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The Night Comes For Us
2018 121 min Indonesia, United States of America NC-17 18+
★7.2
Action, Crime, Thriller
Director: Timo Tjahjanto
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Description
After sparing a girl's life during a massacre, an elite Triad assassin is targeted by an onslaught of murderous gangsters.
Budget:
$2M
Starring
Joe Taslim
Actor
Iko Uwais
Actor
Asha Kenyeri Bermudez
Actor
Awards
2 nominations total
Key opinion
The Night Comes for Us is widely regarded as an uncompromising, ultra-violent spectacle that prioritizes kinetic martial arts choreography over narrative complexity. While fans of the genre praise its technical execution and brutal innovation, viewers seeking a cohesive story or logical character motivations often find the film excessive and thin.
| Originality | The fight choreography is masterfully staged, offering a relentless and innovative display of martial arts brutality. | |
| Cinematography | Cinematography and editing effectively capture the action sequences with clean, wide framing that avoids the disorienting shaky-cam style found in many modern action films. | |
| Screenplay | The narrative and dialogue are widely considered minimal, clichéd, or purely functional, serving merely as a vehicle for the next action set-piece. | |
| Emotion | The level of gore and anatomical violence is extreme, creating a polarizing experience that thrills genre enthusiasts but alienates those sensitive to unfiltered bloodletting. | |
| Runtime | Opinions on the film's pacing and duration are split; some find the two-hour runtime to be a fast-paced adrenaline rush, while others feel the repetitive nature of the fights and weak character stakes lead to fatigue. | |
| Acting | The performances are viewed inconsistently; while Iko Uwais and Joe Taslim are praised for their physical athleticism and charisma, some critics argue their characters lack sufficient motivation or depth. |