‘The Furious’ Has No Post-Credits Scene, But You Won’t Want to Leave Your Seat Anyway

The martial arts world has a new contender for the crown, and it arrived with an almost absurd amount of critical goodwill. ‘The Furious’ opened in theaters on June 12, 2026, backed by a staggering wave of critical enthusiasm and distributed internationally by Lionsgate. For a film that practically dares you to blink during its relentless runtime, the burning question on every genre fan’s mind before sitting down is a simple one: should you stick around after the final punch lands?

The answer, confirmed and settled, is no. There is no post-credits scene in ‘The Furious’, so audiences are free to leave the theater right when the movie ends without worrying about missing anything. But given what plays out across those 113 minutes, that is far less of a disappointment than it sounds on paper.

What ‘The Furious’ Is Actually About

At the center of the film is Wang Wei, played by Xie Miao, a mute handyman with a mysterious past who lives with his beloved daughter Rainy. When Rainy is kidnapped by a gang of vile human traffickers, Wang launches into action, forced to act because the local cops are corrupt and not willing to offer any help.

One of the things that makes ‘The Furious’ stand out is its pan-Asian production background, with the story set in an unnamed but palpably corrupt country where English is used as the lingua franca. The geography is deliberately vague, but the stakes and the fury behind every fight feel entirely specific and grounded.

Wang Wei does not waste his chance to pit the two heroes against each other before teaming them up. Navin goes undercover to locate his missing wife, and together he and Wang Wei form a perfect heroic duo. The film wastes no time establishing its priorities: beautiful violence, primal stakes, and two men built to destroy anyone who gets in their way.

Wang Wei is described by IndieWire as a non-verbal tradesman whose talents for catching hammers, sensing villains, and running 100 miles per hour in flip-flops suggests that he might have a secret history of killing people.

The Cast That Makes It Unmissable

Xie Miao delivers his entire portrayal of Wang Wei through sign language, body language, quick note scribbling, and the physicality of his fight scenes, resulting in a genuinely visceral performance as a quiet, reserved man made unstoppable by a father’s protective instincts. It is a remarkably physical piece of acting, communicating volumes without a single spoken word.

Joe Taslim, with his charisma and flair for languages, handles most of the exposition but also holds his own in the action scenes. His character, a citizen journalist determined to track down his missing wife, makes for an effective foil. The interplay between Taslim’s cool control and Xie Miao’s explosive energy gives the film its heartbeat.

The supporting cast features Joey Iwanaga as the bloodthirsty antagonist Pak Lung, Brian Le bringing impressive agility combined with blunt force as Ho, and Yayan Ruhian stepping into his signature role as a villain of tiny stature who gives all who oppose him a tremendously fearsome adversary as Pak Lung’s bow-and-arrow wielding right-hand man, Tak. Ruhian fans will not be disappointed.

Director Kenji Tanigaki’s Singular Vision

‘The Furious’ is directed by Japanese action choreographer turned director Kenji Tanigaki, who designed action sequences in ‘Twilight of the Warriors: Walled In’ and ‘Hidden Man’. This is the film where everything he has spent decades refining finally comes together in one explosive package.

Tanigaki made no secret of what separated this production from typical Hollywood action fare, stating plainly that he had no interest in making actors who cannot move look as if they can, and that the cast has real skills from different martial arts disciplines, with everything practical. That philosophy is visible in every frame.

For fans of Asian action and particularly Hong Kong action cinema, ‘The Furious’ is a playground of stunts combined with environments and props consistently being transformed into traps and weaponry. Nods and references to Hong Kong action classics dot the runtime like a delectable seasoning, including an aluminum ladder wielded like a bo staff from ‘Jackie Chan’s First Strike’ and an ice factory brawl referencing ‘The Big Boss’.

Every villain they come across is detestable to the point where audiences can’t wait to see the heroes beat them to a bloody pulp, and the most memorable of the bad guys is Tak, played by Yayan Ruhian, wielding a bow and arrow with terrifying precision and operating like an unstoppable killing machine offering no mercy.

Critical Reception and the ‘The Raid’ Comparisons

The critical response to ‘The Furious’ has been, in a word, staggering. On the day of its theatrical release, ‘The Furious’ held a 99% score on Rotten Tomatoes after 90 total reviews, coupled with a 94% audience score. The single negative review came from Kelly Vance of East Bay Express, who found the film too familiar. That lone dissent barely registers against the overwhelming tide of praise.

William Bibbiani of TheWrap described it as one of the best fight movies of the 21st century and a spectacular, run-and-gun, beat-em-up martial arts extravaganza. RogerEbert.com’s Brian Tallerico acknowledged that while the dialogue is rough and the plotting goofy, no one will care because Tanigaki has conceived, choreographed, and executed some of the most impressive fight scenes in years.

Critics have gone so far as to compare it to the gold standard of action cinema, calling it the best martial arts film in years, with some saying its action is on par with ‘The Raid’ films. High praise does not get much higher than that in this genre.

The film had its world premiere at the 50th Toronto International Film Festival on September 6, 2025, with production from Edko Films, Zhejiang Hengdian Film, and XYZ Films, and is distributed internationally by Lionsgate Films. The long road from that festival midnight premiere to its wide theatrical release has only amplified the buzz.

Should You Stay After the Credits Roll?

To circle back to the original question: no, there is nothing waiting for you at the end of those credits. Many movies, especially those that are part of a franchise, will include extra footage at the end to tease future installments or to give audiences some bonus content, and fans who check out movies these days are often expecting something in the credits. ‘The Furious’ bucks that trend entirely.

Fans of Asian action may find themselves wishing for an end-credits montage of outtakes from the hair-raising stunts, which are notably absent despite the wealth of material the production clearly generated. It is one of the very few things about the film that leaves you wanting more in a way the filmmakers perhaps did not intend.

What ‘The Furious’ does instead is trust its audience to leave the theater already buzzing. Watching it with a packed audience hooting, hollering, cheering, and guffawing at the mayhem unleashed on screen has been described as one of the movie-going highlights of the year, and at times ‘The Furious’ feels like it is inventing a whole new language as it throws one insane action scene after another at the screen. A sequel tease would almost feel unnecessary after that kind of finale.

Whether you think ‘The Furious’ can realistically challenge ‘The Raid’ as the definitive modern martial arts film is exactly the debate this movie deserves, so drop your take below.