![]() They’re the heart of Vengeance Is Mine, All Others Pay Cash – a heart that is broken in the present by a rival gangster named Budi (Reza Rahadian) who leads Iteung astray, and in the past, when the origin of Ajo’s impotence is revealed through traumatic childhood flashbacks of a brutal rape. The blossoming romance between Ajo and Iteung, heightened by Lio and Cheryl’s delightful chemistry, provides the film’s finest notes, carving out spaces of tenderness and emotional depth in this brash, action-oriented movie about dicks. Given his condition, Ajo is shy about his attraction to her, but when it becomes clear that Iteung doesn’t care about his flaccidity, the pair eventually fall in love. Marthino Lio and Ladya Cheryl in ‘Vengeance Is Mine, All Others Pay Cash’. In a series of over-the-top battles, Iteung beats Ajo to a pulp, which serves as this world’s perverse version of a meet-cute. What he doesn’t count on is the target’s badass female bodyguard, Iteung (Ladya Cheryl, channelling action heroine Cynthia Rothrock). Impotence is obviously the central theme of this film, as Ajo compensates for his humiliation by beating up challengers in his hometown of Bojongsoang and participating in daredevil motorcycle games.Ī thug for hire, Ajo is one day sent to intimidate a local big shot. As the film explains, “only a man who can’t get it up can face death without fear”. ![]() The fearless brawler is always ready to bash some skulls, but sadly, his rage is driven by his shame about erectile dysfunction. READ MORE: Vengeance Is Mine, All Others Pay Cash director Edwin on toxic machismo and personal, detail-oriented filmmakingīut despite a long lineage of legendary Indonesian action movies – dating back to its low-budget heyday in the 1980s with films such as Jaka Sembung, Ferocious Female Freedom Fighters and Jaka Gledek – you’d be hard pressed to find one as weird or as offbeat as Vengeance Is Mine, All Others Pay Cash, which won the Golden Leopard at the 74th Locarno Film Festival.Īdapted from Eka Kurniawan’s pulp fiction novel Seperti Dendam, Rindu Harus Dibayar Tuntas ( Like Revenge, Longing Must Be Paid in Full), Edwin’s blackly comic satire of the genre’s machismo-fueled fisticuffs follows Ajo Kawir (Marthino Lio), one of the toughest fighters in the Javanese underworld. ![]() Led by excellent, ultra-violent films like The Raid and The Night Comes For Us, Indonesian martial arts flicks have become the genre’s new gold standard, inspiring Hollywood copycats like John Wick and Dredd. While Indonesian action movies have always been popular in Southeast Asia, the country’s dazzlingly choreographed exports have gained international prominence in recent years. ![]()
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