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Spoiler-free premise
A police unit becomes trapped inside a high-rise controlled by a crime lord.
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Rookie officer Rama joins an elite police assault on a Jakarta apartment tower controlled by drug lord Tama Riyadi. Once their presence is exposed and escape routes close, the surviving unit must fight upward and downward through hostile floors.
Why it belongs
Gareth Evans transforms one tower into a brutally legible action system, with silat choreography revealing character through movement and endurance.
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Hallways, stairwells, doorways, and damaged rooms create clear vertical geography, while Iko Uwais and the stunt team fashion fights from forward pull, leverage, exhaustion, and improvised objects rather than hiding impact behind frantic cutting.
Major award wins
No verified wins in this six-institution crosswalk.
Awards are reference metadata only · zero points in 40/40/20
Institutional reference ranks
Sight & Sound—IMDb Top 250—AFI 100—
Reference metadata only · not part of the 40/40/20 score
Great Cinema Master List scores
Greatness8.1
Engagement10.0
Ease9.5
Indonesian · R Narrative Feature Mood: Exhilarating & Gripping
