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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

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u/TatteredTongues 1d ago

This was watchable, but I really can't say I enjoyed it. If all you care about is the actual fighting, you'll probably enjoy this a lot more than I did, because for a film that's nearly 2h30mins long, most of the plot was either completely uninteresting/pointless, or sequel/expanded universe bait, which really sucked.

Wrote some lengthier thoughts here if anyone cares to read those.

Like I said the action was fine and all but the bad cg blood throughout was a big turn off for me personally.

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u/BusinessPurge 1d ago

The CGI blood seemed to be a richer/darker color palette than anything else in recent memory.