Starring: Kellan Lutz, Mickey Rourke, Ario Bayu, Mike Duncan, Atiqah Hasiholan
Running Time: 103 min
Once in a while, a certain film located in Indonesia manages to surface. We still remember the boring Eat, Pray, Love which is located in Bali and got a considerable respond. Now comes this one with a very obvious title that this film is located in Java (and not about the coffee).
With names like Kellan Lutz and Mickey Rourke, it surely will attract viewers, especially in Indonesia since any United States-Indonesia cooperation are very rare. With theme of West and East and the island of Java as the backdrop, I have some expectations.
Kellan Lutz, of the ‘Twilight’ saga, is Jake Travers, an American who can use gun and fight. He get to know Hashim (Ario Bayu) an Indonesian police investigating the bomb blast that supposedly killed a pretty Sultana of Java (Atiqah Hasiholan). Soon they are paired like those cops on Lethal Weapon and countless other odd couple police pair, to try to solve the mystery.
Actions happened and truth revealed. In conclusion, the film is just so-so. Just another B-movie adventure. What makes it different that it shows Indonesian landscape in a good way, although for viewers who have no clue where Indonesia is, they can be misled by believing that Java itself is a country.
Some things are annoying. For an Indonesian like me, the police uniform by the police general is ridiculous and an anachronism in itself since that is not how an Indonesian Police General uniform looks like. Not to mention how 'clean' from unit badges Ario Bayu's uniform is. Other scenes are also ridiculous; on how the palace's guards are armed with semi automatic weapon since in Indonesia the palace guards are not even armed at all. Civilians cannot bear arms as freely as in the states; or on how some dialogues are so raw, it feels like a civic lesson being pushed down our ear. It could have been better and sadly this one is just okay.
Running Time: 103 min
Once in a while, a certain film located in Indonesia manages to surface. We still remember the boring Eat, Pray, Love which is located in Bali and got a considerable respond. Now comes this one with a very obvious title that this film is located in Java (and not about the coffee).
With names like Kellan Lutz and Mickey Rourke, it surely will attract viewers, especially in Indonesia since any United States-Indonesia cooperation are very rare. With theme of West and East and the island of Java as the backdrop, I have some expectations.
Kellan Lutz, of the ‘Twilight’ saga, is Jake Travers, an American who can use gun and fight. He get to know Hashim (Ario Bayu) an Indonesian police investigating the bomb blast that supposedly killed a pretty Sultana of Java (Atiqah Hasiholan). Soon they are paired like those cops on Lethal Weapon and countless other odd couple police pair, to try to solve the mystery.
Actions happened and truth revealed. In conclusion, the film is just so-so. Just another B-movie adventure. What makes it different that it shows Indonesian landscape in a good way, although for viewers who have no clue where Indonesia is, they can be misled by believing that Java itself is a country.
Some things are annoying. For an Indonesian like me, the police uniform by the police general is ridiculous and an anachronism in itself since that is not how an Indonesian Police General uniform looks like. Not to mention how 'clean' from unit badges Ario Bayu's uniform is. Other scenes are also ridiculous; on how the palace's guards are armed with semi automatic weapon since in Indonesia the palace guards are not even armed at all. Civilians cannot bear arms as freely as in the states; or on how some dialogues are so raw, it feels like a civic lesson being pushed down our ear. It could have been better and sadly this one is just okay.
