This was a convoluted, incoherent, incohesive and sloppily written screenplay. The scene editing in the cutting room was blender-worthy. Things just happen out of mid-air, other times scenes are missing important factors. Having seen the TV series, there was still too much confusion in this story, so I can imagine how lost most viewers who haven't seen the series would've felt. Even with the usually comfortable 94 min runtime and decent pacing, this felt too long and dragged out with all filler and fight scenes, and hardly any real storyline. And it's a shame, because Iko Uwais' amazing fighting skills even got boring with the same long dragged out and pointless fight scenes. There's a point when even too much of a great thing becomes boring and stale, and this was the case with all the action - pretty much 50% of the entire film, the rest just a cloudy misguided and lazy story, if you can even call it a story. It's also a shame the writing was so bad because of how great the casting and performances were. Even Pearl Thusi's intimate scene displaying her breathtaking and bodacious tatas was hot. The set locations and scenery were outstanding, and the cinematography was on point. But the best part of this film, was the soundtrack. I haven't heard that many great songs in one film for a very long time. I'll be definitely searching out for that soundtrack. Nevertheless, I'm still giving this a very generous 6/10 (2 stars go strictly to Thusi's lovely pair), and it could've been much higher had the writers and director fixed the terrible writing.
