Headshot

Headshot (2016) is an Indonesian action thriller led by Iko Uwais that you can watch online on iFILM. It comes from directors Timo Tjahjanto and Kimo Stamboel, the duo known as the Mo Brothers.

A young man washes up on a beach with a bullet lodged in his skull. He survives, but his memory is gone. A junior doctor named Ailin nurses the nameless patient back to health, calls him Ishmael, and grows far too attached. Then his past comes knocking. He turns out to have been a weapon for a vicious drug lord named Lee, and now the whole crew wants him back or buried. The only way Ishmael remembers who he is, is by fighting.

Uwais choreographs the silat brawls with the same brutality he brought to The Raid: snapped bones, blades, cramped corridors, and almost no editing tricks to soften it. Sunny Pang plays the boss with a cold, patient menace. The plot stays thin, but the fight scenes rank among the meanest in 2010s Asian action. This one is for people who show up for the choreography, not the dialogue. Stream Headshot (2016) online on iFILM.