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Uwais Pictures’ starting slate features the action star’s directorial debut, Temur, a military action flick that re-creates Indonesia’s real-life Mapenduma hostage crisis incident from 1996.

Gritty and intense, The Raid was a breath of fresh air when it came out in the early 2010s, and its success influenced the action genre as a whole. Following its explosion in popularity, movies ...

Abrams wanted that action. So he called and cast Uwais and Raid co-star Cecep Arif Rahman to hunt down Han. He also asked Uwais to choreograph a lightsaber fight for later in the film. Uwais, a ...

In the new Netflix drama, Wu Assassins, Indonesian actor and pugilist star Iko Uwais plays a Kai, an Indonesian-Chinese chef embroiled in a triad feud in San Francisco’s Chinatown as well as an ...

9 Feb - Indonesia action star Iko Uwais' adventure in Hollywood continues. The actor is most recently planning a "secret project" with "Kong: Skull Island" director, Jordan Vogt-Roberts. He shared a ...

For Indonesian martial arts star Iko Uwais, The Raid was a career-defining role. Its near-plotless brutality led to it becoming a cult favorite, so when Uwais signed up for another ultraviolent action ...

The film’s cast is a mix of genre veterans and actors new to martial arts cinema, but thanks to the film’s talented cast, choreographers, and stunt teams, you wouldn’t know anyone was a first-timer ...

Matt Goldberg has been an editor with Collider since 2007. As the site's Chief Film Critic, he has authored hundreds of reviews and covered major film festivals including the Toronto International ...

Joshua Kristian McCoy is a freelance writer and film critic from the United States. He is a lifelong film buff, a voting member of the Georgia Film Critics Association, a tournament-winning Smash Bros ...