Furies (2023)
- Country: Vietnam
- Action Director: Samuel Kefi Abrikh
- Directed by: Veronica Ngo
- Starring: Đồng Ánh Quỳnh, Rima Thanh Vy, Thuận Nguyễn, Tóc Tiên, Veronica Ngo
Fast and furious rape-revenge movie from the multitalented Veronica Ngo, making her third directorial feature in a fascinating career which has seen her move from singing star to Hollywood to Vietnam’s biggest action filmmaker. A prequel to the excellent 2019 martial arts film, Furie – in which Ngo played a mother on the hunt for her kidnapped daughter – as director, she is unflinching in her depiction of Ho Chi Minh City’s seedy, sleazy side, and the violent criminal underworld who frequent it. As an actor, she plays a different character from before, Jacqueline, a mysterious matriarch who recruits three young street …
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