Anneke Putri

Set on 10 November in Surabaya, this historical event, features historic leaders, such as Bung Tomo, the tearing of the Dutch flag, the killing of a British general etc. This heroic tale is a grassroot point of view of history.

Set during the kingdom of Majapahit after the reign of King Hayam Wuruk, the Saur Sepuh films were based on the popular radio plays in the 80s. Lasmini is raped and thrown into a ravine, but is saved by Granny Lawu. She is then taught martial arts until the granny dies. Then Lasmini leaves the mountain to find her rapists and kills them one by one. One day, she has a fight with Mantili because she is close to Bentar. Then Lasmini returns to Mount Lawu to improve her martial arts. After learning new skills, she returns to challenge all the martial arts experts and is victorious. Mantili then goes to improve his skills from Brama and challenges Lasmini. Now Lasmini is defeated.

This film is a re-edited compilation of Saur Sepuh I, Saur Sepuh II, and Saur Sepuh III.

Brama Kumbara’s plan to build a royal resting place near his teacher’s grave is being obstructed by people from the Kuntala kingdom. They rally their people who live in Brama’s kingdom, Madangkara, and they manage to influence the regents of Madangkara through their wives. Then the regents stop obeying their leader. They also hire highly skilled villains to destroy the resting place. Brama is furious. With Mantili, he pursues all the rebels and exterminates the Kuntala people who are not loyal to Madangkara.

Swordfights, disturbing midgets, kung fu, black magic, killer centipedes, zombies, special effects rivalling the Turkish Evil Dead.

Set at the end of the Majapahit era, Bre Wirabhumi, son of Hayamwuruk, but born from a concubine, demands his right to be king of Majapahit. The kingdom is then ruled by Wikramawardhana, son-in-law of Hayamwuruk. To rival Majapahit, Bre Wirabhumi creates the Pamotan kingdom and looks for allies amongst other kingdoms. This creates confusion among the kingdoms friendly with Majapahit. Brama Kumbara (Fendy Pradana) from the Madangkara kingdom tries to settle the dispute. What happens instead is a misunderstanding that leads to the death of Brama’s envoy. Even worst, the lover of the murderer, Lasmini (Murti Sari Dewi), takes revenge by kidnapping Brama’s wife. The conflict then escalates into the Paregreg war between Majapahit and Pamotan.

Susi worries as the arrival of Lia threatens her popularity. Susi kidnaps Lia and damages her face.

Pras has almost finished college, has rich parents and a beautiful, faithful fiancee but is suddenly diagnosed with lung cancer. He only has six months left to live. Pras’ parents ask Tika’s parents to allow them to marry. Tika, who is very much in love with Pras, agrees although her parents oppose. Pras takes Tika to live in the fishermen’s village. He wants to contribute to the village. Tika hides her pregnancy although Pras is aware and pretends not to know. Death finally comes but Tika is relieved as Pras has enjoyed his life.

Santoso signs an agreement with Ghozal, a bandit, to blow up his own factory in order to get compensation from his insurance. The plan fails when Ghozal enters the factory and the security alarm rings. The security guards act promptly but Ghozal manages to escape. The pursuit of Ghozal becomes the core of the drama. As a copycat genre film, Ghozal even hijacks a helicopter and acts like a terrorist by finding hostages in a hospital. In the end, he is besieged by the police. A long negotiation occurs before he is killed.

A horror film based on mysticism, Gumara comes to the village of Kumayan to become a teacher. He is also looking for his biological father. Since his arrival, he has to face many strange things. Even a visit to Lebai Karat causes Gumara to deal with a tiger demon. Fortunately, Harwati, the daughter of Lebai Karat, comes to help. Then it is learned that Gumara has a similar power to hers. Harwati falls in love with Gumara, and so does his smartest student, Pita Loka. It is later discovered that Gumara is the illegitimate child of Lebai Karat. Gumara wants to conquer the power of the tiger demons. Learning this intention, six other tiger demons get involved. Five of them attack Gumara, who is defended by his father, Lebai Karat. Within its genre, this film might be considered one of the best.

Brama Kumbara (Denny Porlen) is preparing for eternity through an ascetic cleansing. Meanwhile, the Madangkara Kingdom has been handed over to his daughter, Wanapati (Agus Kuncoro). The people of Kuntala, who have greeted this news with delight, prepare to take revenge on Madangkara, where the ambitions of the young merchants and the instigation of riots are splitting the kingdom apart. The forces still faithful to Brama come to ask him for advice.

Crazy mix of action, fantasy and martial arts around a magic sword and revenge, with flying sorcerers, duels of laser beams, endless swordfights and many more. A lot of fun is guaranteed.