About this episode

The episode reviews the 2025 action film The Furious and discusses its standout action sequences and potential status as a top martial arts film.

In this episode, we review the 2025 English language Hong Kong action film The Furious, directed by Kenji Tanigaki and starring Xie Miao and Joe Taslim. We discuss our favorite action sequences from the film, and we debate whether this may be the best martial arts action movie of the last decade. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Topics covered

• action film
• martial arts
• film review
• action sequences
• best movies

Keywords

• The Furious
• action film
• martial arts
• Kenji Tanigaki
• Xie Miao
• Joe Taslim
• film review

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Kenji Tanigaki

Books & works: The Furious

Places: Hong Kong

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