India, June 17 -- Every generation gets a few action films that completely change the rules of the genre and remind audiences why they fell in love with it in the first place. These are the films that leave a permanent mark because they refuse to play it safe. We saw it in the electrifying energy of '90s Hong Kong neo-noir, the unforgettable corridor action sequence in Park Chan Wook's Oldboy, and the savage intensity of The Raid, among others. The Furious comfortably earns its place alongside them. Directed by veteran stunt master Kenji Tanigaki, the film is a reminder that action cinema still has the power to evolve, surprise and reinvent itself.

Wang Wei (Xie Miao), a mute Chinese migrant and skilled martial artist, lives a quiet life...