Directed by Gareth Evans
Written by Gareth Evans
Starring Iko Uwais
Arifin Putra
Music by Fajar Yuskemal
Aria Prayogi
Running time 150 minutes
Budget $4.5 million
Box office $5,475,617
Written by Gareth Evans
Starring Iko Uwais
Arifin Putra
Music by Fajar Yuskemal
Aria Prayogi
Running time 150 minutes
Budget $4.5 million
Box office $5,475,617
Plot
After an opening sequence in which Bejo, a self made Jakarta gang lord executes Rama's brother Andi. Rama then meets Bunawar. After sending Rama's fellow survivor Bowo to receive medical attention and executing Wahyu, Bunawar invites Rama to join a clandestine anti-corruption task force which seeks to expose police commissioner Reza's backroom dealings with the Bangun and Goto gangs. While Rama initially declines, he agreed to join them after learning of his brother's murder by Bejo and the imminent threat to his family.
Rama assaults the son of a politician who opposed Bangun's criminal family, earning imprisonment with Bangun's son Uco. Rama, under the alias "Yuda", saves the mobster's life during a prison riot. Bangun subsequently hires Yuda when the latter's prison sentence ends. As Yuda proves his value to the organization and earns the family's trust, rifts grow between him and the unreliable Bunawar. Meanwhile, Uco grows increasingly discontented with his father's lack of faith in his abilities and placidity towards the Japanese, desiring to take on a larger role in the mob's operations.
Bejo invites Uco to dinner, sharing rumors of a Japanese plot to turn Reza against the Bangun family and allowing Uco to personally kill the prison assailants. Uco subsequently hatches a plot with Bejo to start a gang war that would destroy the Japanese, letting Uco prove himself to his father while Bejo profits from the chaos. The pair use Bejo's personal assassins to frame the Japanese for killing Bangun's loyal henchman Prakoso and falsify a harsh retaliation by Bangun. When the families meet to reconcile, Bangun takes an apologetic stance that causes Uco to lash out against his father. Meanwhile, Reza's corrupt cops attack Yuda in reprisal, leaving him incapacitated as Bangun harshly beats Uco for his disobedience.
Filming
In January 2013, PT Merantau Films and XYZ Films announced the start of production.The filming process took about seven months and ended in July 2013.
The film's lead cinematographer Matt Flannery tweeted that at least three RED cameras were used in a test shoot of a chase scene.Gareth Evans mentioned on his Twitter that they were using RED Scarlet for 95% of the shoot, Epic for slow mo, and Go Pro 3 for quick cuts during the car chase.
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