‘The Furious’ Producer Bill Kong Guarantees Sequel Will Be “Better Than the First” [Exclusive]

Kenji Tanigaki’s The Furious hits theaters soon. Even with all the buzz, I’m not sure fans are ready for what they’re about to see. Because “hits” barely even begins to describe it. Tanigaki’s film lives up to the title and then some. The sort of movie that grabs you by the face with bloody hands, screams at you with the fury of one thousand suns, and then kicks you through the wall. Action-packed, intense, and loaded with gory fight scenes that rip and tear through bodies like nothing more than meat, it’s one of the greatest martial arts films in years. If that wasn’t exciting enough, it sounds like a sequel could very well be on the way.

Recently, I had the immense pleasure of sitting down with executive producer Bill Kong. For those who may be unfamiliar with him, you almost certainly know of his work. Kong was a producer on one of the most influential martial arts movies of all time, Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon. He also produced bangers such as House of Flying Daggers and Hero. He knows a thing or two about how to deliver an effective action movie. Namely, keep it simple, with a heavy focus on the primal emotions at the heart of it all.

“We were looking for a good story that addressed the world,” said Kong. “You don’t need to use your brain too much. All you need is your eyes and your heart, you know, all we need is to get the emotion of the character into the audience, and get that in quickly, and then start the ride. That’s the idea of making a film…That’s what we aim for, is something where it will touch as many people as possible around the world.”

The Furious has more than enough potential to do exactly that. Though the story is a good one, it’s not all that complex. A little girl is kidnapped, and her mute father, Wang Wei, is god damn furious. That’s it. Played by , he and eventual partner in ass-kicking, Navin (), embark on a mission to get the girl back and take out anyone involved along the way. It’s brutal. It’s angry. And it’s a film raging at the injustices around the world that anyone in any country can understand, language barrier be damned.