Throughout the seven movies that he has directed, Tom Waller has proven his knack for diversity. From the spiritual crime film of “Mindfulness and Murder” to the delirious biopic about Thailand's “Last Executioner”, to the story of the students trapped in “The Cave” the result is always intriguing, with his works, particularly of the latest years, combining Hollywood aesthetics with an intense local flavor. The turn towards actual stories, however, is a fact, and his latest work, “Kiss of the Con Queen” cements it in the most evident fashion. Just like “The Last Executioner” though, there is a significant twist in the real history of a con man who cheated numerous members of the movie industry before his arrest: Both the protagonist of the movie, Eoin O'Brien, and a number of other members of the cast and crew were actual victims of the scam.
Ryan is an Irish actor trying...
Ryan is an Irish actor trying...
- 4/28/2024
- by Panos Kotzathanasis
- AsianMoviePulse
Exclusive: Here’s your first look at actor Ravi Patel suited up in Kiss Of The Con Queen, the true crime thriller inspired by the life of accused fraudster Hargobind Tahilramani dubbed the “con queen of Hollywood” after allegedly impersonating movie executives in an elaborate and high profile fraud scheme.
Directed by Tom Waller, the pic follows the story of an actor based in Bangkok, Thailand, who is led to believe that a powerful female Hollywood studio executive wants to consider him for a leading role in an upcoming DC Origins show, and is lured to Jakarta, Indonesia for an audition, only to find out that the whole thing is an elaborate scam when he is forced to front thousands of dollars in cash for flights and permits, on the promise of being reimbursed by the studio. However, after uniting with...
Directed by Tom Waller, the pic follows the story of an actor based in Bangkok, Thailand, who is led to believe that a powerful female Hollywood studio executive wants to consider him for a leading role in an upcoming DC Origins show, and is lured to Jakarta, Indonesia for an audition, only to find out that the whole thing is an elaborate scam when he is forced to front thousands of dollars in cash for flights and permits, on the promise of being reimbursed by the studio. However, after uniting with...
- 3/12/2024
- by Zac Ntim
- Deadline Film + TV
Rich Brian is an Indonesian rapper and actor. He is best known for his songs “Dat $tick” and “History” and his role in the film Jamojaya.
Rich Brian Biography: Age, Early Life, Family, Education
Rich Brian was born on September 3, 1999 (Rich Brian: Age 23) in Jakarta, Indonesia. He was the youngest of five and spent his childhood being homeschooled and working at his parents’ cafe.
In an exclusive interview with uInterview, Brian discussed how he got started as a rapper. “I started to listen to hip-hop music when I was 12 and I was still in Indonesia and learning English,” Brian revealed. “Me learning rap music helped me a lot with pronunciation because it forced me to talk fast all the time. By 15 I was like, ‘let me try to make a rap song because it seems fun.’ And I remember it being really hard to rhyme one word. And then when...
Rich Brian Biography: Age, Early Life, Family, Education
Rich Brian was born on September 3, 1999 (Rich Brian: Age 23) in Jakarta, Indonesia. He was the youngest of five and spent his childhood being homeschooled and working at his parents’ cafe.
In an exclusive interview with uInterview, Brian discussed how he got started as a rapper. “I started to listen to hip-hop music when I was 12 and I was still in Indonesia and learning English,” Brian revealed. “Me learning rap music helped me a lot with pronunciation because it forced me to talk fast all the time. By 15 I was like, ‘let me try to make a rap song because it seems fun.’ And I remember it being really hard to rhyme one word. And then when...
- 4/9/2023
- by Hailey Schipper
- Uinterview
Filming has begun on Tom Waller’s true-crime thriller, “Kiss of the Con Queen,” with real-life victim Eoin O’Brien (“The Last Full Measure”) taking the lead role. He plays actor duped by an impersonator to travel to Indonesia on the promise of auditions for a leading role in a DC origins series, only to discover that he had been scammed by the infamous Con Queen of Hollywood.
