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Beyond Fury
UK 2020
produced by Darren Ward, Laurence Harvey (executive) for Giallo Films
directed by Darren Ward
starring Nick Roberts, Giovanni Lombardo Radice, Anthony Straeger, Gary Baxter, Tina Barnes, Glenn Salvage, Joanna Finata, Harold Gasnier, Chris St. Omer, Dani Thompson, Jeff Stewart, Dan van Husen, Tony Mardon, Dean Price, Victor D. Thorn, Jamie Dunn (= Jay Creepy), Hannaj Bang Bendz, Mark Chapman, Daniela Heinisch, Marisa Silva, Paul Bird, John Lush, Sam Chandler, Russell Biles, Chris Nelthorpe, John Raggett, Lukasz Klocek, Lee Craven, Neil Lawler, Daniel Harris, David Pilgrim, Gillian Tully
written by Darren Ward, music by Dave Andrews, special effects supervisor: Alastair Vardy, special makeup effects by Beau Townshend, visual effects by Chris Nelthorpe
review by Mike Haberfelner
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Walker (Nick Roberts) and Claudia (Dani Thompson) couldn't be happier,
they're madly in love, she's pregnant with his baby, and they're on their
way to take a look at a house they intend to buy - when they're dragged
into a van, driven off to a derelict building, and once there brutally
beaten up by some goons just for fun, then she's stabbed into the belly to
kill her and her child at the same time, then her dead body is raped -
which he's forced to watch before being killed himself. Only, Walker
doesn't die easily, and when he's found alive by the authorities, he's
quickly shipped off to the next hospital - from where he escapes in no
time to make it back to his house - because what nobody knows, in a former
life, he has been one of the fiercest mercenaries there is, and when he's
enraged, there's nothing that can stop him, and he won't refrain from
ultra-violence to get the job done. So one by one he picks off the goons
who have attacked him and his wife, and eventually he finds a lead leading
to their mastermind, crime kingpin Ivan Lenzivitch (Giovanni Lombardo
Radice), who pretty much rules the city together with his sadistic son
Spider (Gary Baxter) - but for Walker they're no better than his attackers
back when and are therefore to be eliminated, so killing his way through
their ranks, he before long finds out where to find them. Of course, Ivan
and son soon become aware that somebody's coming after them, and they
kidnap Gemma (Tina Barnes), the woman who has always had Walker's back, as
a sort of human shield - but that only enrages Walker even more.
Detectives Andrews (Joanna Finata) and Scott (Harold Gasnier) are hot on
Walker's trail as they want to prevent the worst - but it seems Walker is
heading for disaster eyes wide open ... Spaghetti Western veteran Dan
van Husen makes a guest appearance as a priest.
Now Beyond Fury certainly isn't a movie for everyone,
it's unrelentingly and unapologetically violent, and it certainly doesn't
turn away when it comes to bloodletting. Furthermore, its plot about
revenge at all cost is certainly on the archaic side of things. But that
said, the film isn't just a brainless revenge tale that's little more than
a hanger for scenes of gratuitous violence, as the film actually tells a
nicely layered story that affords its avenger an actual character arc and
that has all the violence integrated into the plot rather than making it
its raison d'être. On top of that, the film's very nicely crafted, its
action scenes are very dynamic and exciting, and a very solid cast all
help to make this into a very fine action flick. Not for everybody
perhaps, but if a little on-screen violence is your thing, then you're
bound to like this one.
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