The Night Comes For Us

It's no secret I am a bit of a choreography nut. This is a martial arts film but what I feel is different about this one is it feels like a horror film the way it's framed. Great fights with truly horrific deaths and imagery. What the mortal Kombat movies should be.

At its core this is an Indonesian take on the Americanized ‘Jason Statham’ archetype and honestly? I wouldn’t have it any other way. Has a level of brutality I’m not used to seeing in a feature film, violence so believable that it resembled a snuff film more than an action movie, and yet even after 30 straight minutes of uncensored insanity at a time it’s hard to overlook the cinematic excellence of what has been achieved. Might be an odd take but it’s refreshing to see violence this believable, it really is an accomplishment from the actors to the choreography to the stunts everything here is old Jackie Chan level of excellence. My review doesn’t reflect the story, the character development, or any narrative elements, I was admittedly only here to see action and by god that is what you’re getting here. 4.5/5

The story isn’t the anything new but it’s interesting enough. As bloody and gnarly as i would like. The camera is always moving but not in a way that obscures but rather elevates.

At its core this is an Indonesian take on the Americanized ‘Jason Statham’ archetype and honestly? I wouldn’t have it any other way. Has a level of brutality I’m not used to seeing in a feature film, violence so believable that it resembled a snuff film more than an action movie, and yet even after 30 straight minutes of uncensored insanity at a time it’s hard to overlook the cinematic excellence of what has been achieved. Might be an odd take but it’s refreshing to see violence this believable, it really is an accomplishment from the actors to the choreography to the stunts everything here is old Jackie Chan level of excellence. My review doesn’t reflect the story, the character development, or any narrative elements, I was admittedly only here to see action and by god that is what you’re getting here. 4.5/5

The story isn’t the anything new but it’s interesting enough. As bloody and gnarly as i would like. The camera is always moving but not in a way that obscures but rather elevates.

One of the not as good as 'Nobody' or 'Shadow Strays' that got me feeling a little bit disappointed at some of the choices Timo Tjahjanto made in this one.

P.S: I get it, but why won’t they die!?