2019 · action · fantasy · indonesian
Gundala
Directed by Joko Anwar2h 3m2019
Sancaka has lived on the streets since his parents left him. Living a hard life, Sancaka survives by thinking about his own safety. When the condition of the city gets worse and injustice rages throughout the country, Sancaka must decide whether he continues to live to look after himself or rise to become their oppressed hero.
Our read: Gundala (2019) reads as a neutral, breathless, inventive action · fantasy · indonesian entry — extreme in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.
Neutral, breathless, extreme action / fantasy, inventive in texture. Ambivalent, mid-stakes, measured.
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- intense
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