Furious (2017) User Reviews (39)

Incredible visuals, great story.

[paulclaassen · 7/10 · 10 July 2019]

Bloody hell, the visuals are stunning!! This Russian action adventure drama is beautifully filmed, with incredible visuals and photography, and an awesome score to accompany it.

I enjoyed the characters and the survival element of the film. Ilya Malakov did a fantastic job as Kolovrat, a young man who believes he is 13 again every time he wakes up - due to a head injury when he was just 13. All the characters were likable, and the actors were really good. I felt their pain, agony, joy, defeat and determination. This was wonderful!

Nicely Done

[Foutainoflife · 7/10 · 15 December 2018]

I enjoyed this film about an amnesic soldier hell bent on revenge. It gets a 7 star rating from me mostly because the english translation was broken and it hindered my ability to understand all that was taking place. Even with that barrier, I still understood most of what was going on and I liked what I was seeing. One thing that really helped out was how beautiful some of the camera and CGI work was. I'm glad I checked it out.

good one

[andreasz-2381 · 7/10 · 4 March 2018]

I absolutley enjoyed the movie, the style, the actors, costumes, camera work, etc.. It is miles better than the russian movie Vikings.

a hero's portrait

[Kirpianuscus · 9 July 2018]

The recipe is familiar. the purpose is obvious. and the references to 300 Spartans are, in few points, a good detail ( except the poor Batu Khan transformed in clone of Xerxes ). the slices of video games are, maybe, useful. love, revenge, a vulnerable hero and something who only the historical Russian films give. a sort of heroism who defines more the passion than the art. the historical accuracy is not the virtue, the portrait of mongols is just a sketch with many cliches but it is a beautiful homage to a legendary hero. and that is the key. sure, not ignoring the propaganda aspect and , in my case, the profound subjectivity - Kolovratov was one of the heroes of my childhood..

Well made film. Turn the English dub off though. Read the subtitles.

[frankblack-79961 · 7/10 · 27 May 2021]

Quite an enjoyable film. Interesting depiction of the Mongol Horde. Great sword play and even a giant Russian bear gets in on the action! Watch in the original russian language though. The English dub is atrocious. Subtitles are much better for this film.

Not bad not so good

[olderman-01464 · 6/10 · 30 November 2017]

First of all I could say that film is the mix 300 spartians and Russian movie The Horde. It is absolutely fantasy about East Europe of 13 century on historical base of legendary Russian warrior Kolowrat who had followed by enemy and battled against mongolians army one-by-one when his city was destroy. Advantages: Great music (System of Down), good and amazing clothing looks nice and unordinary...something middle between Chinese,japanise ang mongolian traditionary clothing, and a little bit of humour

Disadvantages: strange and illogic scenario, strange battle scenes, actors look as modern people and speaks in modern language

For me it was more interesting to watch if to compare 300 spartianses but it is not a great job..

Very good movie for Russia

[EXTSOAK · 7/10 · 23 February 2018]

The movie maybe isn't perfect in some historical facts, but still much better than this piece of s**t called Viking. It has some similarities to "300" and "The Patriot" but is still something original to watch.

Dumb plot

[tadeush9 · 4/10 · 13 October 2022]

Incredibly silly plot, cringey '1990s slang' Russian dialogue and terrible acting.

Seems like they tried to make a Russian '300 Spartans' movie but with fewer warriors to show how much more heroic they are! What ensues is an incredibly unrealistic plot which has the Mongolian seemingly frightened from a dozen Ryazan soldiers who attempt a last stand. The ending is also a cringey copy of the 300 ending scene

A dozen Ryazan warriors take on the whole Mongol army! Which subsequently turns around to pursue just them!? Then a cartload of children appear out of nowhere that forces the Russians to make a stupid stand. Director really tried to make it epic and heroic but a trained monkey could have written a better story.

Very good movie

[vittorio-13 · 9/10 · 6 September 2020]

It is nice to hear stories about Russia and what they had to do. This movie was well made good acting and you can tell they spent some money on it. I highly recommend it. It is a great story and it is base on true facts which is Leary's good to know

Enjoyable, visceral but over stylised.

