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The Shadow Strays (2024)

The Shadow Strays (2024)

7.1

Timo Tjahjanto’s second Netflix collab takes a darker path in this bloody and brutal crime thriller

Movie

Indonesia, United States of America
English, Indonesian, Japanese
Action, Crime, Thriller
2024
imdb
rt

TLDR

Whoever introduced Timo Tjahjanto to romcom actress Aurora Ribero… Wow, that was a great idea.

What it's about

After nearly botching a mission, Codename 13, a prodigal assassin of The Shadows, finds herself sent back to Jakarta and suspended from further duties. However, when her friend Monji, a young boy who lost his mother to a crime syndicate, is missing, 13 sets down a path of destruction to rescue him, even at the cost of defying her organization.

The take

Real life violence is usually not a good idea, but when those in power would do anything to gain more power at the expense of those more vulnerable, sometimes those with the strength should wreak violence. After a fruitful action-comedy collaboration with Netflix, writer-director Timo Tjahjanto teams up with them again for a darker crime thriller The Shadow Strays. It’s a straightforward rescue crime thriller that follows the trend set by John Wick, but with Tjahjanto’s insane horror-inspired, gore-filled kills and Aurora Ribero’s dynamic performance, The Shadow Strays is brutal, exciting, and a cathartic watch in a world betrayed by those at the top.

What stands out

Every creative way Tjahjanto has Ribero beat up and kill the bad guys.

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