{"id":701791,"date":"2026-06-13T13:43:11","date_gmt":"2026-06-13T13:43:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/701791\/"},"modified":"2026-06-13T13:43:11","modified_gmt":"2026-06-13T13:43:11","slug":"the-furious-how-they-shot-the-crazy-fight-scenes-and-ending-brawl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/701791\/","title":{"rendered":"‘The Furious’: How They Shot the Crazy Fight Scenes and Ending Brawl"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tWhile the premise of \u201cThe Furious<\/a>\u201d is simple \u2014\u00a0a father named Wang Wei (Xie Miao) must find his daughter after she is kidnapped by a child trafficking ring \u2014\u00a0it\u2019s the springboard for a nonstop flurry of action. Kenji Tanigaki\u2019s Hong Kong epic,\u00a0which opens in American theaters today via Lionsgate Films, stars some of the world\u2019s most talented martial artists fighting quickly as a steady camera follows, ditching any blurriness that might come from lesser hands. Our hero and the scores of villains alike rely on found objects, quick wits and even faster blows in order to wage combat, with moves that hit like a fist smashing bricks.<\/p>\n

\n\tTanigaki, who has had a three-decade career in action choreography and stunt coordination, says that much of the electricity in his fight scenes comes from having talent with different styles square off.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cI\u2019m so lucky to have a good choreographer and stunt team,\u201d he says. \u201cWe think together and set pieces come first: Who fights who and what kind of style, because in action cinema, the characterization is very important. So we use our actors\u2019 own martial arts background. Xie Miao is a Chinese Wushu, Joe Taslim is a Judo. This Judo versus Chinese Wushu is very simple but a big difference. So our choreography comes from this point first. Because Joe Taslim is a Judo, he tries to grab Xie Miao and throw him, right? But Xie Miao tries to keep the distance from Joe, as Joe tries to close in.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tWhile the action is fast-paced, Tanigaki and his DP Meteor Cheung worked to make sure it would look fluid for audiences. Their secret? Incorporate the cameras into fight training early on.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cWe asked our actors to join rehearsals a month and a half before shooting,\u201d he says. \u201cAt the same time, I asked our DP to come into our rehearsal room one month before the shooting. They can talk to each other. Many times nowadays, it\u2019s a bit unfair to the camera team because they are the department that joins at the last minute. So many times they don\u2019t know the choreography.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tFor the film\u2019s climactic fight \u2014\u00a0an epic, 20-minute battle \u2014\u00a0Tanigaki managed an impressively long shoot.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cI spent 18 days on that police station set piece,\u201d he says, looking surprised that he actually survived the process.<\/p>\n

\n\tIn fact, the epic scope of that fight grew as a result of some last-minute ingenuity from Tanigaki. Originally, it was a brawl between the good guys (Miao and Taslim) and the bad guys (Yayan Ruhian and Joey Iwanaga) \u2014 until Tanigaki decided to revive an enormous bruiser (Brian Le) to throw the melee into total chaos.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cIn the ending fight, it was originally two guys versus two guys,\u201d he says. \u201cIt was very normal. But I really love the character played by Brian Le. He\u2019s a villain. He\u2019s a bad guy, but he\u2019s such a lovely character. So I really wanted him to come back. That\u2019s how our five guys fight from three different parties came about.\u201d <\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cThe Furious\u201d is opening during a crowded box office<\/a>, but Tanigaki hopes audiences show up \u2014 so he can continue exploring this universe with a second film.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cI want to\u00a0do a sequel, but\u00a0first of all, the first one must be\u00a0very successful,\u201d he says. \u201cSo I really need audience support. It\u2019s on the audience\u2019s shoulders, and then let me shoot a sequel.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tWatch the trailer for \u201cThe Furious\u201d below.<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"While the premise of \u201cThe Furious\u201d is simple \u2014\u00a0a father named Wang Wei (Xie Miao) must find his…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":701792,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[88,74219],"class_list":["post-701791","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-entertainment","tag-the-furious"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/701791","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=701791"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/701791\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/701792"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=701791"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=701791"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=701791"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}