According to Variety, Hong Kong director Kenji Tanigaki's 'The Furious'—opening in U.S. theaters today—follows a father rescuing his kidnapped daughter from a trafficking ring. But the real story is the action choreography: Tanigaki blended multiple martial arts styles into balletic fight sequences, with the film's final showdown requiring eighteen days of meticulous shooting. It's action filmmaking at the level of craft.

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