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‘Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon’ Producer Bill Kong Aims to Reset Martial Arts Genre With ‘The Furious,’ Directed by Tanigaki Kenji (EXCLUSIVE)
Producer Bill Kong and director Tanigaki Kenji aim to reset the action movie bar with 'The Furious,' a thriller now starting production in Bangkok.
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.” 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. He explains his approach to directing “The Furious” as bringing together multiple different forms of martial arts, a cast of athlete-actors, minimal stunt doubles and CGI and lashings of rehearsal time.
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