The Shadow Strays

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The Shadow Strays

2024

2h 24m

Action

Mystery & Thriller

Crime

Drama

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After nearly botching a mission, Codename 13, a prodigal assassin found herself suspended from further duties. The killer teen meets Monji, a young boy who lost his mother to a crime syndicate. When Monji disappeared, 13 turned on setting a path of destruction to find her only friend... even at the cost of defying her mentor and the organization she belongs to; The Shadows.

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Simon Abrams

RogerEbert.com

Tjahjanto’s enthusiasm and dedication to conceptual novelty continue to match Irfan’s creativity and accomplished work with his stunt teams.

Rated: 3/4

Oct 18, 2024

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Barry Hertz

Globe and Mail

Finding new and inventively cruel ways to shuffle henchmen off this mortal coil, the director levels up his trademark use of the silat style of martial arts, overkilling the concept of overkill.

Oct 17, 2024

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Katie Rife

AV Club

Creative methods of killing and maiming are Tjahjanto's specialty, and they fly at the viewer at a furious pace.

Rated: B-

Oct 15, 2024

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Wilson Kwong

The Asian Cut

For action cinephiles, it really doesn’t get better than a film like this. Tjahjanto continues to elevate the genre, while softly refining his craft with each outing.

Mar 19, 2025

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Emiliano Basile

EscribiendoCine

Tjahjanto's ability to mix story and action is evident in every scene, making The Shadow Strays a benchmark for contemporary action cinema. [Full review in Spanish]

Rated: 6/10

Nov 3, 2024

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Austin Burke

Austin Burke/Flick Fan Nation

The Shadow Strays uses this simplistic story as a vehicle for creative action sequences, a great lead character, and more than a few kick-ass moments. It pushes the brutality to its limits, and maintains its momentum through a rather lengthy run-time.

Rated: 7.5/10

Oct 28, 2024

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Len P

Almost continuous sequence of action scenes erratically strung together with a weak plot. Fight scenes that never seem to end and become boring. Hard to stay awake. The high RT score must be from all the friends of the production team and cast.

Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars

02/25/25

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Steven T

You will be hard pressed to find another female assassin destroying men with such deadly efficiency. An action star is born. Movie is OK but Aurora Ribero who plays 13 and Hana Malasan are well worth the price of admission.

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

02/16/25

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Valerii Ege D

The Shadow Strays is a film with artificial action and a very weak storyline. Honestly, I expected much more from Timo Tjahjanto—a truly talented director. The film’s biggest standout is Aurora Ribero, who delivers an exceptional performance. If only the film itself had risen to her level.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

01/27/25

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Umair K

Best action i really liked it We want sequel too Please

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

01/19/25

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Johan C

Lately I have been choosing multiple movies using the rotten tomatoes rating and seriously the name just belongs. ROTTEN for sure. This last movie was a painful 2 hours of my life. These assassins are basically modern ninjas and then the girl decides to go open the main bad guy door and start fighting everyone style. Then on top of that, she has more plot armor throughout the movie than her and her teacher combined at the beginning of the movie. Also, somehow the bad guys are able to put up with her skills like they are also top level martial artists/profesional hitmen. Not trying to be mean to the critics in rotten tomatoes but choose your own movies if you think you will like them and forget about the critics recommendations.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

01/18/25

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Steve B

Short and sweet review. I've been looking for a film that replicates both The Night Comes For Us as well as The Raid 1 and 2, and have finally found it! The fight sequences get better and better building to the end, fingers crossed there might be a second.... ;)

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

01/10/25

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After nearly botching a mission, Codename 13, a prodigal assassin found herself suspended from further duties. The killer teen meets Monji, a young boy who lost his mother to a crime syndicate. When Monji disappeared, 13 turned on setting a path of destruction to find her only friend... even at the cost of defying her mentor and the organization she belongs to; The Shadows.

Director: Timo Tjahjanto
Producer: Wicky V. Olindo, Timo Tjahjanto
Screenwriter: Timo Tjahjanto
Distributor: Netflix
Production Co: Frontier Pictures
Genre: Action, Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama
Original Language: Indonesian
Release Date (Streaming): Oct 17, 2024
Runtime: 2h 24m
Sound Mix: Dolby Atmos, Dolby Digital
Aspect Ratio: Scope (2.35:1)

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