This year saw the release of one of the greatest action thrillers not just of the modern era, but of all time, and it has quickly shot up the streaming charts after debuting on a popular platform. Merging elements of modern action classics The Raid and Liam Neeson’s Taken while stretching violently elite martial arts spectacle to the absolute limit, the 2026 action thriller has already certified itself as the action event of the year, and it’s about to become the new streaming must-see.
Pure, Unrelenting Action Movie Thrills Await…
All manner of action legends collide in The Furious, as choreographer-turned-filmmaker Tanigaki Kenji (Raging Fire, Twilight of the Warriors: Walled In) brings together a cast of actors and fighters in Xie Miao (My Father Is a Hero), Joe Taslim (The Raid, Mortal Kombat II), Jeeja Yanin (Triple Threat), Yang Enyu (Eye for an Eye 2), Brian Le (The Brothers Sun), Joey Iwanaga (Rurouni Kenshin: Final Chapter Part I – The Final), and Yayan Ruhian (The Raid franchise) for the tale of a father fighting to find his kidnapped daughter.
After witnessing his daughter being taken, a seemingly ordinary man unleashes his skills as he sets out on a violent path to get her back. But while this may sound a lot like the better-known action thriller hit Taken, The Furious is a relentless, non-stop action exhibition the likes of which even Liam Neeson wouldn’t be able to keep up with. Scoring 97% from critics and 95% from audiences on Rotten Tomatoes and hailed as one of the best of the year, The Furious is now streaming on 
STARZ as of Sept. 26, where it is quickly climbing the top 10 and catching up to Jason Statham’s Shelter, and Henry Cavill and Guy Ritchie’s In the Grey, among others.
Starz Top 10: Movies
RANK
TITLE
01.
In the Grey
02.
Michael
03.
The Housemaid
04.
Shelter
05.
The Furious
06.
Southpaw
07.
The Hate U Give
08.
Hierarchy
09.
Focus
10.
The Bourne Identity
‘The Furious’ Delivers No-Nonsense Action With Complex Martial Arts Skill
Boasting the kind of no-nonsense premise that action classics are often made of, The Furious lives up to its title as it unleashes pure martial arts mayhem. Truly, we haven’t seen ruthless action thriller majesty like this since Mad Max: Fury Road. Just replace the cars with fists. Displaying a wide variety of distinct, even character-specific fighting styles (our main stars, Xie Miao and Joe Taslim, use wushu and judo, respectively, allowing for an exciting combination of slick, close-quarters combat with grappling and groundwork), The Furious delivers both a crowd-pleasing action flick and something expertly technical. And all carried out by icons at the top of their game to create something that MovieWeb summed up perfectly as a “hurricane of savage beatdowns.”
“It’s not hyperbole to say that the film has some of the best action and fight choreography to grace the silver screen in recent years. Famed Japanese stunt coordinator and director Kenji Tanigaki delivers martial-arts bliss with a truly gifted ensemble. All the players deserve credit for jaw-dropping scenes that will literally have audiences cheering out loud.”
Release Date
June 10, 2026
Runtime
113 minutes
Director
Kenji Tanigaki
Writers
Mak Tin-Shu, Shum Kwan-sin, Frank Hui, Lei Zhilong
Producers
Bill Kong Chi-Keung, Frank Hui, Tam Chi-San