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A caption reads: Locarno Film Festival Official Selection
A caption reads: Official Selection tiff Toronto International Film Festival 2021
A rural Indonesian village. A woman walks away from a shop carrying her shopping as a man drives past on a motorbike.
I need someone to stop Macan.
A stuffed yellow bird in a glass box.
An old man with a moustache and white shoes sits at a dining table with a cigar. He talks to a younger man.
Ajo, a young man revs his motorbike.
A man with a white open shirt and mid-length hair smokes a cigarette.
There's a kid who might be interested in your offer.
Ajo and another man are on motorbikes racing towards each other. They race to pick up a green bottle from the floor first. Ajo wins and raises it in the air.
His name is Ajo Kawir.
Ajo celebrates and stands up on his bike as he rides.
He'll take any excuse to fight.
A caption reads: Four Stars. "A refreshing throwback to 80s Kung-Fu cinema with a sociall conscious subtext. Wilson Kwong, Easternkicks"
Ajo smokes a cigarette as he sits at a table. He looks very nervous as he looks down at the table.
You just have to make him disappear into thin air.
On the table we see a photograph circled with an old man dressed like a hunter with safari hat, long hair and rolled up sleeves. He poses with another man and a dead boar.
Ajo walks up to man talking to him from the window of his truck.
What do you want?
Ajo thumps the man in the head who begins to cries out.
The man from earlier with the cigar sits with his hands clasped.
Interesting kid.
A caption reads: "Vibrant portrait of absurdist aggresion...riddled with high-octane action & playful pastiche. David Cuevas, Filmhounds
A young woman, Iteung, with curly hair and a denim jacket, approaches on a motorbike.
Hey, what's your business here?
She is with Ajo, beside rocks and grass on a dusty path.
I don't deal with women.
She attacks him and punches him in the face.
Ajo sits at home at night, eating a banana. He talks with a friend.
You must be in love.
Iteung is holding a cassette tape with Ajo sat near her.
You think this is just about your dick?
Iteung bounces on top of a man in a car, both fully dressed but having sex.
Ajo hugs Iteung at night by an amusement park. He rubs his hand over her private parts.
Ajo is in a shower masturbating.
Birdie...you have to get it up!
A caption reads: "Mean, lean, & crude cinema. David Cuevas, Filmhounds
Iteung wrestles with a young man, Budi.
You think you're faster than me?
A caption reads: Brilliant and offbeat. Reyzando Naware, The Film Stage
A close-up on a man's mouth.
Leave my girl out of it.
Ajo angrily punches a wall.
Iteung and Ajo fight with each other and she throws him to the floor.
A dishevelled Ajo talks on the phone.
If you want me to fight, just tell me when and where.
With a walking stick, Ajo hits something on the floor.
A group wearing motorcycle helmets fight with each other.
We focus on one of the motorcyclists. On the side of his helmet is the caption: John Melon
A caption reads: Vengeance
Ajo rides on his motorbike with a determind look on his face.
A caption reads: Is
Iteung tussles with Budi as he tries to restrain her.
A caption reads: Mine
A woman in black wearing a balaclava holds a man's head in her arms and twists it.
A caption reads: All
A soaking wet Ajo is forced headfirst into water by two men.
A caption reads: Others
Iteung throws Budi against a wall who spits out something from his mouth.
A caption reads: Pay
The older man from the photo earlier wrestles with Ajo inside a prison cell.
A caption reads: Cash
Budi fights with Iteung.
Ajo is pushed up against the bars of a prison cell.
Ajo is in the shower looking depressed.
Only a man who can't get it up can face death without fear.
A caption reads: "An unforgettable roundhouse kick to all of the macho cinema of the past. Christopher Cross, TILT
Iteung stands with her back to Ajo with both outside in the rain.
I love you, Iteung. But what are you going to do with a guy that can't get it up?
She tenderly touches Ajo's face.
Iteung hugs Ajo and brings his ear to her mouth.
I'll marry him.
"A transformative and rewarding endeavour. Wilson Kwong, Easternkicks
A handwritten note in Indonesian is taped to the roof of Ajo's van.
Love is like a disease.
Ajo drives in his truck with a guitar beside him. He is almost crying.
Ajo sits playing the guitar as Iteung rests her face on his shoulder.
It can strike at any time, like thunder and lightning.
Ajo and Iteung in formal clothing dance together.
Iteung stands outside, soaking wet from the rain.
She stands opposite Ajo, they both stare at each other.