In the real world, the alleged perpetrator, 41-year-old Indonesian food blogger Hargobind Tahilramani, is accused of pretending to be both male and female Hollywood executives and having swindled hundreds of victims of millions of dollars. He was arrested in 2020 after an FBI manhunt and is currently in prison in the U.K. where he is fighting against possible extradition to the U.S. The U.K. court hearings have been dramatic and disturbing.
A chunk of the filming on Waller’s film has already...
In the real world, the alleged perpetrator, 41-year-old Indonesian food blogger Hargobind Tahilramani, is accused of pretending to be both male and female Hollywood executives and having swindled hundreds of victims of millions of dollars. He was arrested in 2020 after an FBI manhunt and is currently in prison in the U.K. where he is fighting against possible extradition to the U.S. The U.K. court hearings have been dramatic and disturbing.
A chunk of the filming on Waller’s film has already...
- 3/14/2023
- by Patrick Frater
- Variety Film + TV
This post contains spoilers for "The Last of Us" Season 1
"The Last of Us," HBO's live-action adaptation of the video game of the same name, is an intense watch. The story follows Joel (Pedro Pascal) and Ellie (Bella Ramsey), two survivors of an apocalyptic plague that has wiped out most of human society. Some survivors are quarantined in the cities, corralled into zones overseen by an overzealous, fascistic government called Fedra. Others live in the wild, fighting off hordes of infected -- humans turned into monsters by the fungal parasite that brought about the end of the world. Joel and Ellie pick their way through the rubble of society, trying to stay alive as they search for people who might help find a cure.
"The Last of Us" sets itself apart through its willingness to explore wherever the story takes it. It's a show unafraid to spend an episode fleshing...
"The Last of Us," HBO's live-action adaptation of the video game of the same name, is an intense watch. The story follows Joel (Pedro Pascal) and Ellie (Bella Ramsey), two survivors of an apocalyptic plague that has wiped out most of human society. Some survivors are quarantined in the cities, corralled into zones overseen by an overzealous, fascistic government called Fedra. Others live in the wild, fighting off hordes of infected -- humans turned into monsters by the fungal parasite that brought about the end of the world. Joel and Ellie pick their way through the rubble of society, trying to stay alive as they search for people who might help find a cure.
"The Last of Us" sets itself apart through its willingness to explore wherever the story takes it. It's a show unafraid to spend an episode fleshing...
- 3/13/2023
- by Eric Langberg
- Slash Film
In the film Jamojaya, we follow Indonesian rapper, James (Rich Brian) as he tries to expand his career in the U.S. while not damaging the relationship with his father and former manager (Yayu Unru). In the film, Darren Darnborough plays James’ album photographer.
In an exclusive interview with uInterview at the Sundance premiere, Darnborough revealed his favorite moments when working with Brian.
Watch Rich Brian’s uINTERVIEW!
“So we shot in Hawaii right and the most grand moment was actually – Hawaii’s very small, it’s still a million people but when you live there, I lived there for a year, and when you live there you get to know people in the cultures,” he began. “And the most brilliant moment was when we just randomly ran into him [Brian]. Me and my friend had decided to go up north to a food truck that we wanted to see, a shrimp food truck,...
In an exclusive interview with uInterview at the Sundance premiere, Darnborough revealed his favorite moments when working with Brian.
Watch Rich Brian’s uINTERVIEW!
“So we shot in Hawaii right and the most grand moment was actually – Hawaii’s very small, it’s still a million people but when you live there, I lived there for a year, and when you live there you get to know people in the cultures,” he began. “And the most brilliant moment was when we just randomly ran into him [Brian]. Me and my friend had decided to go up north to a food truck that we wanted to see, a shrimp food truck,...
- 2/28/2023
- by Hailey Schipper
- Uinterview
Rich Brian stars in the film Jamojaya about an Indonesian rapper, James, trying to expand his career in the U.S. while trying to not damage the relationship with his father and former manager (Yayu Unru).
