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The Furious (2025)

The Furious poster
Original title
火遮眼
Directed by
Kenji Tanigaki
Genre
action film
Country
Hong Kong
Runtime
1h 53m
Rated
R
Rating
7.4 of 10 from 197 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

An ordinary man tries to rescue his kidnapped daughter from a criminal empire. He gets help from a journalist to fight the people holding his child.

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What happens

The Furious (Chinese: 火遮眼) is a 2025 English-language Hong Kong action film, directed by Kenji Tanigaki. It stars Xie Miao as an ordinary man who, with journalist Navin's (Joe Taslim) help, fights a criminal empire to rescue his kidnapped daughter (Yang Enyou). The cast also features Brian Le, Joey Iwanaga, Yayan Ruhian, and Jeeja Yanin. The film had its world premiere at the 50th Toronto International Film Festival on 6 September 2025. It was theatrically released in Hong Kong on 12 June 2026 and received critical acclaim. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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