Solidrariol Am I Missing Something?

Fairaher The film makes a home in your brain and the only cure is to see it again.

DipitySkillful an ambitious but ultimately ineffective debut endeavor.

Allissa .Like the great film, it's made with a great deal of visible affection both in front of and behind the camera.

demyraldi The film set in 1947 (2 year after Indonesian declare it's independence) when the Dutch Imperial lauch it's first military aggression to fail the republican goal to maintain it's independence. Where there's a small band of Republican Army tried to secure The Indonesian independence through bloody armed conflict between Republican Army with Dutch Imperial.I would say that if you expect some large scale battle type of film, this is definitely not for you. But if you are interested in somekind of historical war film, go check this out. But since this is more like action driven movie (and few dramas of course), you can still watch some decent action here and there.

farah-asf I love the story (since it's fiction, it doesn't relate to any particular history plot), but it still relevant to general idea of Indonesian colonized era. The characters are also interesting, strengthening by great actors to name Lukman Sardi, Donny Alamsyah, Darius, and even model/scandalous governor (Zumi Zola). This is the first time I enjoy Indonesian drama-action. It must included some foreigners as directors or at least for special effects. I don't see a lot of good Indonesian movies, but as I can remember, Indonesian movie are all about panorama motion pictures (other than ghost or tacky-comedy related). So, this movie is pretty standout. It is disappointing that the last two sequels didn't show at foreign countries. CMIIW, but I think the estimated budget for this movie was over USD6 millions.

orange milo A big budget movie, with a great casts and crew, great promotion & gimmick..I get a red-white mini flag in cinema entrance, such a sweet give away..But all will be waste, if you don't have a strong script to begin with. A lot of home works are not done by writers and I have a guess, they don't really like history in their school. And this is not because the writers are not local Indonesian If I can compare, at the same time, we have 'MERANTAU" that have a local content as much as MERAH PUTIH, written & directed by non-Indonesian guy and the result is superb... Merah Putih is big suck! They need to learn more about our history or consult with the expert or whatever need to be done since the budget is not the issue, hopefully before the 2nd and 3rd installment out.I still have faith for this movie..Hope I am not wrong this time.

blabberbrat Timing was so perfect...only a few days away from the independence celebration..The theme and genre was longed by the market...The marketing effort has managed to create such an awareness and expectation to get people flocking in with such level of curiosity and anticipation...The idealism and all that jazz are there..But...this motion picture failed in delivering its promises...Yes...we are all waiting for some quality local pictures to come to our cinemas..Casts were those of high quality...But, could I believe the way the plot was carried out...after one hour I haven't even seen any war scene; and this was suppose to be a war movie..cinematography was awful...they're keep overusing close-ups even for scenes that needs something like a bird-eye's view or something with a broader angle..Storyline was way too cliché and the dialogs are all jumbled...I think what they really wanted to show was how that different colors of the archipelago managed to gone through all their differences, joined together by a noble cause and coming out as a band-o'-brothers..I can't believe this how this movie had ruined such a perfect occasion and wasted so many talents (on and off screen as well).For goodness sake...work on the storyline, people!!