His new manager, played by Kate Lyn Sheil, tries to wrangle the business from James’ father, which proves to be increasingly difficult. And, as Kyle Mooney said, “I think I play someone in a recording studio.”
In an exclusive interview with uInterview at the Sundance premiere in Park City, Utah, Mooney and Sheil talked about how beautiful it was shooting in Hawaii.
“But right now it’s all about today and being here with you,” Mooney chimed into his wife.
The two also revealed what it was like working with Rich Brian.
“I mean, he’s amazing, he’s incredible,” Mooney started.
“Everyone loves him, he’s the best. It was exciting to watch him work,...
His new manager, played by Kate Lyn Sheil, tries to wrangle the business from James’ father, which proves to be increasingly difficult. And, as Kyle Mooney said, “I think I play someone in a recording studio.”
In an exclusive interview with uInterview at the Sundance premiere in Park City, Utah, Mooney and Sheil talked about how beautiful it was shooting in Hawaii.
“But right now it’s all about today and being here with you,” Mooney chimed into his wife.
The two also revealed what it was like working with Rich Brian.
“I mean, he’s amazing, he’s incredible,” Mooney started.
“Everyone loves him, he’s the best. It was exciting to watch him work,...
- 2/15/2023
- by Hailey Schipper
- Uinterview
In the film Jamojaya we follow Indonesian rapper, James (Rich Brian), as he tries to expand his career in the U.S. without damaging the relationship with his father and former manager (Yayu Unru).
Henry Cusick plays Micheal, James’ new producer who is trying to get universal rights for all of James’ songs.
In an exclusive interview with uInterview, Cusick revealed what it was like working with Rich Brian.
“I didn’t know Brian beforehand so you know he was to me he was always James,” he said. “It was always James, you know, I have no differentiation of who he is. I had never heard of him or met him so it was all new to me.”
The post Video Exclusive: ‘Lost’ Star Henry Cusick On ‘Jamojaya’ At Sundance Premiere appeared first on uInterview.
Henry Cusick plays Micheal, James’ new producer who is trying to get universal rights for all of James’ songs.
In an exclusive interview with uInterview, Cusick revealed what it was like working with Rich Brian.
“I didn’t know Brian beforehand so you know he was to me he was always James,” he said. “It was always James, you know, I have no differentiation of who he is. I had never heard of him or met him so it was all new to me.”
The post Video Exclusive: ‘Lost’ Star Henry Cusick On ‘Jamojaya’ At Sundance Premiere appeared first on uInterview.
- 2/13/2023
- by Hailey Schipper
- Uinterview
In the film Jamojaya, we follow Indonesian rapper, James (Rich Brian) as he tries to expand his career in the U.S. while not damaging the relationship with his father and former manager (Yayu Unru).
In an exclusive interview with uInterview, director Justin Chon discussed why he wanted to make the film.
“He’s [Rich Brian] a dope rapper, and I’m friends with his manager, I’ve known his manager since we were 18 and we talked about you if there was a possibility to do a film so we built it over five years,” he said. “We started talking five years ago and then slowly built it. I got to know him, asked him questions here and there. I landed on a father-son story, because you know he has a very close relationship with his father, so I thought that be a good place to start.”
Chon also revealed his favorite moment when working with Brian.
In an exclusive interview with uInterview, director Justin Chon discussed why he wanted to make the film.
“He’s [Rich Brian] a dope rapper, and I’m friends with his manager, I’ve known his manager since we were 18 and we talked about you if there was a possibility to do a film so we built it over five years,” he said. “We started talking five years ago and then slowly built it. I got to know him, asked him questions here and there. I landed on a father-son story, because you know he has a very close relationship with his father, so I thought that be a good place to start.”
Chon also revealed his favorite moment when working with Brian.
- 2/10/2023
- by Hailey Schipper
- Uinterview
Jamojaya begins with a bang. In an interview, up-and-coming rapper James (Brian “Rich Brian” Imanuel) fires his father (Yayu A.W. Unru) as his manager. The story then shifts to Hawaii as the aspiring musician attempts recording an album with his new label. The father just hopes to stick around, believing his son needs him, that he’s currently indispensable. The first act of Justin Chon’s drama focuses on this relationship, and with two committed performers the film (literally) sings.
