The Shadow Strays (2024)
October 17, 2024 2:10 PM - Subscribe
[TRAILER] 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. A new thriller from relentlessly bloody Indonesian director Timo Tjahjanto.
Starring Aurora Ribero, Hana Malasan, Andri Mashadi, Adipati Dolken, Kristo Immanuel, Ali Fikry, Taskya Namya, Arswendi Nasution, Chew Kin-Wah, Agra Piliang, Daniel Ekaputra, Tanta Ginting, Eva Celia, Mawar Eva De Jongh, Yayan Ruhian, Hiroaki Kato, Nobuyuki Suzuki, Christie Naomi, Jesyca Marlein, Candace Gabriel Bianca, Banon Gautama, Shanna Miaziza.
Written and directed by Timo Tjahjanto. Produced by Anne P. Ralie, Daiwanne Ralie, Wicky V. Olindo for Frontier Pictures.
Not yet enough reviews to be rated on Rotten Tomatoes, though seven of nine at time of writing are positive.
A Netflix original. JustWatch listing.
Starring Aurora Ribero, Hana Malasan, Andri Mashadi, Adipati Dolken, Kristo Immanuel, Ali Fikry, Taskya Namya, Arswendi Nasution, Chew Kin-Wah, Agra Piliang, Daniel Ekaputra, Tanta Ginting, Eva Celia, Mawar Eva De Jongh, Yayan Ruhian, Hiroaki Kato, Nobuyuki Suzuki, Christie Naomi, Jesyca Marlein, Candace Gabriel Bianca, Banon Gautama, Shanna Miaziza.
Written and directed by Timo Tjahjanto. Produced by Anne P. Ralie, Daiwanne Ralie, Wicky V. Olindo for Frontier Pictures.
Not yet enough reviews to be rated on Rotten Tomatoes, though seven of nine at time of writing are positive.
A Netflix original. JustWatch listing.
I dunno. There's something balletic and frenetic about Tjahjanto that goes beyond what I would use that term for, really. YMMV, of course.
Maybe I just didn't want to describe something else as grand guignol. Feels like I overuse that here already.
posted by DirtyOldTown at 5:57 PM on October 17
Maybe I just didn't want to describe something else as grand guignol. Feels like I overuse that here already.
posted by DirtyOldTown at 5:57 PM on October 17
Ooh, thanks for the tip. I hadn't heard about this one. I'm a Timo fan, and agree 100% about the horror level of action. I love well-choreographed martial arts movies and gory horror movies, and he's great at creating the combo of both of those. I think I agree with you about the Grand Guignol, as well. In my mind the term feels more applied to classically dramatic scenes, like a specific, gory action is being highlighted in an over-the-top fashion. In Timo's case, it'll be something horrible and gory, but it's almost in passing, because we're already moving on to the next horrible and gory thing. Though, I suppose you could argue that the accumulation of small gore details add up to Grand Guignol... It's an interesting question. YMMV, indeed.
posted by mrphancy at 8:21 AM on October 18
posted by mrphancy at 8:21 AM on October 18
Ah. I saw the listing elsewhere and sort of ignored - I didn't realise it was Timo film. I will definitely check it out now.
posted by Ashwagandha at 8:35 AM on October 18
posted by Ashwagandha at 8:35 AM on October 18
In the words of the sickos meme image "Yes… Hahaha… Yes!" this is extremely my shit.
posted by juv3nal at 11:21 PM on October 20 [1 favorite]
posted by juv3nal at 11:21 PM on October 20 [1 favorite]
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If you're not familiar with Timo, he generally combines works either in horror or (as in this case) criminal underworld stuff, layering in one after another bloody, vicious, yikes-inducing scenes.
If you enjoy the parts in John Wick films where you think "HOLY SHIT, this is bordering on horror movie level violence!" then be advised that Timo runs screaming across that border throwing hand grenades. Compound fractures, heads being reduced to mist, decapitations, the works. There's something maniacal and operatic or it wouldn't work. But it does work!
posted by DirtyOldTown at 2:14 PM on October 17