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Merah Putih

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A band of men bond together as cadets, survive a massacre, and fight on as guerrilla soldiers despite their conflicts and deep differences in social class.

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Martyn Conterio Little White Lies In the end it resorts to slow-motion violence, confirming its mediocrity. Rated: 2/5 Nov 4, 2010 Full Review Peter Bradshaw Guardian Not too bad, though a little plodding. Rated: 2/5 Nov 4, 2010 Full Review Sam Toy Empire Magazine Sub-standard battle scenes and ropey characterisation drain this powerful story of its impact. Less history than histrionic. Rated: 2/5 Nov 3, 2010 Full Review Allan Hunter Daily Express (UK) The historical events may be little known but everything else from the swelling score to the cardboard characters feels all too familiar. Rated: 2/5 Nov 8, 2010 Full Review David Parkinson Radio Times The subject is fascinating, but the approach is flawed. Rated: 2/5 Nov 4, 2010 Full Review Total Film With the score swelling ludicrously every time the leads so much as scratch their heads, this would-be creation myth falls flat on its face. Rated: 2/5 Nov 4, 2010 Full Review Read all reviews

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Audience Member This movie is good... as a superhero movie. Seriously, this movie has superhero complex and cliche problem. Every Indonesian is right and all dutch is wrong. They should make Justice League, not war movies. But, since this movie has my favorite scene, so I give it bonus 0.5 Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 01/29/23 Full Review Audience Member a interesting background to story, but it comes off dull at times, with uninspired action and acting Rated 2 out of 5 stars 02/20/23 Full Review Audience Member Film tentang perjuangan bangsa ini melawan agresi militer Belanda, disajikan dengan apik. Trilogi toh ternyata, sayangnya vcd yg gw sewa tidak bejalan mulus :( Rated 3 out of 5 stars 02/15/23 Full Review Audience Member kalo dr actionnya boleh lah,tp dr segi cerita ama aktingnya biasa2 aja.dan yg paling penting dr sebuah film perjuangan bisa menumbuhkan rasa nasionalisme bagi penontonnya dan hal itu sama sekali yg gak ane rasakan waktu setelah kelar nonton nih pelem.. Rated 2 out of 5 stars 01/23/23 Full Review Audience Member hope the sequel will be better =) Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 01/22/23 Full Review Audience Member hmm... okay. lemme begin. i've read several *bad* reviews about this movie, about how undetailed the research was (e.g. for the clothings during that time of year, the timing of the actors, the silly stiff dialogues, the sightings of film crew within a scene, the bad flow of the story, etc.) and i think those aren't judgmental. technical errors are here and there, but this movie successfully brought my mind back to the life during war, the love stories, the struggles, etc. If we compare it to Baler (a Pinoy movie - with similar background of war time), oh heck yea... Merah Putih sucks. I was wondering if during the war, people do talk like that.... like translated scripts, weird, and waaay too formal. Lines of good (and CUTE) actors dont even HELP!!! Tsk! Where did you go wrong? I was wondering (again), why the heck were the trucks blew up when the jeep drove off the road? Did anyone put grenades on those trucks?? Or did you just want to make one heck of an explosion to entertain the viewers? Well I am certainly NOT entertained! The movie started strong, loved the camera angles etc when it started, so I thought that the articles I read were bunch of bullcrap. Well.... I was wrong and they were right. I heard that they are going to make this movie as a trilogy. SO PLEASE PLEASE PRETTY PLEASE WITH CHERRY ON TOP..... reWRITE the script and make it MORE relaxed. 'Its war time and u said relax?' well... the message just dont get to my brain, with scripts like this one. This is Indonesian Box Office material for God's sake! Hahahaha... Dialogues in Merantau is even better. In conclusion, i love the concept. Put more SPICES in it... watch Baler and LEARN, do more research like the crew who made Ca Bau Kan (fashion-wise, and dialogue-wise) -- that movie is also about our colonial era. I would love to watch the other 2 sequels just to see if there's any difference, and I would be more than happy to see Donny there again.. Hahahaha... it's all about Donny tonight! Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 02/03/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis A band of men bond together as cadets, survive a massacre, and fight on as guerrilla soldiers despite their conflicts and deep differences in social class.
Director
Yadi Sugandi
Screenwriter
Conor Allyn, Rob Allyn
Genre
Drama, War, Action
Original Language
Indonesian
Runtime
1h 48m