As Jamojaya progresses, though, messaging gets lost. The luster of the photography, the weight of images, loses power. It starts feeling like an empty exercise: a story with no sticking power, a waste of talented dual leads. The glitz and glamor of this life and this film wear off, leaving behind a sour taste.
None of this is a knock on the film’s cinematography, which amazes in nearly every scene.
As Jamojaya progresses, though, messaging gets lost. The luster of the photography, the weight of images, loses power. It starts feeling like an empty exercise: a story with no sticking power, a waste of talented dual leads. The glitz and glamor of this life and this film wear off, leaving behind a sour taste.
None of this is a knock on the film’s cinematography, which amazes in nearly every scene.
- 2/1/2023
- by Michael Frank
- The Film Stage
Rich Brian stars in the film Jamojaya about an Indonesian rapper, James, trying to expand his career in the U.S. while trying to not damage the relationship with his father and former manager (Yayu Unru).
James is forced to deal with more pressure and demands from the industry and his father’s unrelenting control for fear of losing his son.
At the film’s premiere at Sundance Film Festival, Rich Brian spoke with uInterview founder Erik Meers about his time shooting the film.
When talking about the best moments from the film, Brian said, “What I can never forget is how much time I spent with Yayu (Unru) the actor that played my dad and also Ryan, the producer from Indonesia that was helping us with a lot of stuff. It was like me, Yayu, and Ryan were the only Indonesian kids in Hawaii at the time. Getting to...
James is forced to deal with more pressure and demands from the industry and his father’s unrelenting control for fear of losing his son.
At the film’s premiere at Sundance Film Festival, Rich Brian spoke with uInterview founder Erik Meers about his time shooting the film.
When talking about the best moments from the film, Brian said, “What I can never forget is how much time I spent with Yayu (Unru) the actor that played my dad and also Ryan, the producer from Indonesia that was helping us with a lot of stuff. It was like me, Yayu, and Ryan were the only Indonesian kids in Hawaii at the time. Getting to...
- 1/29/2023
- by Hailey Schipper
- Uinterview
Writer-director Justin Chon returns to Sundance with Jamojaya, a film about a father-son relationship that’s made fraught by recent losses and financial difficulties. James (Brian Imanuel) is an up-and-coming Indonesian rapper who’s visiting Hawai‘i to cut his debut album, which is set to premiere on a major record label in the US. His travel companion is his dad and former manager (Yayu A.W. Unru), who can see that James is drowning in debt due to this major label acquisition. While he’s still mourning the loss of his other son, James’s father becomes his de facto assistant, micro-managing his every move—and […]
The post “Intently Listening to ‘Mmmbop’ on Repeat”: Editor Reynolds Barney on Jamojaya first appeared on Filmmaker Magazine.
The post “Intently Listening to ‘Mmmbop’ on Repeat”: Editor Reynolds Barney on Jamojaya first appeared on Filmmaker Magazine.
- 1/27/2023
- by Filmmaker Staff
- Filmmaker Magazine - Blog
Writer-director Justin Chon returns to Sundance with Jamojaya, a film about a father-son relationship that’s made fraught by recent losses and financial difficulties. James (Brian Imanuel) is an up-and-coming Indonesian rapper who’s visiting Hawai‘i to cut his debut album, which is set to premiere on a major record label in the US. His travel companion is his dad and former manager (Yayu A.W. Unru), who can see that James is drowning in debt due to this major label acquisition. While he’s still mourning the loss of his other son, James’s father becomes his de facto assistant, micro-managing his every move—and […]
The post “Intently Listening to ‘Mmmbop’ on Repeat”: Editor Reynolds Barney on Jamojaya first appeared on Filmmaker Magazine.
The post “Intently Listening to ‘Mmmbop’ on Repeat”: Editor Reynolds Barney on Jamojaya first appeared on Filmmaker Magazine.
