“Sometimes the strength of motherhood is greater than natural laws.” (Barbara Kingsolver) - When a child is taken away from her protective, loving, strong, brave, and dangerous mother, natural laws means jack s**t because there WILL be hell to pay in the form of broken bones and blood spilled. Hai Phuong, the Tigress forever devoted to her cub, will see to that in Lê Vãn Kiêt’s Martial-Arts/Action-Drama, “Hai Phuong” (known internationally as “Furie”, 2019). 🥋👊🏻 Quite the beauty that is the landscape of #MartialArts cinema, especially with the rise of Martial Arts films produced in nations NOT named Japan, China, or Korea. It started with Indonesia 🇮🇩 and the Indonesian films released, which are the crème de la crème (cream of the crop) of Martial Arts cinema for yours truly, and it continues with the Martial Arts films filmed and produced in Vietnam 🇻🇳 which of course includes Lê Vãn Kiêt’s SUPERBLY AWESOME and KICK-A** #HaiPhuong 😃 God bless this GORGEOUS and extremely talented fellow!!! 🙏🏻❤️ Veronica Ngô Thanh Vân was f**king awesome and so bad-a** as Hai Phuong “The Lone Mother”, as yours truly calls her. 😍💜 Which mother best proves Ms.Kingsolver’s view on “The Strength of Motherhood”? Well, look no further than this fearsome and gutsy tigress! 🐯👊🏻 Touch her cub, and consider yourself..... dead! 💀 From the music to the action set pieces, fight choreographies, kick-a** fight scenes, the drama and emotional/psychological struggle of Hai Phuong, and most importantly, the beautifully told tale of a mother’s unconditional and devoted love for her child. Hai Phuong’s beloved daughter, Mai. All of that amounts to what is NOT only one of the BEST films yours truly had the honor of watching this year, which WILL be included in my #Top10FavoriteMovies list at the end of 2019, but what is now one of my absolute FAVORITE Martial Arts films ever made, A-f**king-men!!! 😁👊🏻 #HaiPhuong #Furie2019 #MartialArtsCinema #VietnameseCinema #BeautyOfVietnam #StrengthOfMotherhood #AMothersLoveForHerChild #LoveAndDevotion https://www.instagram.com/p/Bx3tQhajyQr/?igshid=1w45niltg85hv