There may be a new Indonesian martial arts hit on the horizon. We're talking about a thriller called "Bandit: Silent Fury" (Preman: Silent Fury).
The film is the feature debut of the writer and director. Randolph Zaini, who previously only worked on short films.
Synopsis: A deaf gangster with a traumatic past must take on the local mob when his young son witnesses a grisly murder.
The following took part in the film: Khiva Iskak ("Gundala: Son of Lightning"), Kiki Narendra (“I take revenge, the rest pay in cash”), Muzakki Ramkhan (“Gundala: Son of Lightning”) and other actors.
Interestingly, being a 2021 film, "Bandit" was nominated for eight awards at the Film Festival, including Best Film, Best Actor (Hiva Iskak), Best Supporting Actor (Kiki Narendra and Muzakki Ramhan), and Best Director and Best Original Screenplay (Randolph Zaini) . Additionally, Randolph Zaini received "Special Recognition" at the 2022 Bali International Film Festival.
"Bandit: Silent Fury" debuts 5 of August on the streaming channel Hi-YAH!, and will be sent to Blu-ray and DVD 27 September 2022 years. We can only wait.
Another project from Indonesia that is worth mentioning is a superhero action movie "Sri Asih" (Sri Asih) by director Upi Avianto (“The Last Wolves”, “My Stupid Boss”).
This film is part of a franchise Bumilangit Cinematic Universe – a kind of Indonesian answer to Hollywood Marvel. The first film in the cinematic universe based on comic books, which started back in 1954, was "Gundala: Son of Lightning" (2019). By the way, the director of “Gundala” Joko Anwar acted as one of the screenwriters in the second film of the franchise.
Sri Asih is the name of a superheroine from "Son of Lightning", the origin of which we will see in the project of the same name.
Returned to their superhero roles Pevita Pierce ("Cowboys") and Ario Bayu (“Raid: Bullet in the Head”), and they are accompanied by: Geoffrey Nicol ("Like rain falling on the ground") Raline Shah (“New Rich People”) and others.
"Sri Asih" They promised to release it during 2022, but the premiere date is still unknown. So for now you can only check out the teaser trailer for the action movie.
Let's finish today's selection with a spy thriller from Pakistan called Zarrar.
The film is a personal project of the actor Shahana Shahid, who not only played the leading role in the action film, but also wrote the script and directed it.
Synopsis: “Zarrar” is the nickname of a rogue spy who is dedicated to eliminating all threats to his homeland. On his journey, he reveals all the lies that are being told to the people of Pakistan. Corruption lies at the heart of every institution he encounters, but the protagonist will bring everyone to clean water.
Besides Shahana Shahid (“Strike”, “Agent 021”) the following actors starred in the action film: Kiran Malik (“Money back guaranteed”), Gary Sinise ("Green Mile"), Ludacris (Fast and Furious franchise), Nadeem Baig (“Superstar”) and others.
The film is due to be released in its home country in September 2022, but there is no exact premiere date yet.
Added a full trailer for the film "Sri Asih".