- 1/27/2023
- by Filmmaker Staff
- Filmmaker Magazine-Director Interviews
Jamojaya takes its name after a legend: As relayed in an animated sequence narrated by Joyo (Yayu A.W. Unru), Jamojaya was a prince transformed against his will into a banyan tree. In an act of love, his brother turns himself into a bird to look for him. But their inability to communicate keeps a proper reunion forever out of reach — the bird unable to recognize his brother’s new form, the tree unable to reveal himself even when his brother stands in his branches.
It’s a story Joyo adores so much he’s named his two sons after it: James (Brian Imanuel), now an up-and-coming rapper, and Jaya, who died years ago in a plane crash. And its sense of searching permeates the entire picture, to mostly moving, occasionally frustrating effect.
Directed by Justin Chon (who, between Gook, Ms. Purple and Blue Bayou has made a specialty of bittersweet...
It’s a story Joyo adores so much he’s named his two sons after it: James (Brian Imanuel), now an up-and-coming rapper, and Jaya, who died years ago in a plane crash. And its sense of searching permeates the entire picture, to mostly moving, occasionally frustrating effect.
Directed by Justin Chon (who, between Gook, Ms. Purple and Blue Bayou has made a specialty of bittersweet...
- 1/26/2023
- by Angie Han
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Viewers of The Last of Us are praising the second episode for its opening set in Indonesia.
The HBO video game adaptation continued on Sunday (22 January), catching up with Joel (Pedro Pascal) and Tess (Anna Torv) as they transport the teenage Ellie (Bella Ramsay) on a dangerous mission across a post-apocalyptic wasteland.
Each episode so far has featured a flashback, which takes place 20 years before the fall of civilisation that is triggered by the spreading of a brain-infecting fungus called Cordyceps.
Episode two opened in Jakarta, Indonesia, and saw an expert in the study of fungi learn of the outbreak. Chillingly, after discovering details of the outbreak, she tells an Indonesian military officer that there is no vaccine and her advice is to bomb the entire city.
Indonesian viewers are heaping praise on the show for casting Indonesian actors Christine Hakam and Yayu Aw Unru in these roles, as well...
The HBO video game adaptation continued on Sunday (22 January), catching up with Joel (Pedro Pascal) and Tess (Anna Torv) as they transport the teenage Ellie (Bella Ramsay) on a dangerous mission across a post-apocalyptic wasteland.
Each episode so far has featured a flashback, which takes place 20 years before the fall of civilisation that is triggered by the spreading of a brain-infecting fungus called Cordyceps.
Episode two opened in Jakarta, Indonesia, and saw an expert in the study of fungi learn of the outbreak. Chillingly, after discovering details of the outbreak, she tells an Indonesian military officer that there is no vaccine and her advice is to bomb the entire city.
Indonesian viewers are heaping praise on the show for casting Indonesian actors Christine Hakam and Yayu Aw Unru in these roles, as well...
- 1/23/2023
- by Jacob Stolworthy
- The Independent - TV
As a director, Justin Chon has long trafficked in stories about fractured families in heightened situations. “Gook” was about a pair of brothers running their father’s shoe store in the aftermath of his death and in the shadow of the Los Angeles riots. “Ms. Purple” followed estranged siblings trying to make amends with their father before his death. “Blue Bayou” cast Chon himself as an immigrant father attempting to stay in the U.S. while the government tries to toss him out.
Fathers, children, and terrible outside forces are also at play in his fifth feature film, “Jamojaya,” which continues Chon’s traditional obsessions but wraps them in filled with predictable problems, obvious baddies, and trite lessons. In expanding his viewpoint beyond his typically smaller-scale stories — both in terms of the film’s general plot, which follows a rising young rapper who learns (gasp) that the music industry is bad,...
Fathers, children, and terrible outside forces are also at play in his fifth feature film, “Jamojaya,” which continues Chon’s traditional obsessions but wraps them in filled with predictable problems, obvious baddies, and trite lessons. In expanding his viewpoint beyond his typically smaller-scale stories — both in terms of the film’s general plot, which follows a rising young rapper who learns (gasp) that the music industry is bad,...
