I decided to watch this film to familiarise myself with more Asian superheroes leading up to Shang-Chi. Little did I realize that I was walking to a whole new cinematic universe of its own, the Bumilangit Cinematic Universe (BCU).
Now just about everything about this film just feels a LITTLE bit off. The acting is a bit wooden, the dialogue is a bit odd, the fight choreography is a bit stiff, and the effects feel like a Bat in the Sun VS battle. Somehow this all culminates into an extremely fun surreal film that has to be seen to believe... for the first two acts. The third act gets unbelievable obtuse a nearly ruins the entire experience.
Our main hero is very charismatic with a unique and interesting backstory. The main villain two is very interesting. The way he saves orphans and pushes them to pursue different arts as ways to express themselves only to keep them under his wing as an army of assassins with unique and differing abilities is a very interesting concept. If only his plan made much sense at all. He pretends to poison the rice supply with a drug that causes newborns to not have morals AKA know the difference between right and wrong (despite the fact it would be impossible to observe if this was happening in the timeline of the film) so he can ACTUALLY poison the antidote provided by the government that will give the newborns birth defects.... Seems like your adding a few extra steps there, mate. Ultimately this plan is thwarted when Gundala gets struck by lightning while holding two vials of the antidote which causes all the other vials to also explode; a moment I believe was foreshadowed with a single line explaining that thunder can shatter glass that is at the same frequency....
There is also a secondary background villain who only exists to further set up the interconnected universe. One who gets Sancaka's blood BEFORE he even makes his costume and becomes a known hero because he needs the blood of a hero to resurrect an ancient warrior. This ancient warrior is a nemesis named Gundala who Sancaka is the reincarnation. This means that Sancaka doesn't even know his own hero name in this film of which is the main title... WOW!
All this said, I still think this is a very fun watch but maybe smoke a blunt before you start the action sequences have a chance to be suspenseful. I anxiously await what else the BCU brings us next in 'Shi Asih.'
Now just about everything about this film just feels a LITTLE bit off. The acting is a bit wooden, the dialogue is a bit odd, the fight choreography is a bit stiff, and the effects feel like a Bat in the Sun VS battle. Somehow this all culminates into an extremely fun surreal film that has to be seen to believe... for the first two acts. The third act gets unbelievable obtuse a nearly ruins the entire experience.
Our main hero is very charismatic with a unique and interesting backstory. The main villain two is very interesting. The way he saves orphans and pushes them to pursue different arts as ways to express themselves only to keep them under his wing as an army of assassins with unique and differing abilities is a very interesting concept. If only his plan made much sense at all. He pretends to poison the rice supply with a drug that causes newborns to not have morals AKA know the difference between right and wrong (despite the fact it would be impossible to observe if this was happening in the timeline of the film) so he can ACTUALLY poison the antidote provided by the government that will give the newborns birth defects.... Seems like your adding a few extra steps there, mate. Ultimately this plan is thwarted when Gundala gets struck by lightning while holding two vials of the antidote which causes all the other vials to also explode; a moment I believe was foreshadowed with a single line explaining that thunder can shatter glass that is at the same frequency....
There is also a secondary background villain who only exists to further set up the interconnected universe. One who gets Sancaka's blood BEFORE he even makes his costume and becomes a known hero because he needs the blood of a hero to resurrect an ancient warrior. This ancient warrior is a nemesis named Gundala who Sancaka is the reincarnation. This means that Sancaka doesn't even know his own hero name in this film of which is the main title... WOW!
All this said, I still think this is a very fun watch but maybe smoke a blunt before you start the action sequences have a chance to be suspenseful. I anxiously await what else the BCU brings us next in 'Shi Asih.'
