Like my summary says, this movie is OK but its nothing special. In a nutshell this is an Indonesian Ong Bak 1. Hero comes to town, sees a girl in trouble, sticks his head in and then fight fight to rescue the girl from the baddies.
The issue is its similarity to Ong Bak 1 makes comparison inevitable and it comes off as weaker in terms of pacing, plot, action and creativity. That being said, the fights are still good.
The main disappointment for me is the lack of "silat" the native Indonesian martial art. The movie starts off with him going through the forms in the country but once in the city you do not see the forms in the fight sequences (I also have to admit that I am more familiar with Muay Thai then Silat so maybe I do not know what to look for).
If you do not buy into the hype (like I did), thats its one of the best martial arts/action movies, it is a good movie.
The issue is its similarity to Ong Bak 1 makes comparison inevitable and it comes off as weaker in terms of pacing, plot, action and creativity. That being said, the fights are still good.
The main disappointment for me is the lack of "silat" the native Indonesian martial art. The movie starts off with him going through the forms in the country but once in the city you do not see the forms in the fight sequences (I also have to admit that I am more familiar with Muay Thai then Silat so maybe I do not know what to look for).
If you do not buy into the hype (like I did), thats its one of the best martial arts/action movies, it is a good movie.