jedavis-46864 I really liked the film Merantau. The film was about a boy named Yuda who leaves his family and home to go on his Merantau. The word Merantau means coming of age. It is a tradition among the communities young men to go to the city of Jakarta to learn how to prove themselves. Yuda does exactly this. Yuda experiences many setbacks that leave him very uncertain about his future, but he never gives up. He meets Astri and her younger brother Adit. Yuda helps defend them against human traffickers. In the end, Yuda uses his martial art skills to save Astri, Adit, and other girls that are suffering from sex trafficking. Sadly, Yuda dies while protecting others. This shows us that Yuda truly did prove himself on his Merantau by putting others before himself.

pjfarley I really enjoyed this film because of the intense fight scenes with very good choreography. I really started rooting for Yuda as he fought to save Astri and Adit. One thing that I found really interesting about this movie was how Yuda fought so hard to save Astri and Adit even though he never even knew them before the start of the movie. Some elements of the play that really stood out to me that the movie was't American was how the big main hero died at the end which is very different from what happens in Americans films where everyone ends up alive and well. If I were to put myself in Yuda's shoes, at the very end of the final fight scene I would have killed the European leader when he was down on the ground because due to the fact that Yuda showed him mercy, he ended up dying because of it. I think that in life threatening situations like that there isn't much room for being merciful. If I could I would change the ending by making it more American where everyone gets out happy and alive.

Takethispunch The plot follows Yuda, a Minangkabau from West Sumatra and an expert in silat. As part of the merantau (journeying) tradition, he leaves his home to seek experience and success. He plans to teach silat to the children of Jakarta. On his bus journey, he meets Eric, a fellow exponent of the art. When he hears of Yuda's plan, Eric becomes sombre, and warns him that the city is quite different from what Yuda is used to, and also that it is difficult to make a living teaching the art. Yuda finds that the address where he was meant to stay has been torn down, so he becomes homeless. His wallet is stolen by a child named Adit. Chasing the thief, Yuda then encounters the thief's sister, Astri, quarrelling with her boss, Johnny. When Johnny begins abusing Astri, Yuda intervenes. Yuda saves Astri but instead of gratitude, he is rebuked because she had become jobless as a result. The next day, Yuda sees Astri once again being beaten by Johnny. He intervenes again only to be beaten at first by his thugs. He quickly recovers and saves Astri from Johnny, while saving her he brutally scars Johnny's boss, Ratger. Ratger's associate, Luc tries to calm down Ratger, but to no avail as Ratger decides to stay in the city to hunt down Astri and Yuda.

jp2592 The main actor is legit. Which in the martial arts cinema is rarity. I actually saw his movie the Raid 1&2, which I liked so much because the whole movie is just so good from the fight scenes to the action choreography, its just insane. Some credit goes out tot he director too. Now this movie, seems like it has a lower budget as you can tell when watching, but the fight screens and camera work are there. The story needed to be a bit more developed but the fight screen between the silat friend in the elevator was pretty intense. I wished it was a bit longer but what he did at the end will have you rooting for him.As for the 2 white bad guys at the end. Their style of fighting was kind of non believing. They could of done better. IDK, seems like something was very lacking.