Edwin promised to his sister on her deathbed to find her son she gave up a long time ago. Edwin's quest brought him to become a substitute teacher in Duri High School, Jakarta, a school for juvenile delinquents. There he must face the most violent students to find his nephew. When he eventually finds the boy, a city-wide riot erupts and Edwin is trapped in the school with the cruel kids out for his blood.
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hadeh. where do i start? this film wants to talk about something big, something painful. it’s clearly pulling from the ‘98 tragedy, but instead of treating that history with the weight it deserves, it throws it into this made-up dystopian version of jakarta that feels like a cheap excuse to go full edgy. either tell the real story or build a new one that justifies its own world. this one does neither. it's just awkwardly in between. gak jelas pantek. the writing’s rough. characters speak in ways no one speaks. scenes drag. things happen for no clear reason. and then come the weird, forced moments, scenes that are trying to be shocking but just feel... off. ugly, even.