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‘Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon’ Producer Bill Kong Aims to Reset Martial Arts Genre With ‘The Furious,’ Directed by Tanigaki Kenji


Bill Kong is cautious, vastly experienced and has an impeccable reputation as a key gateway between Hollywood and China to maintain. He is someone far more likely to deadpan than gush.

So, to hear him getting into high gear with a pitch for his bucket list martial arts movie project “The Furious” immediately invites comparison with previous Kong-produced action pictures including Oscar-winner “Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon,” “Jet Li’s Fearless” or the Zhang Yimou-directed “Hero.”

“I’m going to do an action movie that rocks the world. And to prove that Hong Kong still has something to give the film industry. I want to show that Asian people can still make an action movie that is better than the rest of the world,” Kong tells Variety.

Significantly, “The Furious” is a project made by Hong Kong, rather than made in Hong Kong. Kong’s Edko Films is financing and producing. XYZ Films is producing and handling world sales (excluding China, Hong Kong and Macau). The film is scripted by Mak Tin Shu and is produced by Kong, Frank Hui and Shan Tam. Executive producers are Todd Brown and Aram Tertzakian of XYZ Films.


麥天樞（英語：Mak Tin Shu，1983年—），香港電影編劇，2000年代中投身香港電影界，2016年至2017年憑《樹大招風》分別奪得第36屆香港電影金像獎最佳編劇及第53屆金馬獎最佳原著劇本獎，2023年憑《神探大戰》再奪第41屆香港電影金像獎最佳編劇。現為銀河映像的主要創作班底。

(By producing the film without mainland Chinese finance or production partners, it can be made without reference to Chinese censorship considerations at script stage. And Kong expects the finished work to be treated as an import.)

Starting production in Bangkok, Thailand, earlier this week, the English-language action thriller is directed by Japanese stunt director and action choreographer Tanigaki Kenji.

And it boasts a pan-Asian cast headed by China’s Xie Miao, Indonesia’s Joe Taslim (“The Raid: Redemption,” “Star Trek Beyond”), Thailand’s Jeeja Yanin (“Chocolate”), Yang Enyu and Indonesia’s Yayan Ruhian (“Star Wars: Episode VII – The Force Awakens,” “The Raid”).


Fittingly, the story is straightforward. When his daughter is snatched off the street, simple tradesman Konggu (Xie) fights his way through a complex web of criminals in a frantic attempt to win her back by any means necessary. His only ally is tireless journalist Navin (Taslim). The two men from utterly different backgrounds must learn to trust, collaborate and draw on combat skills from their own hidden pasts.


But if the pitch has echoes of other revenge movies, Kong says he is setting the bar far higher. “If we fail, ‘The Furious’ will only be as good as ‘The Raid’ or ‘Taken,’” he says. “We also want the characters to move people.”

There is an industry mission too. “Through this film, I want us to discover the new Yuen Woo-ping, the new Sammo Hung and the new Donnie Yen,” Kong says, referencing the martial arts choreographer who directed “Crouching Tiger,” whose shoes Tanigaki is expected to fill, and to past and present icons of the Asian martial arts genre.

Tanigaki already has impressive credits in Asia, including action work on Soi Cheang’s “Monkey King” and Japanese anime-to live action franchise “Rurouni Kenshin.” Kong now likens Tanigaki to the top names in Hollywood who have made the transition from action and stunts to film directing. “Think what Chad Stahelski was before directing ‘John Wick,’ of ‘Deadpool’s David Leitch or ‘Extraction’s’ Sam Hargraves,” he says. “That’s what Tanagaki is in Asia right now.”

主演

謝苗

Joe Taslim (Mortal Kombat Subzero)

Jeeja Yanin (女拳霸)

Yayan Ruhian (突擊死亡塔 Mad Dog)