Timo Tjahjanto’s highly-anticipated ultra-violent assassin movie The Shadow Strays has finally arrived on Netflix –
As promised, I was out of bed, coffee poured and ready to watch The Shadow Strays at 8.01 am. Within the first minute of the film, I knew that Timo had struck genre gold again. Starting off in Japan, in a snow-covered mountain house, a group of gangsters surround their leader while he gets ready for his ritualistic abuse of a prostitute.
A young assassin named 13, trained to be the best of her kind is tasked with taking down the whole clan. She waits patiently to strike and of course, ultra-violent carnage ensues, heads roll everywhere and the once-white snow is now a glimmering blood red. But when the final target drops to the ground, 13 realises that an innocent’s blood has been spilt.
13 is then forced to Indonesia to lay low and wait instructions from her superiors. She then meets a young boy called Monji helping his drugged up mother. The kindness in this boy’s heart becomes immediately clear as he takes off his own t-shirt to wipe his mother’s vomit.
Without giving too much away, 13 then decides that her next mission is to take down the crime syndicate responsible for leaving this young boy’s mother in the state she’s in.
The Shadow Strays exceeded all my exceptions, and to be honest, those expectations were already quite high. Timo’s dedication to bringing us stylish, hardcore action content puts The Shadow Strays right up there with Gareth Evans The Raid movies – yes, it is that good.
We also get an awesome ending and I want more. Go check it out, it is streaming now on Netflix and PLEASE, if you enjoy the movie please rate it so we get a chance to see more of this fantastic fresh ultra-violent universe.
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