{"id":2064245,"date":"2026-07-27T14:40:39","date_gmt":"2026-07-27T11:40:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2064245"},"modified":"2026-07-27T14:40:39","modified_gmt":"2026-07-27T11:40:39","slug":"furious-review-this-bloody-cop-thriller-will-make-you-root-for-the-killer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2064245","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Furious\u2019 review: this bloody cop thriller will make you root for the killer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[analyse_image type=&#8221;featured&#8221; src=&#8221;https:\/\/www.nme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Emmy-Rossum-as-FBI-agent-Alice-Black-in-Furious.-Photograph-Sarah-ShatzDisney-.jpg&#8221;]<\/p>\n<article id=\"template-id-3332206\" class=\"post-3332206 tdb_templates type-tdb_templates status-publish post\">\n<div id=\"tdi_65\" class=\"tdc-zone\">\n<div class=\"tdc_zone tdi_66  wpb_row td-pb-row\">\n<div id=\"tdi_67\" class=\"tdc-row stretch_row_1400 td-stretch-content\">\n<div class=\"vc_row tdi_68  wpb_row td-pb-row\">\n<div class=\"vc_column tdi_70  wpb_column vc_column_container tdc-column td-pb-span12\">\n<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_single_featured_image tdi_71 tdb-content-horiz-left td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_71\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"696\" height=\"442\" class=\"entry-thumb\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Emmy-Rossum-as-FBI-agent-Alice-Black-in-Furious.-Photograph-Sarah-ShatzDisney--696x442.jpg\" alt=\"Furious\" title=\"Emmy Rossum as FBI agent Alice Black in Furious. Photograph- Sarah Shatz:Disney\"><figcaption class=\"tdb-caption-text\">FBI agent Alice Black (Emmy Rossum) in &#8216;Furious&#8217;. CREDIT:  Sarah Shatz\/Disney<br \/>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"tdi_72\" class=\"tdc-row stretch_row\">\n<div class=\"vc_row tdi_73  wpb_row td-pb-row\">\n<div class=\"vc_column tdi_75  wpb_column vc_column_container tdc-column td-pb-span12\">\n<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_breadcrumbs tdi_76 td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2 tdb-breadcrumbs \" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_76\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span>Reviews<\/span><span>TV Reviews<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_title tdi_77 tdb-single-title td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_77\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">\u2018Furious\u2019 review: this bloody cop thriller will make you root for the killer<\/h1>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_single_subtitle tdi_78 td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_78\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<p>Righteous anger is the fuel for Elizabeth Meriwether&#8217;s appropriately named eight-episode miniseries<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_single_author tdi_80 td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2 tdb-post-meta\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_80\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-author-name-wrap\"><span class=\"tdb-author-by\">By<\/span> James Mottram<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_single_date tdi_81 td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2 tdb-post-meta\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_81\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><time class=\"entry-date updated td-module-date\" datetime=\"2026-07-27T15:40:39+01:00\">27th July 2026<\/time><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"tdi_82\" class=\"tdc-row\">\n<div class=\"vc_row tdi_83  wpb_row td-pb-row\">\n<div class=\"vc_column tdi_85  wpb_column vc_column_container tdc-column td-pb-span12\">\n<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_single_content tdi_86 td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2 td-post-content tagdiv-type\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_86\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<p><strong class=\"dropcap big-read-dropcap\">\u201cW<\/strong>omen are supposed to be hit and raped then go away, die quietly and not start murdering people.\u201d So we\u2019re told in <em>Furious<\/em>, a grim but gripping serial killer thriller from Elizabeth Meriwether, who recently brought us the excellent <em>Dying For Sex<\/em> with Michelle Williams. This is another show burning with righteous anger. Grappling with violence against women, it touches on everything from domestic abuse to sex trafficking, blurring lines as it edges you towards sympathising with a calculating avenging angel.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>READ MORE: The best films of 2026\u2026 so far!<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>This eight-episode drama, loosely inspired by the 1987 film <em>Black Widow<\/em> with Debra Winger and Theresa Russell, starts as it means to go on. It\u2019s Halloween in New York and we\u2019re introduced to the son of a billionaire hedge fund manager crawling across the floor of a plush apartment in visible pain. Outside, a woman (Lola Petticrew) sits on a stoop, wearing a cat mask. She returns to find him halfway down the stairs. \u201cI love your smile,\u201d she purrs, before injecting him with a fatal dose of fentanyl.<\/p>\n<div class=\"td-a-ad id_inline_ad0 id_ad_content-horiz-center\"><span class=\"td-adspot-title\">Advertisement<\/span><\/div>\n<p>So far, so nasty. On the right side of the law is FBI agent Alice Black (Emmy Rossum). A former NYPD homicide cop, she\u2019s got more baggage than a Louis Vuitton store. Her ex-boyfriend Marshall (Jake Lacy) is also a cop and was abusive towards her. It\u2019s part of the reason she\u2019s now transferred to a desk-bound job answering the telephone to crank callers. But when ex-partner Danny (Scoot McNairy) needs help with the aftermath of the aforementioned crime, her Spidey senses start tingling.