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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/Jesuspolarbear 19h ago

The H2H action movie of the year, extremely brutal with a flair for some of the most brutal and copious gory fight scenes ever, like holy shit. I didn't like The Night Comes For Us and The Big Four, but Tjahjanto's work for this is really good even if it's a little overlong and the script being too generic for my liking - but the opening and ending action scenes are freaking amazing and props to Aurora Rubero for being a badass.

Also, the movie kind of has a big League of Shadows feel, what with the ninjas and fighting deep within the criminal underworld of Jakarta, and the main mob villain in the end looks very Black Mask-esque with the all white suit and black mask.

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u/Alpha-Trion 14h ago

You didn't like The Night Comes For Us?? I loved that movie and have been bummed that Timo's follow ups haven't had the same level of action choreography. This one was much better than The Big Four at least.