Aliens from the astral plane comes to Earth and only martial artists can fight them.
Written and directed by Tom Everitt and Tom Sartori, the film here is not particularly well done on the fronts of writing and directing. Sadly, this is one of those films with the potential of being so-bad-it’s-good but missing the mark. There is something here, a few scenes here and there work really well but that is definitely not the majority, and it becomes difficult to keep interest in the film as the story goes back and forth, giving all the twists and turns it can and nailing very few of them. There is something here, but it’s not enough to justify a rewatch beyond the few it took for get through the film for review.
The cast here is ok, not great, but ok. The Rhee brothers, Simon and Phillip, are decent and really save the film overall, giving two reasons to keep watching. Their performances here are not career best, but they aren’t terrible either. The rest of the cast leaves a lot to be desired in how they approach their roles and bring their characters to life, leaving the viewer a bit perplexed as to why some performance decisions were made and how they came to be, or rather how they were kept in the final film.
The Rhee brothers also did the fight choreography, which is decent here, perhaps the highlight of the film even. Their work saves the film for this viewer between their fight choreography work and acting (best of the bunch, even if not their best). They are the reason to check out this film for those not looking for a bad movie to see.
Overall, Furious is a pretty bad film that doesn’t hit right except for some of the fight scenes. Getting to those scenes is a problem though as the story feels like a sludge to get through, like there wasn’t much of a script to start with and things were made up as they went along, something that doesn’t always work, the film here is not that interesting and does not reach the level of terribleness required to be fascinating on a whole new plane.
While the film is not exactly great, fans of bad cinema should be delighted and this new release by Video Vengeance goes almost all out with its content and packaging. The transfer here is in standard definition and very much looks it, giving off a more VHS look than a Blu-ray one. The sound works along the same quality line. The extras here are numerous, so fans of the film should be well served. Somewhere between the two commentaries, one from cinema experts and one from co-director Tim Everitt, the interviews with both Sartori and Everitt (separately), a no-budget martial arts primer, behind-the-scenes footage, limited edition slipcase (which looks great), an included throwing star key tag, and a bunch more, collectors should be in heaven.