Netflix 'Furies' Ending Explained: Did Bi survive the brutal attack and what happened to Hai Phuong?
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA: 'Furies' on Netflix is a female-led plot that works around the trauma of four women who bond over their harsh reality and a difficult childhood. 'Furies' is said to be a prequel to 2019's 'Furie', though they work better as women-driven action movies with great action sequences. The movie is directed by Ngô Thanh Vân, known in the US and abroad as Veronica Ngô, who also plays an affably evil semi-antagonist in the movie.
Although Ngô Thanh Vân did all the fights in 'Furie', she takes a breather on 'Furies' and lets her talented cast do the legwork. Dong Anh Quynh as Bi, Ngô’s lead, and her co-stars, Tóc Tiên and Rima Thanh Vy, as Thanh and Hong, respectively, lend heft to the movie. The movie leaves John Wick's fight sequence behind and ramps it up with the female-led cast and great martial arts-like action sequences.
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The trauma of childhood horrors
The key element that brings together these four women leads in 'Furies' is their harsh experiences of the world and the childhood that has been taken away from them at a delicate age. The idea of the plot is to deliver a harsh story, while also potraying a glowy aura around the characters. Ngô Thanh Vân seems to love fighting scenes so much that she has aced at it in the movie with exceptional editing skills at work. The thing that sets 'Furies' apart is the better use of metaphors to describe the character's emotions. While there is a great plot and fantastic performances by the cast, the ending seem loose and abrupt. With the amount of gore and blood in the movie, a happy ending wasn't expected, but an instantaneous one wasn't expected either.
Nod to 1980s Hong Kong cinema
The last 10-minutes of the movie is fast with a fight sequence between Jacqueline aka Hai Phuong's clan and the crime syndicate gang. Bi and Thanh manage to take them all down, but the end shocks us to the core when Hai Phuong's world-saving tendencies start to melt-off, revealing her true intentions. It seems like Hai Phuong's whole idea from the start was to take the druglord down, but she wanted it not because she felt sorry for the women being trafficked, but because she wanted to replace the gang leader.
But in the end in a extremely dangerous fight scene, Bi and Hai Phuong are seen fighting each other and are unconscious or maybe dead. What's shocking is that the audience isn't aware of what is happening when the curtain closes and the credits start to roll. By the end, all we are left with are assumptions and speculations.
To get a dose of high-octane action by female leads, watch 'Furies' which is exclusively available on Netflix.