Furioza
Violence, language, drugs, sex in tired action movie.
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Furioza
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A Lot or a Little?
The parents' guide to what's in this movie.
What Parents Need to Know
Parents need to know that Furioza is a 2022 action movie in which a doctor must infiltrate a soccer hooligan gang to keep his brother out of prison. Expect a lot of violence and strong language. The gang gets into assorted meleés with rivals -- fighting with punches and kicks, sometimes knives, and later, guns and assault rifles. When not getting into fights or terrorizing the local populace, the gang likes to unwind by engaging in MMA-style fighting, either in their gym or in secret contests held in warehouses. One of the villains uses a pitchfork as a weapon -- stabbing someone in the foot with it, and killing someone else by stabbing it into their chest. Stabbing deaths, shooting deaths. Hand cut off with a machete. Characters beaten with bats, cut with swords. In terms of profanity, "f--k" is used all the time, and "c--t" used several times. Also: "buttf--k," "s--t," "bulls--t," "d--k," "bitch," "dammit," "crap." Homosexual slur used. Cocaine use. Shot drinking, beer drinking. Brief nudity (breasts, buttocks). Characters have sex. In Polish, with English subtitles.
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What's the Story?
In FURIOZA, Dawid is a doctor who has done his best to escape from his past associations with the soccer hooligans in his neighborhood. When he was a teen, he witnessed his friend Daro get stabbed to death by a rival gang, and he was blamed by some in the gang, called Furioza, for being too soft when it was time to fight. Daro's sister, Savage, becomes a cop after the killing. As the violence persists, Savage revisits her ex-boyfriend Dawid, and presents an ultimatum: Either he returns to Furioza and infiltrates them, or his brother and leader of the gang, Kasabian, goes to prison. Reluctantly, Dawid returns to Furioza and must confront his past, as he discovers that some in the gang, including his rival Goldie, have graduated to drug smuggling. Dawid also finds that he has learned to overcome his hesitations and enjoys the violence and camaraderie of the gang. Savage must find a way to keep Dawid from getting too attached to the gang, while also trying to keep him and Kasabian from getting killed.
Is It Any Good?
This is an action movie that tries, but doesn't quite succeed, at getting past the limitations of the genre. Clocking in around the two-hour and twenty-minute mark, Furioza tells the story of Dawid and Savage, two characters trying to escape their violent pasts, only to find themselves getting pulled right back in. These are the only two somewhat likable characters in the movie, as the other characters who are members of this Furioza gang are varying degrees of jock/bully/macho stock characters that only stand out from one another by how loud they are, how violent they can get, and how much they bench when not fighting, which they usually are.
It doesn't take long for the machismo to grow tiresome, and it's not like this kind of meathead stupidity isn't common in action movies. There are times when the off-the-charts testosterone in this movie makes the Fast and the Furious franchise look like an adaptation of a Jane Austen novel, and that's not a good thing. Even antiheroes, especially antiheroes, need to have at least some charm or provide some kind of entertainment value. Except for Dawid and a cynical cop (played by the great Lukasz Simlat, who starred in the incredible Netflix series The Mire), the men in this movie are pale, overbearing variations of masculine cliches in action movies, and aside from Savage, the women in this movie seem to exist solely to be eye candy for the men when they're not fighting. Unfortunately, all the fighting, yelling, killing, swearing, and sex doesn't make the time watching this movie fly by.
Talk to Your Kids About ...
Families can talk about the constant violence and profanity in Furioza. How are these intended to show how tough these characters are? Does it come across as a way to show what these characters are like, or does it seem gratuitous? Why?
How is Savage different from the way in which the other women in the movie are presented?
In terms of character types and story, how is this similar to and different from other action movies you've seen?
Movie Details
- On DVD or streaming: April 6, 2022
- Cast: Mateusz Banasiuk, Weronika Ksiazkiewicz, Wojciech Zielinski
- Studio: Netflix
- Genre: Action/Adventure
- Run time: 239 minutes
- MPAA rating: NR
- Last updated: February 17, 2023
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