Brutal yes,good no,unconvincing lead,stereotype grimacing ,one dimensional baddies,sure its low budget,but someone like ben wheatley could make something far better than this,on the same budget,plenty of blood,but not much substance,tries to be shocking,but comes over as exploitive,and a bit naff, skip it.
12 Reviews
Hollyoaks with violence
avalanche_master20 July 2021
Yes it's got a lot of gore and violence. It's also got some of the most abysmal acting I've ever witnessed.
Awkward character presence, stilted monologues, and wooden acting abound do nothing to lift this past an amateurish offering.
Awkward character presence, stilted monologues, and wooden acting abound do nothing to lift this past an amateurish offering.
Garbage
drdinnamint7 June 2022
Gore-soaked indie gem
Leofwine_draca8 November 2022
BEYOND FURY (2019) is the third instalment of Darren Ward's FURY trilogy (following 1997's SUDDEN FURY and 2010's A DAY OF VIOLENCE), dark indie thrillers made under the Giallo Films banner. Like Lucio Fulci's THE SMUGGLER before them, these utilise plotlines from gangster and crime movies to deliver ulta-violence on a massive scale, and indeed BEYOND FURY is one of the grisliest, gore-drenched movies I've seen in a very long time. The Godfather of Gore himself would be proud!
Our thuggish hero goes on the rampage when his pregnant wife is murdered by thugs - that's the entire plot, and what transpires is a series of wince-inducing set-pieces in which body parts are trashed and smashed across the screen. Our lunkheaded hero wins no awards for acting (compared to equivalent meatheads like Craig Fairbrass, he's positively log-like), but scream queen Dani Thompson has a small role alongside THE BILL's Jeff Stewart. Best of all is Italian cult favourite John Morghen (aka Giovanni Lombardo Radice) as the villain of the hour, a psychotic mob boss with a fine-line in foot-smashing! What's most amazing about this film is that the direction is exemplary, the photography varied, interesting and looking good throughout. Sure, there's a slow half hour in the middle, but it's not enough to spoil the gory glory of this blood-soaked gem.
Our thuggish hero goes on the rampage when his pregnant wife is murdered by thugs - that's the entire plot, and what transpires is a series of wince-inducing set-pieces in which body parts are trashed and smashed across the screen. Our lunkheaded hero wins no awards for acting (compared to equivalent meatheads like Craig Fairbrass, he's positively log-like), but scream queen Dani Thompson has a small role alongside THE BILL's Jeff Stewart. Best of all is Italian cult favourite John Morghen (aka Giovanni Lombardo Radice) as the villain of the hour, a psychotic mob boss with a fine-line in foot-smashing! What's most amazing about this film is that the direction is exemplary, the photography varied, interesting and looking good throughout. Sure, there's a slow half hour in the middle, but it's not enough to spoil the gory glory of this blood-soaked gem.
beyond patient
talllwoood131 March 2023
You've got to put up with a lot. The only thing I enjoyed about this movie was the gore. It had this grind house movie appeal to it. The use of color correction trying out complementing colors worked in some scenes yet didn't in others. The big issue with this movie I had though was the mob boss 3/4 of the time I couldn't understand a word he said in his indistinguishable accent. Yes the actor is Italian and has a fan base but most of the time it sounds like Marlon Brando put one too many tissues in his mouth trying to sound like Don. Corleone.
There is an amazing amount of green screening as well to the point I do wonder where the alleged budget of this movie went. It wasn't to good actors as most are probably just staff who worked on this movie it seems like. The super tall guy reminded me of an obscure Dolph Lundgren movie called "Dark Angel" from 1990 the actor who he reminds me of is a skinny version of Matthias Hues. Just Matthais has more stage presence and muscles.
The plot is pretty awful for this and can be explained in like two sentences maximum. Did a bunch of friends watched a Rambo or John Wick movie and said we can do that! The accents i could barely understand anyone in it and I speak fluent English. The last time I had to stretch my ears this much was the movie Best Laid Plans from 2012.
Watch this for the gore and nothing else. Usually you have to go out of your way to make movies this bad but other times it's natural. I can't decide!
There is an amazing amount of green screening as well to the point I do wonder where the alleged budget of this movie went. It wasn't to good actors as most are probably just staff who worked on this movie it seems like. The super tall guy reminded me of an obscure Dolph Lundgren movie called "Dark Angel" from 1990 the actor who he reminds me of is a skinny version of Matthias Hues. Just Matthais has more stage presence and muscles.
