2018 Movie
Dir. Timo Tjahjanto · Indonesia, United States of America · English, French
A Triad enforcer punches out a bloody escape in this spectacular, violent crime thriller
It’s not easy to turn away from organized crime. On top of having to reckon with what you’ve done and what reparations you have to make for the survivors, you also have to deal with everyone out to kill you. This is a familiar premise, of course, but writer-director Timo Tjahjanto takes it as an excuse to create some of the bloodiest and most action-packed sequences ever created, all stitched together in The Night Comes for Us. It’s a fairly thin martial arts crime thriller, but it’s wildly entertaining. With every skull crushed and gallons of blood spurted, Tjahjanto goes nuts with his ever creative, violent spectacles that action fans must watch, if they can stomach the gore.
After sparing a girl's life during a massacre, an elite Triad assassin is targeted by an onslaught of murderous gangsters.
Remorseful over a village massacre, crime enforcer Ito sets out to rescue Reina from his Triad crime family, the Six Seas, leading the two of them to be on the run.
We already raved about the action sequences, so it's obvious that that stands out but we want to also send some love to the effects team that makes the blood and the guts look great.
Alternatively, the visual dissertation of the numerous ways to tear flesh and bone on screen.
Isabella Endrinal is a curator at A Good Movie to Watch. She's now free from the corporate night shift. Previous articles have been published in outlets such as NANG Magazine. She's currently catching up on some classic films… if she isn't coping with the fact that the Haikyu anime will end soon.
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