- 1/23/2023
- by Kate Erbland
- Indiewire
Up-and-coming Indonesian rapper James (Brian Imanuel) has taken a major professional leap signing with an international label. But just as the music execs are eager to take his music global, they demand he dilute his cultural identity to appeal to industry trends in the West. Yet “Jamojaya” –the new feature from director Justin Chon, premiering at Sundance — is only partially about James’ tug of war with the greedy forces impatient to exploit him. A familial fissure haunts him as well.
The rising star has chosen to part ways professionally with his father and now former manager Joyo (Yayu A.W. Unru), a decision the latter hasn’t taken well. Under pressure to record his album in Hawaii, James initially welcomes his dad’s presence during an unexpected visit. The more time they spent together, however, the more toxic their exchanges turn.
Chon tries to bridge the two thematic threads — the parent-child...
The rising star has chosen to part ways professionally with his father and now former manager Joyo (Yayu A.W. Unru), a decision the latter hasn’t taken well. Under pressure to record his album in Hawaii, James initially welcomes his dad’s presence during an unexpected visit. The more time they spent together, however, the more toxic their exchanges turn.
Chon tries to bridge the two thematic threads — the parent-child...
- 1/23/2023
- by Carlos Aguilar
- The Wrap
Age-old stories of entertainment industry corruption and suffocating stage-parenting are given a freshly off-kilter perspective in writer-director Justin Chon’s “Jamojaya,” which zeroes in on a few days in the life of a rising Indonesian rapper as he attempts to cut professional ties with his former manager, who also happens to be his father. In many ways a bigger, flashier and more slippery companion piece to Chon’s memorable 2019 Sundance feature “Ms. Purple,” “Jamojaya” is elevated above its familiar narrative paces by sensitive camerawork and a pair of intriguing performances, and its suggestion that showbusiness ambitions and family ties don’t so much collide as unravel on parallel tracks.
The film debut for Jakarta-native rapper Brian “Rich Brian” Imanuel, who rocketed to sudden viral fame back in 2016, “Jamojaya” casts him as James, a young Mc who finds himself in the aftermath of a similar scenario. With enough heat on his...
The film debut for Jakarta-native rapper Brian “Rich Brian” Imanuel, who rocketed to sudden viral fame back in 2016, “Jamojaya” casts him as James, a young Mc who finds himself in the aftermath of a similar scenario. With enough heat on his...
- 1/23/2023
- by Andrew Barker
- Variety Film + TV
The broad strokes of Indonesian rapper Brian Imanuel’s improbable life serve as the framework for his big-screen debut in director Justin Chon’s coming-of-age drama Jamojaya, premiering Jan. 23 in Park City. Imanuel, better known to global hip-hop fans by his stage name, Rich Brian, gives a convincing performance in the film as a fish-out-of-water musical sensation very much like his real-life self.
Born to a middle-class family in West Jakarta, Imanuel was home-schooled and taught himself English by watching YouTube videos and listening to American rappers. After experimenting with various forms of internet content creation, Imanuel began recording hip-hop at age 15 as “Rich Chigga” (a name he later said was invented out of naivete, prompting the change to “Rich Brian” after he was criticized for mocking hip-hop culture and his use of the N-word in song). He quickly became a global sensation after the video for his debut single,...
Born to a middle-class family in West Jakarta, Imanuel was home-schooled and taught himself English by watching YouTube videos and listening to American rappers. After experimenting with various forms of internet content creation, Imanuel began recording hip-hop at age 15 as “Rich Chigga” (a name he later said was invented out of naivete, prompting the change to “Rich Brian” after he was criticized for mocking hip-hop culture and his use of the N-word in song). He quickly became a global sensation after the video for his debut single,...