<\/p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Furious | Official Trailer | Disney+ UK\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/H48JfozTufk?feature=oembed&amp;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<p>Before long, she\u2019s linked the crime to another murder with the exact same M.O. \u2013 only this victim was a drug-dealer and suspected sex trafficker, far removed from the luxurious world of hedge fund management. What links them, and who is this female killer? Initially, Meriwether keeps the mystery of Petticrew\u2019s character Catherine locked up tightly, as she switches identities, dons a red wig and finds anonymity in a woman\u2019s refuge shelter where she clinically plots her next move.<\/p>\n<p>Rising Irish star Petticrew \u2013 who is next up in the Cannes hit <em>I See The Buildings Fall Like Lightning<\/em> \u2013 is suitably chilling. Likewise, Rossum (<em>Shameless<\/em>) takes it to extremes \u2013 not least when her character is seen going from a get-together with her soon-to-be-married sister to a \u201cfirst date\u201d where she\u2019s turned on by a deliberately violent encounter. As Alice and Catherine draw ever closer, the complexity of <em>Furious<\/em> increases. Meriwether puts broken human pathology under the microscope.<\/p>\n<p>Directed by Brian Kirk (<em>Dexter<\/em>), the early episodes have a slightly lurid quality but come with an underlying seriousness.<em> Furious <\/em>flips the overworked serial killer genre on its head to explore a story carved out in the post-Epstein era, where women forced into prostitution are considered \u201chuman garbage\u201d and the law rarely affords true justice. With a cast that also includes distinguished players like Hope Davis and Campbell Scott, <em>Furious<\/em> will lure you in \u2013 keeping you hooked and horrified in equal measure.<\/p>\n<div class=\"td-a-ad id_inline_ad1 id_ad_content-horiz-center\">\n<h5 class=\"taboola-mid-article-title\">Recommended<\/h5>\n<\/div>\n<p><em>The first three episodes of \u2018Furious\u2019 are available to watch on Disney+ now, with new episodes released weekly<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"tdi_88\" class=\"tdc-row\">\n<div class=\"vc_row tdi_89  wpb_row td-pb-row\">\n<div class=\"vc_column tdi_91  wpb_column vc_column_container tdc-column td-pb-span12\">\n<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"vc_row_inner tdi_93  vc_row vc_inner wpb_row td-pb-row\">\n<div class=\"vc_column_inner tdi_95  wpb_column vc_column_container tdc-inner-column td-pb-span12\">\n<div class=\"vc_column-inner\">\n<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"wpb_wrapper td_block_wrap vc_raw_html tdi_97 \">\n<div class=\"td-fix-index\">\n<h3>More Stories<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap td_flex_block_1 tdi_98 td-pb-border-top td_module_flex_1--card td_module_flex_1--card--highlight td_block_template_2 tdc-no-posts td_flex_block\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_98\">\n<div id=\"tdi_98\" class=\"td_block_inner td-mc1-wrap\">\n<div class=\"td_module_flex td_module_flex_1 td_module_wrap td-animation-stack\">\n<div class=\"td-module-container td-category-pos-above\">\n<div class=\"td-module-meta-info\">\n                    Music News<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"entry-title td-module-title\">Tyla announces \u2018A*POP\u2019 world tour with dates across UK, Europe, North America and Africa<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"td_module_flex td_module_flex_1 td_module_wrap td-animation-stack\">\n<div class=\"td-module-container td-category-pos-above\">\n<div class=\"td-module-meta-info\">\n                    Music News<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"entry-title td-module-title\">Boy George shares pro-Israel song \u2018We Will Dance Again\u2019<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"td_module_flex td_module_flex_1 td_module_wrap td-animation-stack\">\n<div class=\"td-module-container td-category-pos-above\">\n<div class=\"td-module-meta-info\">\n                    Film News<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"entry-title td-module-title\">Sean Astin asks Martin Scorsese and George Lucas to \u201cspeak carefully\u201d about AI in future<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"td_module_flex td_module_flex_1 td_module_wrap td-animation-stack\">\n<div class=\"td-module-container td-category-pos-above\">\n<div class=\"td-module-meta-info\">\n                    Music News<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"entry-title td-module-title\">Watch Bruce Springsteen join Bon Jovi for \u2018Who Says You Can\u2019t Go Home\u2019 and \u2018The Promised Land\u2019 at Madison Square Garden<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"td_module_flex td_module_flex_1 td_module_wrap td-animation-stack\">\n<div class=\"td-module-container td-category-pos-above\">\n<div class=\"td-module-meta-info\">\n                    Reviews<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"entry-title td-module-title\">\u2018Furious\u2019 review: this bloody cop thriller will make you root for the killer<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"td_module_flex td_module_flex_1 td_module_wrap td-animation-stack\">\n<div class=\"td-module-container td-category-pos-above\">\n<div class=\"td-module-meta-info\">\n                    Film News<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"entry-title td-module-title\">Tom Holland admits that some of his movies are \u201cshit\u201d<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"tdi_99\" class=\"tdc-row\">\n<div class=\"vc_row tdi_100  