The plot is pretty awful for this and can be explained in like two sentences maximum. Did a bunch of friends watched a Rambo or John Wick movie and said we can do that! The accents i could barely understand anyone in it and I speak fluent English. The last time I had to stretch my ears this much was the movie Best Laid Plans from 2012.
Watch this for the gore and nothing else. Usually you have to go out of your way to make movies this bad but other times it's natural. I can't decide!
Beyond Fury is a brilliant low budget film
james-morton-127 July 2021
Director Darren Ward has completed his crime trilogy with the excellent Beyond Fury. His previous films Sudden Fury and A Day Of Violence were very good especially the latter and now Ward has gone further with the gore, violence and the acting is good especially as it's low budget independent British film. Nothing but praise for this film.
Entertaining British blood and guts gangsters
christopherwalker84 July 2020
Warning: Spoilers
I am new to the films of Darren Ward.
Hearing about the production of this one from online sources, from his production company Giallo Films, I was pleased to see genre favorite Giovanni Lombardo Radice in the cast, playing a slimy gangland boss, and trying to control his mob of bully boys against the competition. Giovanni is well versed in on screen violent films, having carved a career in Italian horrors and thrillers, with the likes of Lucio Fulci's City of the Living Dead, Umberto Lenzi's Cannibal Ferox, and Michele Soavi's Stage Fright, as well as titles like House by the Edge of the Park and Cannibal Apocalypse. He is clearly enjoying chewing the scenery in Beyond Fury, adding a little camp too, and fully aware of the underlying silliness of it all. He's a butcher, and a thug, and a low-life, but he has style, and wants things done right. This looks a very polished effort from Darren, with real attention to scene setups, editing, scoring, and photography, as well as the expected mind blowing gore effects, which really are wince inducing and realistic, to the point of revulsion.
Darren is clearly totally in love with film, film making, and horror and violence. He has spent the last 20 years putting together movies that wallow in as much blood and gore as possible, and the mafia style gangland storylines are his way of getting that violence on the screen. His first major effort, Sudden Fury - 1997, had a sadly unwell David Warbeck in the lead as chief villain, who again camped up the scenes of torture and violence to make them almost parody. The rest of the acting talent from that film were largely embarassingly awful, with some of the naffest dialogue and delivery I've ever seen. Thankfully, moving on with better facilities, more money and a better story, 2010's A Day of Violence was Darren's follow up title. A much pacier and more believable tale of a debt collector for loan sharks, striking it lucky in finding a stash of £100,000 on a job, but not so lucky when he decides to keep it, and has to fight his own gangland bosses who are unaware he has double-crossed them.
Luckily, we had a return from Giovanni Lombardo Radice again in this film, playing a burned out drug lord, reduced to a pitiful existence in a rancid flat, who finally reaches his comeuppance at the hands of Mitchell - the nearest thing to a hero in the piece.
Darren's films are certainly not going to be for everybody. Fans of The Krays style violence in British gangland thrillers, or Get Carter/Villain style thuggery, won't be prepared for the level of nastiness seen in this trilogy. Yes, there are juicy bullet hits and slit throats of course, but that is just the start of it. Here we have anything from hammer blows and saws, blowtorches, and garden shears, all deployed on the most sensitive body parts imaginable, in lingering close up, and accompanied by the levels of blood you'd expect in a Sam Raimi zombie movie. It's all very well done, but stomach churningly so, the the level of such extremes, that I am very suprised these titles got by with 18 ratings from the BBFC.
Enjoy, but approach with caution.
Hearing about the production of this one from online sources, from his production company Giallo Films, I was pleased to see genre favorite Giovanni Lombardo Radice in the cast, playing a slimy gangland boss, and trying to control his mob of bully boys against the competition. Giovanni is well versed in on screen violent films, having carved a career in Italian horrors and thrillers, with the likes of Lucio Fulci's City of the Living Dead, Umberto Lenzi's Cannibal Ferox, and Michele Soavi's Stage Fright, as well as titles like House by the Edge of the Park and Cannibal Apocalypse. He is clearly enjoying chewing the scenery in Beyond Fury, adding a little camp too, and fully aware of the underlying silliness of it all. He's a butcher, and a thug, and a low-life, but he has style, and wants things done right. This looks a very polished effort from Darren, with real attention to scene setups, editing, scoring, and photography, as well as the expected mind blowing gore effects, which really are wince inducing and realistic, to the point of revulsion.
