9 Crazy Facts That Prove the Making of The Furious 2025 Was More Insane Than The Film

The Furious (2025) is an electrifyingly intense action film whose flawless choreography and impeccable stunt coordination make it one of the finest of the decade. The director, Kenji Tanigaki, has a three-decade career in action choreography, which has led him to assemble some of the world’s most talented martial artists who fight like lightning.

A closer look at the making of The Furious 2025 reveals the meticulous planning and rigorous training that went into the film. Amidst all that fight mayhem, the camera remained steady, dumping any blurriness that could have brought the film down. It is this perfectionism that earned the film a 98% critics’ score on Rotten Tomatoes despite a very basic storyline. 

Facts about the making of The Furious 2025

1. Tanigaki and the producer Bill Kong wanted to make the ultimate martial arts pic for international viewing. Emotional stunt work was prioritized over heavy CGI. Tanigaki’s preference for the wider shots made the carnage in the fast-paced action scenes as real as possible, surprisingly, with fewer camera cuts. 

2. Moreover, the reason for doing so was that Kong admits that competing with big American studios is hard, as they have the expertise and money to make the films look bigger. Digitally, Kong considers themselves “kindergarteners,” while the big Hollywood studios are professionals.

So, they wanted to bring to the world what Hollywood can’t. They got actors who actually fell to the ground and used real fists in fighting. Going back to basics was the key to bringing the fight beauty that they did in reality. 

3. The character-driven fighting gave the film an emotional weight. The actors had real martial arts backgrounds in one way or another, while the presence of a mute protagonist meant the intensity and emotion were to be communicated physically and via combat. 

4. Bill Kong deliberately wanted the story to be as simple as possible, but kept the character work fantastic. In his opinion, people should be able to connect with the characters. It was tricky to find good action fighters as well as good actors, and luckily, they found both. 

5. According to Variety, the intense final 20-minute showdown fight sequence took 18 days to shoot, which previously was meant to be between the two good guys (Xie Miao and Joe Taslim) and the two bad guys (Yayan Ruhian and Joey Iwanaga). However, the director later thought about a better plan and introduced the mega-baddie, Brian Lee. 

6. The five-person fight took two months to rehearse. One person sitting or standing on top of another was like giving your life in the other person’s hands and still questioning, “Will we be able to make it?” And they certainly did!

7. The brutal ice fight scenes were the most “hurtful” scenes because the ice and the weapons are getting hit on the head, but no one feels anything. It makes them tough like a rock and stand up again to fight with the last bit of strength they have left. All of this, without any dialogue and only the feel of the entire fight sequence, makes it strikingly authentic. The filmmakers were of the view that not everyone knows the pain of getting hit by a bullet or knife, but they do know how bad it hurts when you hit the corner of the table. Using this kind of atmosphere brought more genuineness to the narrow or irregular spaces in the buildings. 

8. The director wanted the movie to have as much realism as possible. The film was shot in Bangkok, Thailand, for a reason, as he thought the place wasn’t “prefabricated.” In fact, the tenement building called Snake Pit actually exists right in the middle of the city. The rawness of the urban environment was mandatory for the film, as the director wanted to capture something “raw.”

9. Tanigaki showed interest in making a sequel but left the decision in the audience’s hands. He mentioned that it depends on the film’s success whether the viewers want more or not. Certainly, the critics’ and audience scores are the proof.

And certainly, we want the entire story of Wang Wei, the mute father, and his head injury, which the film’s ending left unanswered.