wpb_row td-pb-row\">\n<div class=\"vc_column tdi_102  wpb_column vc_column_container tdc-column td-pb-span12\">\n<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"wpb_wrapper td_block_wrap vc_raw_html tdi_104 \">\n<div class=\"td-fix-index\">\n<h3>You May Also Like<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><span class=\"td-page-meta\"><\/span><span class=\"td-page-meta\"><span class=\"td-page-meta\"><\/span><\/span><span class=\"td-page-meta\"><\/span><\/article>\n<\/p>\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_single_content tdi_86 td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2 td-post-content tagdiv-type\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_86\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<p><strong class=\"dropcap big-read-dropcap\">\u201cW<\/strong>omen are supposed to be hit and raped then go away, die quietly and not start murdering people.\u201d So we\u2019re told in <em>Furious<\/em>, a grim but gripping serial killer thriller from Elizabeth Meriwether, who recently brought us the excellent <em>Dying For Sex<\/em> with Michelle Williams. This is another show burning with righteous anger. Grappling with violence against women, it touches on everything from domestic abuse to sex trafficking, blurring lines as it edges you towards sympathising with a calculating avenging angel.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>READ MORE: The best films of 2026\u2026 so far!<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>This eight-episode drama, loosely inspired by the 1987 film <em>Black Widow<\/em> with Debra Winger and Theresa Russell, starts as it means to go on. It\u2019s Halloween in New York and we\u2019re introduced to the son of a billionaire hedge fund manager crawling across the floor of a plush apartment in visible pain. Outside, a woman (Lola Petticrew) sits on a stoop, wearing a cat mask. She returns to find him halfway down the stairs. \u201cI love your smile,\u201d she purrs, before injecting him with a fatal dose of fentanyl.<\/p>\n<div class=\"td-a-ad id_inline_ad0 id_ad_content-horiz-center\"><span class=\"td-adspot-title\">Advertisement<\/span><\/div>\n<p>So far, so nasty. On the right side of the law is FBI agent Alice Black (Emmy Rossum). A former NYPD homicide cop, she\u2019s got more baggage than a Louis Vuitton store. Her ex-boyfriend Marshall (Jake Lacy) is also a cop and was abusive towards her. It\u2019s part of the reason she\u2019s now transferred to a desk-bound job answering the telephone to crank callers. But when ex-partner Danny (Scoot McNairy) needs help with the aftermath of the aforementioned crime, her Spidey senses start tingling.<\/p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Furious | Official Trailer | Disney+ UK\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/H48JfozTufk?feature=oembed&amp;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<p>Before long, she\u2019s linked the crime to another murder with the exact same M.O. \u2013 only this victim was a drug-dealer and suspected sex trafficker, far removed from the luxurious world of hedge fund management. What links them, and who is this female killer? Initially, Meriwether keeps the mystery of Petticrew\u2019s character Catherine locked up tightly, as she switches identities, dons a red wig and finds anonymity in a woman\u2019s refuge shelter where she clinically plots her next move.<\/p>\n<p>Rising Irish star Petticrew \u2013 who is next up in the Cannes hit <em>I See The Buildings Fall Like Lightning<\/em> \u2013 is suitably chilling. Likewise, Rossum (<em>Shameless<\/em>) takes it to extremes \u2013 not least when her character is seen going from a get-together with her soon-to-be-married sister to a \u201cfirst date\u201d where she\u2019s turned on by a deliberately violent encounter. As Alice and Catherine draw ever closer, the complexity of <em>Furious<\/em> increases. 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With a cast that also includes distinguished players like Hope Davis and Campbell Scott, <em>Furious<\/em> will lure you in \u2013 keeping you hooked and horrified in equal measure.<\/p>\n<div class=\"td-a-ad id_inline_ad1 id_ad_content-horiz-center\">\n<h5 class=\"taboola-mid-article-title\">Recommended<\/h5>\n<\/div>\n<p><em>The first three episodes of \u2018Furious\u2019 are available to watch on Disney+ now, with new episodes released weekly<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>[analyse_source url=&#8221;https:\/\/www.nme.com\/reviews\/tv-reviews\/furious-review-elizabeth-merriwether-lola-petticrew-emmy-rossum-3959283&#8243;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[analyse_image type=&#8221;featured&#8221; src=&#8221;https:\/\/www.nme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Emmy-Rossum-as-FBI-agent-Alice-Black-in-Furious.-Photograph-Sarah-ShatzDisney-.jpg&#8221;] FBI agent Alice Black (Emmy Rossum) in &#8216;Furious&#8217;. CREDIT: Sarah Shatz\/Disney ReviewsTV Reviews \u2018Furious\u2019 review: this bloody cop thriller will make you root for the killer Righteous anger is the fuel for Elizabeth Meriwether&#8217;s appropriately named eight-episode miniseries By James Mottram 27th July 2026 \u201cWomen are supposed to be hit and raped [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[226,78],"class_list":["post-2064245","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-politics","tag-crawlmanager","tag-nme-com"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2064245","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2064245"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2064245\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2064245"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2064245"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2064245"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}