Comments on: Fantastic Fest Review: Merantau

By: capunk

capunk — Thu, 06 May 2010 08:51:27 +0000

proud to be indonesian people…

By: Harry

Harry — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 13:11:16 +0000

Obviously he's reviewing all the film aspects (script, plot, act, fighting coreography, drama etc) and not on the actor's fighting skill. Audiences doesn't really care whether in real life, Keanu is a kungfu master, or Stallone is a boxer and a Vietnam War veteran or Arnold is a cyborg from the future :) as long as they can enjoy the film.
I love Tony Jaa, admire Panna Rittikrai's work and now keep my eye on Jeeja – she can act & kick ass, in fact I will go to any movie with good fighting scenes. However, it's rare to find such a balance portion between story/drama and action in these kind of films and this one nails it nicely.

By: Harry

Harry — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 07:11:16 +0000

By: lee

lee — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 11:48:04 +0000

What is this guys talking about ? I respect sirat and the main actor of this movies and I accept that this plot might be better than ong bak cause they used director and teams which is far more experience than thai so matial arts look good and seem to be conservative and fast but when u look at behind the scene of this movies is not at all . how can u call that is movement. they had been using a lot of sling, stopping all the time and his weapons are really no power. Never be the same as Tony jaa by looking at what he can do. It seems like the matrix some actors dont need to know anything about matial arts. how dare u said that u dont need any camera. Believe me if they hadnt used a lot of professtional angle , any fighting scene in this movies wouldnt be good as u see in the cinema . Silat is such a beautiful martial art and this guys did it well but dont try to compare with tony jaa . Can he jump as long as tony jaa do? how long he can remain in the air? how fast he can be ?

By: zozo96

zozo96 — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 17:20:09 +0000

I am an Indonesian. Thank you for your high appreciation of Merantau. I would like to translate your review into Indonesian. Would you give me a permission for that? There are many Indonesians that would really be happy to read your review.

By: Lisa

Lisa — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 03:54:54 +0000

Yes, the film is kickin ass! It's absolutely better than Ong bak!

By: Matt Cohen

Matt Cohen — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 22:29:58 +0000

“… I find myself searching for a grade above “A.”” Ummm… A+ ?

By: Kessa Sun

Kessa Sun — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 03:21:00 +0000

I'm Cambodian and love every martial art format by any country… What do you think of Bokator, Cambodian Kickboxing?

By: Puspitasari Anggradewi

Puspitasari Anggradewi — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 00:05:39 +0000

Yeah I agree :D the best fight scene is the last scene :D and yeah when I see Mads Koudal Reel.. I am not see he play as fighter at all >.< and it's so cool he can play Martial Art in Merantau well :D btw I am curious… why you bold Laurent Buson? I like him too :D And I really LOVE luc's character that he played lol

By: Shireishou

Shireishou — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 23:13:20 +0000

Amazing review ^^ Yay for Merantau! My favorite Indonesia movie EVER!

By: mister_dison

mister_dison — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 22:27:19 +0000

Yay! An Indonesian movie in an international movie festival.
As an Indonesian myself, I'm so proud that Merantau can be reviewed at FSR & graded A!
Brilliant!
I've watched the movie around August 2009 & actually enjoyed it very much. The fighting scenes was awesome!
I'm still waiting for the DVD to be released here.

By: Neil Miller

Neil Miller — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 20:20:12 +0000

This is, hands down, my personal favorite film of the fest. An incredibly solid story, a great central performance from Iko Uwais — who is as badass at Tony Jaa, but with dramatic range — and a sweet fight at the end that is very real, very brutal and immensely entertaining. A fan-fucking-tastic film.