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Buffalo Boys

Released Jan 11, 2019 1h 42m Action Adventure Western TRAILER for Buffalo Boys: Trailer 1 List
79% Tomatometer 34 Reviews 40% Audience Score 100+ Ratings
In 19th-century Java, a brutal massacre and the murder of Sultan Hamza by Captain Van Trach and his Dutch soldiers force Arana, Jamar and Suwo -- the sultan's brother and infant sons -- to flee the country, bringing them halfway around the world to the American Wild West. After working the railroads and learning the cowboy way of life, Arana tells the boys it's time to return to their homeland and avenge their father's death. Read More Read Less
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It's hampered somewhat by its disappointingly familiar story, but Buffalo Boys makes up for its shortcomings with plenty of exciting action sequences.

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Justin Lowe Hollywood Reporter Buffalo Boys ends up somewhat awkwardly caught between mainstream glorifications of violence and more restrained cultural norms emphasizing respect and harmony. This inherent creative conflict however remains mostly obscured by the action-oriented plot... Jan 11, 2019 Full Review David Edelstein New York Magazine/Vulture [A] moderately entertaining, immoderately splattery spaghetti Western... Jan 11, 2019 Full Review Michael Sragow Film Comment Magazine Set in 1860, it's ... a good-looking, erratic, cartoonish, and ultimately rousing ultraviolent Indonesian Western. Jan 11, 2019 Full Review Brent McKnight The Last Thing I See Buffalo Boys is never as epic or sweeping as it hopes to be, nor as ruthless or brutal, but it's an entertaining, imminently watchable, if ultimately forgettable action western. Rated: B- Jun 30, 2020 Full Review Panos Kotzathanasis Asian Movie Pulse "Buffalo Boys" has many merits, particularly regarding the action part of the film and the production values, but I felt that it would benefit much if the director knew exactly what he wanted to do Nov 30, 2019 Full Review Anthony Kao Cinema Escapist 'Buffalo Boys' conveys undertones of Asian empowerment that will likely resonate with Asian diaspora. Aug 14, 2019 Full Review Read all reviews

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Audience Member the StoryLine, camera angle, Characters, and the background of the story were great, bud sadly the final fight is not as cool as I expect to happen, even though the directors have a great Idea to make Western-Indonesian type movie, I'm still sad for the final showdown and too many unnecessarily scene Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 02/25/23 Full Review Audience Member Good flick. Fight the good fight. Keep the dream alive. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 05/09/19 Full Review Audience Member Pretty good. The blood was a little bit on the excessive side, and I wish they utilized Suwo's skill more, but definitely enjoyable. Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 02/19/23 Full Review Audience Member This is just terrible acting ...and a 2-bit plot, that is more predictable than a Rambo movie. Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 01/15/23 Full Review Audience Member Absolutely Horrible!!! Maybe entertaining if you're from a 3rd World Country, but this avid movie watching American feels that he wasted time and money on the Very Worst Movie he's seen in a Long While! Bad acting, terrible dialogue, i can't believe anyone would enjoy this failure of a movie!!!! Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 02/09/23 Full Review Audience Member Terrible, critics must have been paid off for their ratings on this one. Some of the worst acting in years. Action scenes so leaden youâ(TM)ll fall asleep. Rated 1 out of 5 stars 02/26/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis In 19th-century Java, a brutal massacre and the murder of Sultan Hamza by Captain Van Trach and his Dutch soldiers force Arana, Jamar and Suwo -- the sultan's brother and infant sons -- to flee the country, bringing them halfway around the world to the American Wild West. After working the railroads and learning the cowboy way of life, Arana tells the boys it's time to return to their homeland and avenge their father's death.
Director
Mike Wiluan
Producer
Mike Wiluan, Junxiang Huang, Kimberly James, Rayya Makarim, Fong Cheng Tan
Screenwriter
Mike Wiluan, Raymond Lee
Distributor
Samuel Goldwyn Films
Production Co
Samuel Goldwyn Films
Genre
Action, Adventure, Western
Original Language
Indonesian
Release Date (Theaters)
Jan 11, 2019, Limited
Release Date (Streaming)
Jan 11, 2019
Runtime
1h 42m
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