Merantau (2009)

Merantau: Directed by Gareth Evans. With Iko Uwais, Sisca Jessica, Christine Hakim, Mads Koudal. A young man from the countryside uses his skills in silat martial arts to survive the slave trade.

“The main actor is legit. Which in the martial arts cinema is rarity. I actually saw his movie the Raid 1u0026amp;2, which I liked so much because the whole movie is just so good from the fight scenes to the action choreography, its just insane. Some credit goes out tot he director too. Now this movie, seems like it has a lower budget as you can tell when watching, but the fight screens and camera work are there. The story needed to be a bit more developed but the fight screen between the silat friend in the elevator was pretty intense. I wished it was a bit longer but what he did at the end will have you rooting for him.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eAs for the 2 white bad guys at the end. Their style of fighting was kind of non believing. They could of done better. IDK, seems like something was very lacking.”