Teaser for Timo Tjahjanto’s ‘The Shadow Strays’ Badass Action Thriller
Teaser for Timo Tjahjanto’s ‘The Shadow Strays’ Badass Action Thriller
by Alex Billington
August 29, 2024
Source: YouTube
Let’s go!! Netflix has launched a totally badass first look teaser trailer for the next awesome action film from Indonesian filmmaker Timo Tjahjanto titled The Shadow Strays. This is premiering in the Midnight Madness section at the 2024 Toronto Film Festival this fall. It will be on Netflix in October as well – not long of a wait at all. Codename 13, a 17-year-old assassin, is suspended due to a sloppy mission in Japan. But she meets 11-year-old Monji, who loses his mother, and sets out to rescue him. Aurora Ribero stars as 13 – an assassin determined to save a child from a crime syndicate, even if it means going against her own mentor and her organization. TIFF adds: “Not since The Night Comes for Us has Indonesia’s preeminent architect of ultra-violent action, Timo Tjahjanto, conducted such a meticulous martial arts massacre. Opening with a bravura set piece that lays waste to dozens of yakuza, his latest proceeds as a kind of taxonomy of the action genre with a string of sword fights, shoot-em-ups, and old-fashioned fisticuffs…” Hell yes!! This also stars Hana Pitrashata Malasan and Taskya Namya. So far so good, I’ll be watching this film the day it drops.
Here’s the first look teaser (+ poster) for Timo Tjahjanto’s The Shadow Strays, direct from YouTube:
Via TIFF: “Stripped of her past and trained in the deadly art of fucking your shit up, adolescent assassin Codename 13 (Aurora Ribero) works diligently for a clandestine collective of killers known as The Shadow. After a mission goes sideways in Japan, her mentor, Umbra (Hana Malasan), picks up the fumble, but boots her to Indonesia on a disciplinary probation. While laying low in the slums of Jakarta, a chance encounter with a young boy who has run afoul of a local crime syndicate soon embroils the restless and rebellious 13 in an unsanctioned crusade, inciting a bevy of bloody battles that paint the town every shade of red, as well as drawing the ire of her merciless management.” The Shadow Strays is both written & directed by acclaimed Indonesian action filmmaker Timo Tjahjanto, director of the movies May the Devil Take You, The Night Comes for Us, The Big 4, Macabre, Killers, and Headshot (and the upcoming sequel Nobody 2). Produced by Wicky V. Olindo & Anne P. Ralie. This premieres at the 2024 Toronto Film Festival in Midnight Madness. Netflix will release The Shadow Strays streaming on Netflix starting October 17th, 2024 this fall. Solid?
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