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Buffalo Boys

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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.
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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 The Hollywood Reporter Jan 11, 2019
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... Go to Full Review David Edelstein New York Magazine/Vulture Jan 11, 2019
[A] moderately entertaining, immoderately splattery spaghetti Western... Go to Full Review Michael Sragow Film Comment Magazine Jan 11, 2019
Set in 1860, it's ... a good-looking, erratic, cartoonish, and ultimately rousing ultraviolent Indonesian Western. Go to Full Review Brent McKnight The Last Thing I See Jun 30, 2020
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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. Go to Full Review Panos Kotzathanasis Asian Movie Pulse Nov 30, 2019
"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 Go to Full Review Anthony Kao Cinema Escapist Aug 14, 2019
'Buffalo Boys' conveys undertones of Asian empowerment that will likely resonate with Asian diaspora. Go to Full Review Read all reviews

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May 18, 2019 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 See more May 9, 2019 Good flick. Fight the good fight. Keep the dream alive. See more Apr 22, 2019 Pretty good. The blood was a little bit on the excessive side, and I wish they utilized Suwo's skill more, but definitely enjoyable. See more Apr 22, 2019 This is just terrible acting ...and a 2-bit plot, that is more predictable than a Rambo movie. See more Mar 9, 2019 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!!!! See more Jan 31, 2019 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. See more Read all reviews
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Mike Wiluan

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Ario Bayu

Jamar

Tio Pakusadewo

Arana

Alex Abbad

Fakar

Mike Wiluan

Mango

Pevita Pearce

Kiona

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Movie Info

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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