Overview
- The Furious expanded into U.S. theaters on June 12, 2026, after premiering at the Toronto International Film Festival in September 2025.
- Critics have praised the film almost unanimously, giving it a near‑perfect Rotten Tomatoes rating reported as 99% from dozens of reviews and very high audience scores.
- Coverage singles out director Kenji Tanigaki, action choreographer Kensuke Sonomura, and the stunt team for the film’s long, inventive and often punishing practical fight sequences filmed on the streets of Bangkok.
- The plot is deliberately spare: a mute tradesman and a journalist hunt a kidnapped child through corrupt networks, a framework critics say exists mainly to showcase the action without heavy plotting.
- Lionsgate is distributing the film with a reported $20 million budget, but the release is more limited than other wide openings and no official streaming window has been announced, leaving its commercial reach and sequel hopes tied to audience turnout.