Wiro Sableng 212

I went for five stars. 212 Warrior was my dark horse and everything pointed to that: Ruhian, silat, Indonesia, jungle. However, fresh from watching it I have a very bitter taste in my mouth. It did not sit well with me at all, it went off in just about every direction. I was very naive if I thought I was going to get The Raid, but set in the jungle. What I got instead was more of a parody of action movies from the 1990s with Jackie Chan, but without Jackie Chan. Given that it is delivered it in a lighthearted way, I'm even more disappointed that I didn't laugh even once. I found the humour childish and awkward, the main character annoyed me to no end (his weird grins and dancing during fights were completely out of place). There is only uninteresting chatter for an hour, it looks quite cheap, a kind of B-movie made for Indonesian TV. Of course there is no R-rated, and they included unnecessary fantasy wu-xia elements (there's a bit of flying, magic and ropes), exactly what I hate. So the only plus point is Ruhian, who plays the bad guy and shows off his skills in fights three times in total, and the scenes with him are probably the most interesting thing in the whole movie – though unfortunately he didn't get any suitable opponent because the main character really can't do much. I have it between 2-3 stars, I'll give it 3 in the end out of mercy. I haven't seen anything from Indonesia in a long time and Ruhian is still cool, but I definitely won't be going back to this one in the future. Story***, Action***, Humor*, Violence NO, Fun***, Music***, Visuals**, Atmosphere**, Suspense**. 5/10. (2021.06.13)