Valentine (2017)

Man recruits girl under the guise of making a movie, while really trying to turn her into a masked vigilante.

Directors:

Ubay Fox, Agus Pestol

Writer:

Beby Hasibuan

Stars:

Estelle Linden, Arie Dagienkz, Matthew Settle

Cast

Credited cast:
Estelle Linden	...	Srimaya
Arie Dagienkz	...	Wawan
Matthew Settle	...	Bono
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Ahmad Affandy	...	Umbra
Indra Birowo	...	SWAT Commander
Mega Carefansa	...	Sally
Albert Cen	...	SWAT Officer
Marcell Domits	...	Lukman
Luis Jocom	...	SWAT Officer
Udeh Nans	...	SWAT Officer
Leroy Osmani	...	Syamsul
Joshua Pandelaki	...	Bambang
Peter Pastimoore	...	SWAT Officer
Fendy Pradana	...	Bumantara
Nabila Putri	...	Zola

Storyline

Batavia City, a beautiful city that no longer safely inhabited. Robbery, violence, and a variety of increasingly rampant criminality. In the midst of this chaotic city, Srimaya, a cafe waitress who dreams of becoming an actress never thought that dream would change her life. Her meeting with Bono, a film director and his friend, Wawan, will take her on a dangerous adventure full of thrilling action with lives at stake. Turning her from an ordinary girl into Batavia City heroine of hope, Valentine.

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Plot Keywords:

police officer | police officer killed | police officer stabbed | police officer ambushed | bank robbery | 

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Genres:

Action

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Details

Official Sites:

Skylar Pictures

Country:

Indonesia

Language:

Indonesian English

Release Date:

May 2019 (USA)

Also Known As:

Valentine: The Dark Avenger

Company Credits

Production Co:

Skylar Pictures

Technical Specs

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

First Martial Arts/Super hero movie to feature the Indonesian style of "Silat"

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Crazy Credits

Extra scenes are shown after the ending credits.

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Connections

References Despicable Me (2010)

User Reviews

Mediocre & unbelievable super hero film

As comic book films go, this was "okay", but not impressive. So-so super hero flick about a female Batman-type vigilante. Good story but unbelievable because virtually no weapons were used by criminals-- all marial arts fight scenes. Valentine's costume looked like something out of amateur cosplay. She goes into heavy physical battle with virtually no body armor to speak of... and not a scratch during the entire film.

The storyline is cliche but decent and the characters aren't bad. But that costume along with the "I just love martial arts!" fight scenes made this a wiener of a film. That, followed by two incomprehensible "credit flicks" made this a somewhat underwhelming effort. Better than Batman & Robin, and there have been worse superhero films, but this could have used better costuming, better choreography, and a whole lot more "What does she do if someone pulls out a shotgun or a sword?" Seriously, the loon didn't even carry a taser. That's just goofy, unrealistic writing.

And while I did like the main actress... about 30 to 40 more pounds of muscle would have made her character more believable. Why do they always portray female "fighter type" super heroes like frail supermodels? C'mon industry, get some wits.