The Siege at Thorn High

2025 · 118 min · ID · NR · 7.3 (47 votes)

Dir. Joko Anwar · Starring Morgan Oey, Omara Esteghlal, Hana Pitrashata Malasan, Endy Arfian, Fatih Unru, Dewa Dayana · Music Aghi Narottama

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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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This film plunges you into a relentless, chaotic maelstrom of urban decay and brutal survival. It's a gritty, tension-soaked experience, leaving you feeling the despair of a society teetering on the edge. The atmosphere is suffocating, the violence visceral, and the moral landscape bleak.

intensechaoticgrittydespairingbrutalfreneticgritty urban thrillersurvival actionsocio-political commentarydystopian realismsocial decaysystemic violencesurvivalmoral compromiseurban unrest

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