1 of 5 | From left, Joe Taslim, Xie Miao, Brian Le, Yayan Ruhian and Joe Iwanaga face off at the end of "The Furious," in theaters Friday. Photo courtesy of Lionsgate
LOS ANGELES, June 11 (UPI) -- Martial artist Joe Taslim said he felt his fights in The Furious, in theaters Friday, were akin to music. Taslim plays journalist Navin, helping distraught father Wang Wei (Xie Miao) find his kidnapped daughter, Rainy (Yang Enyou).
In a recent Zoom interview with UPI, Taslim, 44, said the film's fights felt like improvisational music with a purpose. Navin and Wang fight individuals, team up against some opponents, and end up in a five-way fight at the end.
"It's like jazz," Taslim said. "It starts two vs. two, splits one on one, one on one, come back, two vs. two, then one wild card comes."
Taslim became a martial arts movie star when 2010's The Raid: Redemption introduced Indonesian martial artists to the world. He learned their Silat style for that film, which he also employed in The Night Comes for Us, but Taslim practiced Judo prior to that.
