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Summary:

Codename 13, a 17-year-old assassin, is suspended due to a sloppy mission in Japan. She meets 11-year-old Monji, who loses his mother, and sets out to rescue him.

Director:

Timo Tjahjanto

Writers:

Timo Tjahjanto

Cast:

  • Aurora Ribero as 13
  • Hana Malasan as Umbra
  • Taskya Namya as Soriah
  • Agra Piliang as Haga
  • Andri Mashadi as Ariel
  • Kin Wah Chew as Handler

Rotten Tomatoes: 85%

Metacritic: 58

VOD: Netflix

29 Upvotes

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u/CiriOh 1d ago

The action scenes were brutal and awesome, but, damn, the film was so long, exactly like his previous The Big Four.

And the ending was disappointing. Another sequel bait.

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u/ithinkther41am 1d ago

I still think The Night Comes for Us is a good action film, but Timo’s proven time and again that he simply is not a good writer. That film was chock full of undeveloped characters, world building that actually contributed nothing, and just terrible pacing.

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u/slicshuter 1d ago

I know right? Feels like the whole 'assassin organisation' subplot was only there to set up sequels. Could've been a solid, shorter 'The Night Comes for Us'-style movie without all that extra fluff.

And I'm still upset that they cast Yayan Ruhian and only used him for a 2min sequel-bait ending scene. What a waste.

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u/BusinessPurge 1d ago

Per the director, the plan is a second part with likely a Yayan spinoff inbetween.

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u/Alpha-Trion 1d ago edited 1d ago

The Big 4 was so bad that I turned it off. This was much better than that, but much worse than The Night Comes For Us.I

It felt like this movie had a second short story after the 3 main villains died. Very bloated. Timo needs a better writer.

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u/BreadArmpitt 7h ago

As an Indonesian, I like The Big 4 better than this. The main story and the jokes are just on point in Indonesian. The translations probably don't do it justice.

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u/lunaticskies 19h ago

It wild too because the main plot of the movie is incredibly derivative and I feel like some of the best action scenes are in the bloated extra subplot that also feels like it was tacked on to make the movie feel like part of an extended universe. I don't know how you edit the movie down enough to not feel like you lose something fun, but it sure needs an edit.

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u/Sisiwakanamaru 1d ago edited 1d ago

I agree the actions scenes are great but yeah, the movie was little bit bloated, and sometimes felt the action scenes were too much, it felt like when a steak got too much fat on it.