Berbalas Kejam

This is a film about revenge. A man named Adam who has a wife and child. Someday during his birthday his family was robbed by three robbers. His wife and child were killed on that robbery. This movie is about the life of Adam 2 years later. Story like this are certainly not something new. But maybe in Indonesia movie like this has rarely been made. To be honest, this film has a lot of shortcomings, the whole film is only carried by Reza Rahardian's great acting. The story in my opinion is too common and too simple. This film feels like picking stories and scenes from many similar films but with lower quality execution. There are so many coincidences and oddities that really don't make sense. For example: It doesn't make sense that all three robbers live freely without hiding after robbing and killing people. How is it possible that a guy can coincidentally be in the same car with a robber who has robbed his house and the driver doesn't even realize he is delivering him (all Indonesian online drivers will see the destination address when receive online cab order, the driver could reject it knowing the address is the house he ever robs in the past). How is it possible that the killer of his wife happens to be the younger brother of the girl he likes, I think this is too far-fetched a coincidence. A psychologist's question and answer session also doesn't feel like a psychological therapy counseling session. When Adam visits the Amanda's house, it's a bit strange that the one who cook the food is actually his brother who killed his wife, where are his wife and children at that time? Why aren't they showing up at all? Beside some i mentioned, there are so many other plot holes that in my opinion make this film feel less enjoyable. Overall, the movie itself still enjoyable, especially for Indonesian people who rarely watch movies. But for movie lovers who watch a lot of movies, i think this movie have too much weakness. There are many better revenge themed films like Law Abiding Citizen, Peppermint, Brave One, etc.

A man whose family killed during house robbery, got to meet the robbers after 2 years. During the first encounter, what is the spontaneous urge? Nothing other than killing for sure? Too many coincidences. The story and plots are too common. They were recycled from many film of the same genre and with even lower quality and details. The same vengeance story with nothing new. I guess it was good just to spend brainless time. Don't expect an original plots or surprises, cause this was just a neat plots without improvisation. Not bad actors, but sometimes too much act probably from mediocre script.