Darren is clearly totally in love with film, film making, and horror and violence. He has spent the last 20 years putting together movies that wallow in as much blood and gore as possible, and the mafia style gangland storylines are his way of getting that violence on the screen. His first major effort, Sudden Fury - 1997, had a sadly unwell David Warbeck in the lead as chief villain, who again camped up the scenes of torture and violence to make them almost parody. The rest of the acting talent from that film were largely embarassingly awful, with some of the naffest dialogue and delivery I've ever seen. Thankfully, moving on with better facilities, more money and a better story, 2010's A Day of Violence was Darren's follow up title. A much pacier and more believable tale of a debt collector for loan sharks, striking it lucky in finding a stash of £100,000 on a job, but not so lucky when he decides to keep it, and has to fight his own gangland bosses who are unaware he has double-crossed them.
Luckily, we had a return from Giovanni Lombardo Radice again in this film, playing a burned out drug lord, reduced to a pitiful existence in a rancid flat, who finally reaches his comeuppance at the hands of Mitchell - the nearest thing to a hero in the piece.
Darren's films are certainly not going to be for everybody. Fans of The Krays style violence in British gangland thrillers, or Get Carter/Villain style thuggery, won't be prepared for the level of nastiness seen in this trilogy. Yes, there are juicy bullet hits and slit throats of course, but that is just the start of it. Here we have anything from hammer blows and saws, blowtorches, and garden shears, all deployed on the most sensitive body parts imaginable, in lingering close up, and accompanied by the levels of blood you'd expect in a Sam Raimi zombie movie. It's all very well done, but stomach churningly so, the the level of such extremes, that I am very suprised these titles got by with 18 ratings from the BBFC.
Enjoy, but approach with caution.
British thriller with a euro twist
B189547543228 July 2020
Loved this film, yes its made on a budget but they do a class act with the budget they have. Lots of solid cameos from westerns and giallo. Pretty intense storyline with great actors and actresses.
There is some dark humour afoot here, with a really unusual style for a brit film.
The end did let it down ever so slightly, but overall it worked, although its part of a trilogy of films you dont need to see others in order to peice together the story.
There is some dark humour afoot here, with a really unusual style for a brit film.
The end did let it down ever so slightly, but overall it worked, although its part of a trilogy of films you dont need to see others in order to peice together the story.
A bloody British Giallo
dparry7230 May 2020
Loved this. An homage to the great Italian giallo movies of the 70s , Beyond Fury is a low budget gore fest with some of the most shockingly impressive gore effects I've ever seen. It's definitely not for the faint of heart. Some impressive acting by the leads and gorgeous lighting and sound make this a film I would thoroughly recommend.
Gore soaked ultra violent British Giallo!
singhlall31 May 2020
A British love letter to Italian Revenge flicks of the 1970s and 1980s. A strong cast make this a must see for fans of action and revenge flicks of the past. Must see independent British movie that deserves a large audience.
Brutal and packs a punch
anthony-72720 January 2020
Warning: Spoilers
This film holds no compromise in its violence. When Michael Walker's girlfriend is brutally attacked and killed, the ex-mercenary hunt down the perpetrator and serve up his own version of justice. I saw this at a screening in Erlangen Germany and as someone who loves action, horror and violence in a movie, was not disappointed. But the main aspect is that the story is not compromised. It is a straight forward tale of revenge and retribution and works really well. I saw the first in the series many years ago and this shows the development of the character and director Darren Ward.
3rd and best
stevencoombs5 June 2020
Warning: Spoilers
Blue ray showing the quality picture helping the 3rd film in the Gallio trilogy the best one.
The acting has caught up big time and the cinematography is up there with any TV drama made recently.
Looks really good and remember this is a mans dream to make these films and it's not written by highly paid script writers and Darren produced and directed these films. A lot of work and I think he does a brilliant job under massive budget constraints.
I think with the right backing and scripts and enabling Darren to work with more professional actors his film making could be so much more impressive.
Maybe in the future D Ward could win many more... A Wards..
P.S Reg Hollis from the Bill innit too ;-)
The acting has caught up big time and the cinematography is up there with any TV drama made recently.
Looks really good and remember this is a mans dream to make these films and it's not written by highly paid script writers and Darren produced and directed these films. A lot of work and I think he does a brilliant job under massive budget constraints.
I think with the right backing and scripts and enabling Darren to work with more professional actors his film making could be so much more impressive.
Maybe in the future D Ward could win many more... A Wards..
P.S Reg Hollis from the Bill innit too ;-)
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