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Furies is a pretty cool new French action & crime series that slays right from the start, and tells the story of two avenging angels with a penchant for violence. 

Created by Jean-Yves Arnaud and Yoann Legave, this eight-part series introduces us to Lyna (Lina El Arabi), whose happy life is destroyed - on her birthday, no less - by the violent death of her father and her mother’s severe injuries.

The fact that her father was the banker of the Parisian underground may have something to do with that, a matter complicated by the fact that Lyna’s loving boyfriend is a cop.

After a six month stint in prison, Lyna is actively seeking revenge. She dives deep into the underworld of Paris, where she seeks an introduction to prime suspect Selma (Marina Foïs), who is known as the Fury.

So why is she known by that name and what does she do exactly? Well, I’m glad you asked. In Ancient Greece the Erinyen (or Furies) chased Orestes to take revenge for murdering his mother. You start see where this is going, right?

In this series Paris is ruled by six mafia gangs, who don’t always see eye to eye on all the criminal activities they get up to.

In her role as the Fury, Selma functions as the referee, who decides what’s right or wrong, and who, when push come to shove, is the one to take out the wrongdoers. And Lyna’s father was one of them, right?

So far, so bloody good, but just as you think it’s all a bit predictable Selma quickly manages to convince Lyna that she didn’t kill her father. In fact, the supposed real murderer quickly turns up in, eh, little pieces. By that point we don’t know who or what to believe, which I’m sure is what the creators of the series were hoping for.

But to get back to our main characters, Selma sees a lot of herself in Lyna, so she thinks of her as possible successor and future Fury. For her part, working for Selma will give Lyna the opportunity to find out what’s really behind her father’s murder.

Furies is the kind of series, where the men think they are pretty tough, but the women kick-ass even harder. Both Lina El Arabi and Marina Foïs are very convincing in their roles, the fight scenes look good, Paris as always offers up a highly photogenic backdrop and the plot offers more than enough intrigue. 

Main Director Cedric Nicolas-Troyan keeps the action beats coming fast and hard, and even though Furies can’t escape all the genre trappings, instead of avoiding them, it rolls right over them which sometimes leads to an ironic suspension of disbelief.

The series also gets a lot of heart and mileage out of its daughter-looking-to-avenge-her-father theme. Even though there is a reveal at the end of the second episode that puts a (possible) new perspective on things.

Having watched the first couple of episodes I’m pretty psyched to find out how this will all play out, and it’s my belief that you should check it out yourself too.

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