A caption reads: Vengeance is Mine, All Others Pay Cash
On Blu-ray. In the UK September 19
Arrow Films
From acclaimed Indonesian director Edwin (Postcards from the Zoo) and based on the novel by Eka Kurniawan comes Vengeance is Mine, All Others Pay Cash, winner of the Golden Leopard at the 2021 Locarno Film Festival - a pulpy, energetic throwback to 80s South East Asian action and coming-of-age cinema about a young man who can't get it up.
Ajo Kawir (Marthino Lio) is a fighter who fears nothing, not even death. But his raging urge to fight is driven by a secret - his impotence, resulting from a traumatic childhood memory. When he crosses paths with a tough female fighter named Iteung (Ladya Cheryl), Ajo gets beaten black and blue, but he also falls head over heels in love. Will Ajo's path lead him to a happy life with Iteung, and, eventually, his own peace of mind?
With echoes of early Takashi Miike, Vengeance is Mine, All Others Pay Cash is a wild and unexpectedly poignant meditation on toxic masculinity and a culture steeped in violence from one of Indonesia's most exciting directorial voices.
Product Features
- High Definition (1080p) Blu-ray presentation
- Original lossless Indonesian 5.1 and 2.0 stereo audio
- Optional English subtitles
- Brand new audio Q&A with co-writer/director Edwin
- Over an hour of behind-the-scenes footage from the film set, organised into 13 episodes
- The World Behind Vengeance - over 80 minutes of interview featurettes with the cast and crew
- Video diaries from each day of shooting
- An hour of readings from the original source novel, featuring multiple cast and crew members
- Deleted scenes
- Theatrical trailer
- Image gallery
- Reversible sleeve feature two choices of artwork
- Arrow Video
- 114 mins approx
- 18
- 1.85:1
- Indonesian
- 1
- Arrow Video
- Edwin
- Marthino Lio
- Ladya Cheryl
- Reza Rahadian
English
- 2021
- B
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A caption reads: Arrow Video
A caption reads: The Match Factory
A caption reads: Palari Films
A caption reads: Locarno Film Festival Official Selection
A caption reads: Official Selection tiff Toronto International Film Festival 2021
A rural Indonesian village. A woman walks away from a shop carrying her shopping as a man drives past on a motorbike.
I need someone to stop Macan.
A stuffed yellow bird in a glass box.
An old man with a moustache and white shoes sits at a dining table with a cigar. He talks to a younger man.
Ajo, a young man revs his motorbike.
A man with a white open shirt and mid-length hair smokes a cigarette.
There's a kid who might be interested in your offer.
Ajo and another man are on motorbikes racing towards each other. They race to pick up a green bottle from the floor first. Ajo wins and raises it in the air.
His name is Ajo Kawir.
Ajo celebrates and stands up on his bike as he rides.
He'll take any excuse to fight.
A caption reads: Four Stars. "A refreshing throwback to 80s Kung-Fu cinema with a sociall conscious subtext. Wilson Kwong, Easternkicks"
Ajo smokes a cigarette as he sits at a table. He looks very nervous as he looks down at the table.
You just have to make him disappear into thin air.
On the table we see a photograph circled with an old man dressed like a hunter with safari hat, long hair and rolled up sleeves. He poses with another man and a dead boar.
Ajo walks up to man talking to him from the window of his truck.
What do you want?
Ajo thumps the man in the head who begins to cries out.
The man from earlier with the cigar sits with his hands clasped.
Interesting kid.
A caption reads: "Vibrant portrait of absurdist aggresion...riddled with high-octane action & playful pastiche. David Cuevas, Filmhounds
A young woman, Iteung, with curly hair and a denim jacket, approaches on a motorbike.
Hey, what's your business here?
She is with Ajo, beside rocks and grass on a dusty path.
I don't deal with women.
She attacks him and punches him in the face.
Ajo sits at home at night, eating a banana. He talks with a friend.
You must be in love.
Iteung is holding a cassette tape with Ajo sat near her.
You think this is just about your dick?
Iteung bounces on top of a man in a car, both fully dressed but having sex.
Ajo hugs Iteung at night by an amusement park. He rubs his hand over her private parts.
Ajo is in a shower masturbating.
Birdie...you have to get it up!
A caption reads: "Mean, lean, & crude cinema. David Cuevas, Filmhounds
Iteung wrestles with a young man, Budi.
You think you're faster than me?
A caption reads: Brilliant and offbeat. Reyzando Naware, The Film Stage
A close-up on a man's mouth.
Leave my girl out of it.
Ajo angrily punches a wall.
Iteung and Ajo fight with each other and she throws him to the floor.
A dishevelled Ajo talks on the phone.
If you want me to fight, just tell me when and where.
With a walking stick, Ajo hits something on the floor.
