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Buffalo Boys

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Buffalo Boys

Released Jan 11, 2019

1h 42m

Action

Adventure

Western

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In 19th-century Java, a brutal massacre and the murder of Sultan Hamza by Captain Van Trach and his Dutch soldiers force Arana, Jamar and Suwo -- the sultan's brother and infant sons -- to flee the country, bringing them halfway around the world to the American Wild West. After working the railroads and learning the cowboy way of life, Arana tells the boys it's time to return to their homeland and avenge their father's death.

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Critics Consensus

It's hampered somewhat by its disappointingly familiar story, but Buffalo Boys makes up for its shortcomings with plenty of exciting action sequences.

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Justin Lowe

The Hollywood Reporter

Buffalo Boys ends up somewhat awkwardly caught between mainstream glorifications of violence and more restrained cultural norms emphasizing respect and harmony. This inherent creative conflict however remains mostly obscured by the action-oriented plot...

Jan 11, 2019

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David Edelstein

New York Magazine/Vulture

[A] moderately entertaining, immoderately splattery spaghetti Western...

Jan 11, 2019

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Michael Sragow

Film Comment Magazine

Set in 1860, it's ... a good-looking, erratic, cartoonish, and ultimately rousing ultraviolent Indonesian Western.

Jan 11, 2019

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Brent McKnight

The Last Thing I See

Buffalo Boys is never as epic or sweeping as it hopes to be, nor as ruthless or brutal, but it's an entertaining, imminently watchable, if ultimately forgettable action western.

Rated: B-

Jun 30, 2020

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Panos Kotzathanasis

Asian Movie Pulse

"Buffalo Boys" has many merits, particularly regarding the action part of the film and the production values, but I felt that it would benefit much if the director knew exactly what he wanted to do

Nov 30, 2019

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Anthony Kao

Cinema Escapist

'Buffalo Boys' conveys undertones of Asian empowerment that will likely resonate with Asian diaspora.

Aug 14, 2019

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the StoryLine, camera angle, Characters, and the background of the story were great, bud sadly the final fight is not as cool as I expect to happen, even though the directors have a great Idea to make Western-Indonesian type movie, I'm still sad for the final showdown and too many unnecessarily scene

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

02/25/23

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Good flick. Fight the good fight. Keep the dream alive.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

05/09/19

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Pretty good. The blood was a little bit on the excessive side, and I wish they utilized Suwo's skill more, but definitely enjoyable.

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

02/19/23

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Audience Member

This is just terrible acting ...and a 2-bit plot, that is more predictable than a Rambo movie.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

01/15/23

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Absolutely Horrible!!! Maybe entertaining if you're from a 3rd World Country, but this avid movie watching American feels that he wasted time and money on the Very Worst Movie he's seen in a Long While! Bad acting, terrible dialogue, i can't believe anyone would enjoy this failure of a movie!!!!

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

02/09/23

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Terrible, critics must have been paid off for their ratings on this one. Some of the worst acting in years. Action scenes so leaden youâ(TM)ll fall asleep.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

02/26/23

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Synopsis

In 19th-century Java, a brutal massacre and the murder of Sultan Hamza by Captain Van Trach and his Dutch soldiers force Arana, Jamar and Suwo -- the sultan's brother and infant sons -- to flee the country, bringing them halfway around the world to the American Wild West. After working the railroads and learning the cowboy way of life, Arana tells the boys it's time to return to their homeland and avenge their father's death.

Director: Mike Wiluan
Producer: Mike Wiluan, Junxiang Huang, Kimberly James, Rayya Makarim, Fong Cheng Tan
Screenwriter: Mike Wiluan, Raymond Lee
Distributor: Samuel Goldwyn Films
Production Co: Samuel Goldwyn Films
Genre: Action, Adventure, Western
Original Language: Indonesian
Release Date (Theaters): Jan 11, 2019, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Jan 11, 2019
Runtime: 1h 42m

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