Critics and fans often disagree on movies, but one new action movie is uniting them on Rotten Tomatoes. The Furious is both certified fresh by Rotten Tomatoes critics and certified hot by the website’s users.
The Furious is a Chinese, English-language martial arts action movie that opened this weekend in American theaters. The Furious already had a strong critics’ score on Rotten Tomatoes, and that score remains at 97% positive. Now fans have weighed in, giving the action epic a 95% positive user rating.
What Are Critics and Audiences Saying About The Furious?
The critics’ consensus for The Furious on Rotten Tomatoes reads, “The Furious detonates into a relentless, blood-soaked spectacle of breathtakingly inventive martial arts choreography, with director Kenji Tanigaki delivering a brutal, balletic action extravaganza.” Some are saying The Furious is the best action movie of the 2020s.
Top critics like those at RogerEbert.com say of The Furious, “The dialogue is atrocious, the plotting is goofy, and no one will care because Tanigaki has conceived, choreographed, and executed some of the most impressive fight scenes in years.” TheWrap calls it “One of the best fight movies of the 21st century. It’s a spectacular, run-and-gun, beat ‘em up, martial arts extravaganza.”
Fans are voicing similar praise. Rotten Tomatoes users say The Furious is “Probably the best martial arts action film since The Raid 2,” and “Top five best action movies ever!!! Top five best martial arts. movies ever!!!”
What Is The Furious About?
In The Furious, when his daughter Rainy is snatched off the street, simple tradesman Konggu fights his way through a complex web of criminals and evil agents in a frantic attempt to win her back by any means necessary. Konggu’s only ally is tireless journalist Navin, who has been tracking the criminal syndicate behind Rainy’s disappearance for years while seeking justice for his own lost love. These two men from completely different backgrounds must learn to trust and collaborate, drawing on combat skills from their own hidden pasts, if they are to have any hope of successfully navigating this foreign landscape to save Rainy from the grip of evil.
Kenji Tanigaki directed The Furious from a screenplay written by Mak Tin Shu, Lei Zhilong, Shum Kwan Sin, and Frank Hui. The Furious stars Xie Miao, Joe Taslim, Yang Enyou, Brian Le, and Joey Iwanaga.
The Furious was produced by Bill Kong, who had a hand in the 2000 martial arts classic Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon and 2020’s Mulan. He previously told Variety of The Furious, “I want to tell the world that we are still alive, and we are capable to do even better action movie for the world. It’s been over 10 years since The Raid came out. Where are all the great martial art formations anymore?”
The Furious is now playing in theaters.
- Release Date
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June 10, 2026
- Runtime
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113 minutes
- Director
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Kenji Tanigaki