[adamculley · 7/10 · 21 January 2021]

I understand the "300" comparisons, especially with the "green screen" back drops, impossibly outnumbered heroes, etc. But this is a fun and entertaining Russian yarn, at a time when historical action movies and series' are becoming tired and just too darn Hollywood. That "action shooting with a shaking camera" style, is a little painful after a while and seems to be a trait with Russian action movies recently.

Bit over the top, but good action scenes, hot women--all ruined by ATROCIOUS dubbing

[fredcdobbs5 · 4/10 · 23 November 2020]

Well made, with good action, story isn't difficult to follow, nicely photographed, acting is a bit raggedy but not distractingly so. It's a bit over the top, but that's to be expected from this kind of film and it doesn't really detract from it.

What DOES detract from it, though, is the absolutely horrific dubbing. The "actors" sound like they just woke up, are having a cup of coffee and reading off a teleprompter. There's not even an attempt at any kind of convincing acting; it sounds like they're ordering a Jumbo Jack from the plastic clown at Jack in the Box. It's hard to take the lead actor seriously when he sounds like Spicoli in "Fast Times at Ridgemont High". The awful dubbing ruined what was otherwise a not-bad movie for me. They would have been better off just leaving in the Russian language and putting up subtitles.

What a mess.

The truth

[DeusExMachina326 · 10/10 · 9 January 2018]

Hi, i watched a lot of movies, but this is the first time i write a review. Im from Serbia, and that is not the reason i put 10/10 for this movie (bcs all Holiwod fans put bad marks on most of Russian movies), in the same day i watched Star Wars and after that this movie. That only increased the enjoyment of this movie, after wathcing that terrible movie. It has love, it has war, it has bravery, it has comedy, it has everything a lot of movies today doesnt, it does has some similarities with 300 spartans. But still, this movie rly deserves 10/10. or at least 9/10, watch Stalingrad, Russian movie too, all around Europe it got a lot of awards and first places only on imdb it has bad marks... Idk why this site hates Russian movies so much probably bcs Russians dont vote on this site, they have there own. Nvm still you should still look this movie, its a gem.

west and east

[graytomcat · 7/10 · 1 April 2018]

Russian version of 300, with a small dose of Russian propaganda. Overall, not so bad.

patriotic russian movie

[pinguinu01 · 1/10 · 10 December 2019]

This movie is really bad. It feels a lot like a Russian propaganda movie from the Communist era. Not much of a story, other than the brave Russians fought the bad mongols. You even have a Russian bear defending the poor Russians.

Adequate

[brazil-45839 · 6/10 · 5 December 2019]

The plot is fairly generic and the characters are essentially undeveloped. It's a movie where you know what to expect heading into it. My only issue was the voice overs. Half of the time a womans voice was for men, and would carry over to surrounding men in passing comments. It made much of the dialogue very confusing to track. This was on Prime, so possibly some versions are subtitled with the original audio (which would be preferable).

It's too "Hollywood"

[valtimchenko · 7/10 · 26 February 2019]

Well, i'm a Russian, and i'm from Moscow, Russia. I was born in USSR, 36 years ago. If you want to watch/listen to Russian "Bylina", then it's your choice. We, the Russians, remember his (Kolovrat's) Choice, his Heroic Deed (podvig). BUT. But this movie does't have anything to do with historical events (as we do know 'em). It's some sample of "hollywood" "action", brought to the Russian reality. My post is not about his deed, his self-sacrifice, but about historical reality. He did, what he did. Many of us would do the same nowadays. We just don't stand any lies, any interference in our lives. We don't like when anyone downplays our enemies. We don't like, when anyone displays our Heroes as comics characters (some stupid idiots like spiderman, whatsoever you may think). The problem of this movie is that it has too much pathos and it's doesn't have anything with, well, "historical reality". If you want to watch some (at least) good historical movies, then watch old "I na kamnyakh rastut derevya", or "Pathfinder"(1987!!! not that recent crap!).