- 1/21/2023
- by Patrick Brzeski
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Before Covid upended the film festival scene, Sundance premieres were a hotbed of drama as studio chiefs and streaming executives staked out the best seats in the theater and then beat a path for the exits as soon as the credits rolled in the hopes of outmaneuvering each other for the hottest films. After two years of going virtual, Sundance is back in-person. However, it’s unclear if the all-night bidding wars that were such a staple of past festivals will also return in force. At a time of cost-cutting and box office struggles for indie movies, a new era of fiscal restraint may be the order of the day.
But Sundance’s thin mountain air could cause all that economizing to evaporate. And if it does, here are 13 films that could have buyers writing big checks.
Drift
Cast: Cynthia Erivo, Alia Shawkat
Director: Anthony Chen
Sales Agent: UTA
Why...
But Sundance’s thin mountain air could cause all that economizing to evaporate. And if it does, here are 13 films that could have buyers writing big checks.
Drift
Cast: Cynthia Erivo, Alia Shawkat
Director: Anthony Chen
Sales Agent: UTA
Why...
- 1/17/2023
- by Brent Lang and Rebecca Rubin
- Variety Film + TV
New to Shudder this week is the Indonesian horror film The Queen of Black Magic. Written by Joko Anwar and directed by Kimo Stamboel, this film joins the ranks of Shudder’s other amazing Indonesian offerings and offers viewers an experience that is both horrifying and intriguing.
Raised in a rural orphanage, three (now grown) friends, Anton (Tanta Ginting), Hanif (Ario Bayu), and Jefri (Miller Khan) return when they hear that the health of the proprietor is failing. Along with each other, Mr. Bandi (Yayu A.W. Unru) is the closest thing to family that they had as children. They each bring along their families as a way to bridge the gap between childhood and adulthood, and to say goodbye to the man who raised them.
While on the surface, the orphanage holds many good memories for the men, it also houses secrets upon secrets. Some from the past, thought to be deeply buried,...
Raised in a rural orphanage, three (now grown) friends, Anton (Tanta Ginting), Hanif (Ario Bayu), and Jefri (Miller Khan) return when they hear that the health of the proprietor is failing. Along with each other, Mr. Bandi (Yayu A.W. Unru) is the closest thing to family that they had as children. They each bring along their families as a way to bridge the gap between childhood and adulthood, and to say goodbye to the man who raised them.
While on the surface, the orphanage holds many good memories for the men, it also houses secrets upon secrets. Some from the past, thought to be deeply buried,...
- 1/29/2021
- by Emily von Seele
- DailyDead
Stars: Iko Uwais, Chelsea Islan, Sunny Pang, Very Tri Yulisman, Julie Estelle, Ario Bayu, Yayu A.W. Unru, Zack Lee | Written by Timo Tjahjanto | Directed by Kimo Stamboel, Timo Tjahjanto
Following the standard set by a certain punchy tower-block inhabiting modern classic, any Indonesian action movie is going to have their work cut out for them for the next decade or so. Even that film’s own follow-up, The Raid 2 (come on, you knew what we were talking about) paled in comparison to its predecessor, which Judge Dredd himself struggled to live up to.
Taking a jab at the crown is Headshot, an equally violent, no-holds barred action movie which stars none other than The Raid’s Iko Uwais. Shot in the head (hence the title) and left for dead, amnesiac ‘Ishmael’ washes up on an Indonesian shore and, after a short coma, is nursed back to health by lovely...
Following the standard set by a certain punchy tower-block inhabiting modern classic, any Indonesian action movie is going to have their work cut out for them for the next decade or so. Even that film’s own follow-up, The Raid 2 (come on, you knew what we were talking about) paled in comparison to its predecessor, which Judge Dredd himself struggled to live up to.
Taking a jab at the crown is Headshot, an equally violent, no-holds barred action movie which stars none other than The Raid’s Iko Uwais. Shot in the head (hence the title) and left for dead, amnesiac ‘Ishmael’ washes up on an Indonesian shore and, after a short coma, is nursed back to health by lovely...
- 5/5/2017
- by Joel Harley
- Nerdly
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