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5/10
The Warrior and the Ninja Girl
31 May 2010
Having not seen the previous two "Jaka Sembung" films yet, I found the anti-imperialist plot of this one easy enough to follow and well-intentioned, but slow and even dull at times. The fight sequences almost make up for that: I say "almost", because two of them are shot at night and it's VERY hard to see what's happening (at least on the current prints; maybe a remastered version would improve the situation), especially in the first one where the black-clad Ninja Girl takes on about a dozen of black-clad opponents. It's a shame, too, because in the second major fight scene, shot in broad daylight, it's clear that the Ninja Girl knows what she's doing. The fight quality is somewhere below the Hong Kong, but somewhere above the American, standards of the era. Some things that differentiate this Indonesian production is the inclusion of magic powers (that often prove to be the downfall of those who have them), a man who is fighting exclusively from the sitting-down position, and some memorably gory bits (face ripping). All in all, average martial arts fare. ** out of 4.
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