Until the End

[bemyfriend-40184 · 6/10 · 12 November 2021]

This film was great... until the end. The end was kind of pompous and goofy. But until the end, the film was great. The noble, brave Russian, standing courageous and proud, against the Golden Horde of Mongolia... and all that. Nice cinematography, okay action, and some surprisingly moving drama. Seen on Tubi, the free streaming site; which has an endless supply of ultimately odd films. There are foreign films, such as this one. There are star-studded, big studio productions; which are older, or were somehow box-office disappointments. There are indies; some of which don't deserve to be called movies at all. And now, Tubi has live TV. All for free.

less expect ... less stress

[jiayou_sodoo · 1/10 · 15 December 2017]

Me and my friends were expecting too much from this movie.... but we did disappoint. It is similar with the 300 Spartans and the actors looks like Chinese. and about the language they are speaking Mongolian language but they had so funny accent. We were laughing every time when we hear Mongolian words ....

Wtf is that clothing and make up of Batu Khan. He was strong hero and king of us!!!!!!! but in this movie that guy looks like gay failure makeup artist.

I've got the meaning of movie.Yeah there was great solder, great man of Russian who tried to protect his home .but.......Please stop making fun with out king... its such a disgraceful movie!!!!!

Outstanding.

[empressofdarkness · 10/10 · 19 August 2018]

I don't know why Russian films get such a bad rap. I have just a few and I admit I generally stick to fantasy/adventure. Perhaps Hollywood has trained us to expect certain plot devices and tropes. Boring!!! Have you noticed how nothing truly original has come out of Tinsletown in ages? It's reboot this and reboot that....ohhh a Re-Imagining. And worst of all...the Director's Cut. (I'm looking at you Lucas. Spielberg.) This film is wonderful. Its beautifully shot, costumed and very well acted. It has heart and you get easily invested in the characters.

Three more to check out: I AM Dragon Night Watch Wolfhound (this one made me giggle a bit. It's a tad campy, but I never tire of it.)

Decent

[paulwattriley · 6/10 · 18 September 2019]

Nothing special but a decent yet historically inaccurate film. The true story is about 1700 and not 17.

Would Have Been Good If The Subtitles Made Sense!

[jostannie · 3/10 · 28 September 2018]

Well, I downloaded the English subtitles as I was looking forward to this movie. But alas the subtitles are a complete joke. You should just turn them off and listen to the Russian dialogue for all the sense they make! I gave up after 10 minutes, which is a shame as this could have been worth watching, and a welcome change to all the shit Hollywood serves up.

Better than 300! Almost.

[deanocware · 8/10 · 19 September 2020]

I must say I finding lately that the best non-Hollywood movies are Russian and this is no exception. After trying to invade the young mongol emperor commanding the army of the Great Khan a small band of Russian fighters stand between them and the major cities of Russia. Excellent fight scenes, realistic commentary and great visuals makes this film a must for fans of big battles.

I would have rated it higher....

[wsskfqy · 7/10 · 16 March 2024]

Except the beginning of it looked almost entirely CGI. However, I'm not a gamer, so it could have been just how it was filmed.

I rate 3-5 average, then add starts for good plot, beautiful scenery, acting, costuming, etc. The plot was plausible, just. The scenery was exquisite and the countryside was genuine, definitely. The city scenes were beautiful, but I think CGI.

The costuming was superb - particularly the Russian women, with gold, beads & lush textiles. Of course, the mongols costumes were great, but there is only so much you can do there.

There were moments of humour, romance, battle, huge armies, cleverness. Etc.

It was a good watch.

We didn't know it had English dubbing, though! It might have been less work.

bad movie

[vrtunnus · 1/10 · 14 July 2018]

Reviews lies in reality this is only 4/10 movie.

there is many better even 3/10 movies than this one.

It's not history, it's lord of the rings with russian

[s-a-kovalev · 4/10 · 9 March 2019]

This movie is more similar to Lord of the rings, not "300". Nothing to do with real history or anything similar to reality.