It takes a love pentangle, countless car-and-street chases before returning to the cliff-hanging first scene, where more reversals await. The hyperbolic plot transports characters from kinky exploits to castration by piranha - making Jaws seem as harmless as Nemo. It then rewinds to explain how he got there. The film opens with hard-luck hero Jojo (Tora Sudiro) in a compromising position - dangling from a Ferris wheel with a deranged thug yelling death threats. ![]() Relocating its sexploitation pastiche to modern uptown Jakarta, the package is technically polished and genre-savvy, invigorated by a heady mix of ’70s jive and ’80s disco fever music, and whirlwind shoots around bustling outdoor locations and sets of “Boogie Nights” splendor. ![]() ![]() Director Dimas Djayaadiningrat benefited from Joko Anwar’s (“Joni’s Promise,” “Kala”) inventive script and production house Kalyana Shira’s cosmopolitan, boutique approach to filmmaking.
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