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Jakarta Undercover

2007 · 89 min Thriller Crime
7.0 / 10 · TMDB

After accidently killing her temperamental father in order to save her mom from his abuse, Viki flees from Medan to Jakarta with her autistic brother, Ara. To make ends meet in Jakarta, Viki poses as a transvestite and works as a striptease dancer. With no one to watch over her brother, Viki brings Ara every night to the club where she works and hide him in one corner of the room at the club. One day, Ara accidently witnesses an act of murder by Haryo, son of an official, and his friends. Realizing his crime action witness by Ara, Haryo and his friends chase Viki and Ara, determined to silene the two before they go to the police. For the sake of saving his brother’s life, Viki secretly flee from one place to another in order to escape Haryo and friends. Will Viki and Ara escape?

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📋 Film Details

Year 2007
Country Indonesia
Genre Thriller, Crime
Director Lance
Runtime 89 min.
Rating TMDB: 7.0/10 (2 votes)

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🎬 MovieFinder's Take

Director Ari Setyawan constructs a tense thriller that relies on the contrast between Ara's fragile autistic world and Jakarta's brutal underworld. He explores themes of familial sacrifice and social inequality, working with club aesthetics as a metaphor for universal pretense.

What lingers after viewing is the raw vulnerability of its protagonists, whose struggle for survival becomes a quiet commentary on urban alienation. The film delivers both visceral chase sequences and unexpected emotional depth. — MovieFinder Editorial

Director: Lance

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