A group wearing motorcycle helmets fight with each other.
We focus on one of the motorcyclists. On the side of his helmet is the caption: John Melon
A caption reads: Vengeance
Ajo rides on his motorbike with a determind look on his face.
A caption reads: Is
Iteung tussles with Budi as he tries to restrain her.
A caption reads: Mine
A woman in black wearing a balaclava holds a man's head in her arms and twists it.
A caption reads: All
A soaking wet Ajo is forced headfirst into water by two men.
A caption reads: Others
Iteung throws Budi against a wall who spits out something from his mouth.
A caption reads: Pay
The older man from the photo earlier wrestles with Ajo inside a prison cell.
A caption reads: Cash
Budi fights with Iteung.
Ajo is pushed up against the bars of a prison cell.
Ajo is in the shower looking depressed.
Only a man who can't get it up can face death without fear.
A caption reads: "An unforgettable roundhouse kick to all of the macho cinema of the past. Christopher Cross, TILT
Iteung stands with her back to Ajo with both outside in the rain.
I love you, Iteung. But what are you going to do with a guy that can't get it up?
She tenderly touches Ajo's face.
Iteung hugs Ajo and brings his ear to her mouth.
I'll marry him.
"A transformative and rewarding endeavour. Wilson Kwong, Easternkicks
A handwritten note in Indonesian is taped to the roof of Ajo's van.
Love is like a disease.
Ajo drives in his truck with a guitar beside him. He is almost crying.
Ajo sits playing the guitar as Iteung rests her face on his shoulder.
It can strike at any time, like thunder and lightning.
Ajo and Iteung in formal clothing dance together.
Iteung stands outside, soaking wet from the rain.
She stands opposite Ajo, they both stare at each other.
A caption reads: Vengeance is Mine, All Others Pay Cash
On Blu-ray. In the UK September 19
Arrow Films
From acclaimed Indonesian director Edwin (Postcards from the Zoo) and based on the novel by Eka Kurniawan comes Vengeance is Mine, All Others Pay Cash, winner of the Golden Leopard at the 2021 Locarno Film Festival - a pulpy, energetic throwback to 80s South East Asian action and coming-of-age cinema about a young man who can't get it up.
Ajo Kawir (Marthino Lio) is a fighter who fears nothing, not even death. But his raging urge to fight is driven by a secret - his impotence, resulting from a traumatic childhood memory. When he crosses paths with a tough female fighter named Iteung (Ladya Cheryl), Ajo gets beaten black and blue, but he also falls head over heels in love. Will Ajo's path lead him to a happy life with Iteung, and, eventually, his own peace of mind?
With echoes of early Takashi Miike, Vengeance is Mine, All Others Pay Cash is a wild and unexpectedly poignant meditation on toxic masculinity and a culture steeped in violence from one of Indonesia's most exciting directorial voices.
Product Features
- High Definition (1080p) Blu-ray presentation
- Original lossless Indonesian 5.1 and 2.0 stereo audio
- Optional English subtitles
- Brand new audio Q&A with co-writer/director Edwin
- Over an hour of behind-the-scenes footage from the film set, organised into 13 episodes
- The World Behind Vengeance - over 80 minutes of interview featurettes with the cast and crew
- Video diaries from each day of shooting
- An hour of readings from the original source novel, featuring multiple cast and crew members
- Deleted scenes
- Theatrical trailer
- Image gallery
- Reversible sleeve feature two choices of artwork
- Arrow Video
- 114 mins approx
- 18
- 1.85:1
- Indonesian
- 1
- Arrow Video
- Edwin
- Marthino Lio
- Ladya Cheryl
- Reza Rahadian
English
- 2021
- B
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A great adaptation of a pretty good book
I was able to see Vengeance for the first time at the Kosmorama film festival in Trondheim, and when I saw the movie on blu-ray I had to buy it and show it to all my friends. The story follows Ajo Kawir, a young man who spends his days being a hot-headed tough guy who drinks beer, gets into fights, and nothing else. When he meets the beautiful and equally tough Iteung he decides to turn his life around so they can be happy together. However, escaping from a life of crime is not as easy as they had wished, and things can only spiral out of control as former lovers, spooky gang bosses and ghosts all compete to see who can make things the most worse. The movie is a truncated but quite easy to follow adaptation of Eka Kurniawan's novel, and I don't think you need to have read it to enjoy the movie immensely. Be warned that there are depictions and descriptions of sexual violence in the movie, including towards a child, in the strangely casual way Kurniawan tends to add to his otherwise delightful books. If you can stomach it or just turn away, this movie is groovy, funny, and a great way to spend an evening!
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