with some dour interior locations, which is a bit…
Imagine if Veronica Ngo had been kicking ass like this in the ‘80s and ‘90s? The showdowns she would’ve had with HK titans? If movies like Raging Fire and Invisible Target are throwbacks to old-school cops-v-crooks carnage, Furie feels like a Vietnamese embrace of the Hong Kong beat-em-up, the likes of Angry Ranger or Queen’s High. No-nonsense rollicking momentum, whether it’s a matter of lean plotting or furious combat. Furie’s kinetic camera weaves among Ngo’s crushing precise blows, her everything-is-a-weapon scrappiness that seems both resourceful and vulnerable. Her role of debt-collector mother is played with a conviction and desperation that elevates genre conventions through commanding presence alone.
Make all the comparisons to Taken you want, but Taken wishes its central…
the decent account of furie is nothing but an excuse to form the incredible action set pieces and chain of events that justifies it's 98 minutes of runtime. fast, solid and doesn't waste any time to get in shape, runs dynamic throughout and entertains a lot. Veronica ngo delivers a hardcore and comely show that's surely to allure anyone. she alongside with the greatly choreographed fights is what carries the film. was a joy to watch.
This movie is emotionally manipulative a bit but when I see a South-East Asian film like this having better action than most Hollywood movies with — and I checked — 200 TIMES the budget, there’s no way I’m gonna give it a thumbs down and you know it.
In fact, it’s actually pretty good overall for a Taken movie.
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Stunts - 79/100 | They merged the CGI and actual physical stunts pretty well but it still shows in some rough places. I was dreading the final sequence when it started due to the ambitious setting and likely shitty CGI insertion that I was anticipating, but it wasn’t bad at all.
Narrative - 70/100 | I wish they had shown…
Simple plot, but it works. I feel like more time should have been spent building up the mother/daughter relationship. Bit slow at times which was frustrating. The action sequences however are really entertaining, films worth it for them alone. Just another Netflix film I've watched that feels like it could have been so much more. A fun 90 minutes. Will defo be checking the prequel out.
It really, really is such an exciting time to love action films.
While Indonesia may be pissing on its own fire with each passing action bore that tries to out-Raid the last, could Furie lead to something interesting happening in Vietnam? It seems less likely - that country's film output has always been comparatively slower than many of the other larger nations in south-east Asia.
But it can't harm matters either. Especially when it's able to call on the services of Veronica Ngo, who has been seen notably in The Last Jedi and Bright, and absolutely good on her for returning to her home country to grace this terrific action thriller with her presence. I really hope that her decision…
