Hong Kong Action Film Stars Joe Taslim

Calling it now battle followers, we could have an all-time motion traditional on our fingers.

Lionsgate launched the primary official trailer for its upcoming Hong Kong motion movie The Furious, and the phrases brutal and intense can be seared on to your mind after watching it.

Kenji Tanigaki‘s film is an amalgam of the very best of Asian action cinema and features Chinese actor Xie Miao (aka Mo Tse, who starred with Jet Li in The New Legend of Shaolin and My Father Is a Hero) and Indonesian star Joe Taslim (yes, the guy from The Raid films and also Sub-Zero in the Mortal Kombat movies). The cast also includes Indonesian action favorite Yayan Ruhian (another breakout star from Gareth Evans’ Raid movies) and Thai actress Yanin Vismitananda (Europe Raiders, Triple Threat).

Though The Furious is just Japan-born Tanigaki’s third outing as a director, the filmmaker is one thing of a legend in Hong Kong cinema having been the stunt co-ordinator or battle choreographer for movies similar to Flash Point, Hidden Man, Raging Fire and Twilight of the Warriors: Walled In, in addition to the Hollywood movie Blade II.

The plot of movie revolves round Wei (Xie), a father desparately looking for his daughter after she was kidnapped by an international organized crime group. Helping Wei is Navin (Taslim), a journalist with secrets and techniques of his personal. Together they battle their by the felony underworld to rescue Wei’s daughter.

The Furious premiered as a part of the Midnight Madness sidebar of the 2025 Toronto Film Festival and was an enormous hit with viewers, ending as runners up within the People’s Choice Award. After its debut at TIFF, Lionsgate acquired the worldwide rights (excluding China, Hong Kong and Macao) to the movie.

The Furious hits theaters on May 29.