Martial arts director Kenji Tanigaki's new film 'The Furious' has a problem: four screenwriters couldn't craft a decent script. What they did get right, according to Variety's Guy Lodge, is the action choreography. The film's intricate fight sequences are stunningly executed, making the weak dialogue and thin plot nearly irrelevant. It's a film that knows exactly what it's good at—and leans into it completely.

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