The Night Comes for Us (2018)

Ito (Joe Taslim), a gangland enforcer, caught amidst a treacherous and violent insurrection within his Triad crime family upon his return home from a stint abroad.

Director:

Timo Tjahjanto

Writer:

Timo Tjahjanto

Stars:

Iko Uwais, Joe Taslim, Julie Estelle

1 nomination.

Cast

Credited cast:
Iko Uwais	...	Arian
Joe Taslim	...	Ito
Julie Estelle	...	The Operator
Zack Lee	...	Bobby
Sunny Pang	...	Chien Wu
Shareefa Daanish	...	Triad's Sniper
Hannah Al Rashid	...	Elena
Dian Sastrowardoyo	...	Alma
Salvita Decorte	...	Shinta
Abimana Aryasatya	...	Fatih
Asha Kenyeri Bermudez	...	Reina
Dimas Anggara	...	Wisnu
Epy Kusnandar	...	Night Handler
Morgan Oey	...	Arian's Assistant
Revaldo	...	Yohan

Storyline

Ito (Joe Taslim), a gangland enforcer, caught amidst a treacherous and violent insurrection within his Triad crime family upon his return home from a stint abroad.

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Plot Keywords:

jakarta indonesia | indonesia | triad | one man army | one against many | 

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Genres:

Action | Thriller

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Certificate:

TV-MA

Details

Country:

Indonesia USA

Language:

Indonesian English Mandarin French

Release Date:

19 October 2018 (USA)

Also Known As:

The Night Comes for Us

Company Credits

Production Co:

Infinite Frameworks Studios, Screenplay Infinite Films, XYZ Films

Technical Specs

Runtime:

121 min

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Trivia

The director, Timo Tjahjanto, through his Twitter account, hinted this as the first movie in a planned trilogy. He also hinted that the next movie will focus on the operator (played by Julie Estelle) and the remaining member of the Six Seas.

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Goofs

When Shinta is berating Ito at her apartment bathroom for disappearing without notice, she is tying a bandage around his torso. The bandage disappears in the next frame and appears tied around Ito in the next frame.

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Connections

References Nightmare (1981)

User Reviews

Oh so violent.

For those who thought that The Raid 1 & 2 were the last word in kinetic, ultra-brutal martial arts movies, think again: The Night Comes For Us, from director Timo Tjahjanto, is a strong contender for the most excessively violent, blood-drenched action flick ever made. The film's many fight scenes are wonderfully choreographed and flawlessly executed, Tjahanto's breath-taking direction employing shooting techniques that are guaranteed to astound, although it's the sheer quantity of blood and guts that really impresses.

The film stars Joe Taslim as triad member Ito, who seeks redemption for all the terrible things that he has done by saving a young girl, Reina (Asha Kenyeri Bermudez), from his hit squad. Having gunned down his own men and escaped with the girl, Ito finds himself targeted by the triad's top killers, who include Raid star Iko Uwais as his old pal Arian, Julie Estelle (The Raid 2's Hammer Girl) as a motorcycle-riding assassin, and a pair of lesbian hit-women: Elena (Hannah Al Rashid), who is armed with a kukri knife, and Alma (Dian Sastrowardoyo), who wields a whirling wire weapon.

As Ito, aided by his loyal friends Bobby (Zack Lee), Fatih (Abimana Aryasatya) and Wisnu (Dimas Anggara), battles to protect Reina, viewers are treated to all manner of graphic violence: bodies are beaten and mutilated, necks are slashed, and bones are broken. A man is hung on a meathook, someone is machine gunned in the face, and a grenade rips another poor bloke to pieces. There's a shotgun blast to the foot, a knife through the neck, a severed hand, an evisceration, pool balls to the skull, a hook in the crotch, a utility knife in the mouth (and through the cheek), and more bullet hits and stabbings than I can recall. The stuntwork is amazing and it's hard to believe that no-one was seriously injured.

The carnage is so spectacular that it's easy to forgive the simplicity of the plot (the narrative is not nearly as involved as The Raid 2; it's more akin to the original Raid movie in terms of complexity).