• Director(s)

    Gareth Evans

  • Production Year

    2009

  • Genre(s)

    Martial Arts

  • Approx. running minutes

    112m

  • Cast

    Iko Uwais, Sisca Jessica, Yusuf Aulia

Film

Merantau

strong violence, bloody images, sexual violence, very strong language

MERANTAU is an action thriller, from 2009, in which a young man moving to Jakarta to start his adult life becomes the target of a criminal organisation when he steps in to help a young woman.…

MERANTAU is an action thriller, from 2009, in which a young man moving to Jakarta to start his adult life becomes the target of a criminal organisation when he steps in to help a young woman.

violence
There are frequent, extended fight scenes focusing on martial arts and close combat, sometimes utilising improvised weapons such as crow bars, bottles and furniture. People are stabbed or slashed, and in one sequence a man is shot repeatedly, resulting in heavy bloodshed.
language
There is infrequent very strong language ('c**t') and use of strong language ('f**k'), along with milder terms such as 'bitch', 'whore', 'shit', 'ass', 'screw' and 'damn'.
sexual violence and sexual threat
Women are inspected and subjected to invasive examination as part of being forced into sex trafficking. There are scenes of sexual threat as women are manhandled and imprisoned, and it is implied a woman has been raped.
injury detail
Scenes include focus on blood in the aftermath of violence, including a man coughing up blood after his neck is crushed, a bloody stomach wound following a stabbing, and men bleeding from the face and head after glass is smashed over them.
additional issues
There are scenes of threat, including children being kidnapped and chased.

  • Director(s)

    Gareth Evans

  • Production Year

    2009

  • Genre(s)

    Martial Arts

  • Approx. running minutes

    112m

  • Cast

    Iko Uwais, Sisca Jessica, Yusuf Aulia

strong violence, bloody images, sexual violence, very strong language
Classified Date:
18/06/2024
Version:
2D
Use:
VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
101 Films Limited
violence
There are frequent, extended fight scenes focusing on martial arts and close combat, sometimes utilising improvised weapons such as crow bars, bottles and furniture. People are stabbed or slashed, and in one sequence a man is shot repeatedly, resulting in heavy bloodshed.
language
There is infrequent very strong language ('c**t') and use of strong language ('f**k'), along with milder terms such as 'bitch', 'whore', 'shit', 'ass', 'screw' and 'damn'.
sexual violence and sexual threat
Women are inspected and subjected to invasive examination as part of being forced into sex trafficking. There are scenes of sexual threat as women are manhandled and imprisoned, and it is implied a woman has been raped.
injury detail
Scenes include focus on blood in the aftermath of violence, including a man coughing up blood after his neck is crushed, a bloody stomach wound following a stabbing, and men bleeding from the face and head after glass is smashed over them.
additional issues
There are scenes of threat, including children being kidnapped and chased.
Contains strong language, once very strong, and strong bloody violence
Classified Date:
07/04/2010
Version:
2D
Use:
Physical media
Distributor:
E1 Entertainment UK
Classified Date:
22/01/2010
Version:
2D
Use:
Physical media
Distributor:
E1 Entertainment UK

  • Classified date

    18/06/2024

  • Language

    Indonesian