A mildly entertaining and predictable Asian Constantine
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A mashup of horror and action genres, ‘Divine Fury’ follows MMA fighter Yong-hoo (Park Seo-joon) whose mother’s death when he was young led him to spurn religion and God. In doing so, he has allowed demonic forces to take advantage of his anger, leading him to nearly beat his opponent to death. At night, when he is asleep, a demonic spirit attacks him. He also develops stigmata-like wounds in the palm of his hands. He finally decides to consult a medium, who advises him to meet a priest.
The priest is Father Ahn (Ahn Sung-ki), who is attacked by a demon. Yong-hoo arrives just in time to outfight the demon with his MMA skills. The stigmata wounds also give him the power to exorcise the demon. Feeling sympathetic for Anh, Yong-hoo decides to team up with the Father. They manage to connect their recent cases to a discotheque, where the owner Ji-sin (Do-Hwan Woo), also known as the Dark Bishop, is sacrificing souls to a serpent demon.
The film reminds one of Keanu Reeves' Constantine, but its action sequences are rather underwhelming. While the film started out great, midway through, the plot becomes predictable. The final fight with the Dark Bishop concludes the film on an anticlimactic note. Divine Fury is slated to be the first of a franchise.
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