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** Any time Ratger is trying to ham it up, especially since his actor's not very good or was in a diet of HamAndCheese.

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** Any time Ratger is trying to ham it up, especially since his actor's not very good actor Mads Koudal was either acting poorly or was in on a diet of HamAndCheese.HamAndCheese.
* NarmCharm: Mads Koudal's performance as [[AxCrazy Ratger]] is pretty bizarre, but it certainly makes him more memorable than the average martial arts movie villain.
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** Eric's overtly dramatic sacrifice, in which he receives about [[ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill ten thousand bullets]] after [[DivingSave pushing Yuda aside]] while ostensibly not trying to save himself too. Even if it was been intentional, given that the apologetic Eric might have been trying to make the guards empty their magazines on him in order to give Yuda a chance, it doesn't make it any less absurd.

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** Eric's overtly dramatic sacrifice, in which he receives about [[ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill ten thousand bullets]] after [[DivingSave pushing Yuda aside]] while ostensibly not trying to save himself too. Even if it was been It might be intentional, given that the apologetic in case Eric might have been was trying to make the guards empty their magazines on him in order to give Yuda a chance, but it doesn't make it any less absurd.
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* {{Anvilicious}}: Life in the country is more peaceful and wholesome than in the city. Of course, this being Indonesia, maybe SomeAnvilsNeedToBeDropped.

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* {{Anvilicious}}: Life in the country is more peaceful and wholesome than in the city. Of course, this being Indonesia, maybe SomeAnvilsNeedToBeDropped.
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* AllForNothing: Yuda spends the entire movie trying to save a girl and her brother from slavery, promises to come back to his mom, and manages to beat the big bad, only [[spoiler: to be killed at the last second.]]
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* All For Nothing: Yuda spends the entire movie trying to save a girl and her brother from slavery, promises to come back to his mom, and manages to beat the big bad, only [[spoiler: to be killed at the last second.]]

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* All For Nothing: AllForNothing: Yuda spends the entire movie trying to save a girl and her brother from slavery, promises to come back to his mom, and manages to beat the big bad, only [[spoiler: to be killed at the last second.]]
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*All For Nothing: Yuda spends the entire movie trying to save a girl and her brother from slavery, promises to come back to his mom, and manages to beat the big bad, only [[spoiler: to be killed at the last second.]]
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* {{Anvilicious}}: Life in the country is more peaceful and wholesome than in the city.

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* {{Anvilicious}}: Life in the country is more peaceful and wholesome than in the city. Of course, this being Indonesia, maybe SomeAnvilsNeedToBeDropped.



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** A young martial artist villager comes to the big city in some type of spiritual mission and gets his money stolen by a ruffian, but later befriends him and his female companion after recovering it and saving them from thugs. She is kidnapped and the hero has to fight through more thugs and a crazy duo composed by a mafioso and his second. At the end, one of the main characters dies and the girl is sent to a better life. ''Merantau'' or ''Film/OngBak''?

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** A young martial artist villager comes to the big city in some type kind of spiritual mission and gets his money stolen by a ruffian, but later befriends him and his female companion after recovering it and saving them from thugs. She is kidnapped and the hero has to fight through more thugs and a crazy psycho duo composed by a mafioso and his second. At the end, one of the main characters dies and the girl is sent to a better life. ''Merantau'' or ''Film/OngBak''?
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* SpiritualLicensee:

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** Eric's overtly dramatic sacrifice, in which he receives about [[ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill ten thousand bullets]] after [[DivingSave pushing Yuda aside]] while ostensibly not trying to save himself too. It might be a case of DeathSeeker, as Eric hates what he has become and has enough honor left to, knowing they are about to be gunned down, force them to empty their magazines on him in order to allow Yuda to beat them. Even so the moment is rather absurd.

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** Eric's overtly dramatic sacrifice, in which he receives about [[ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill ten thousand bullets]] after [[DivingSave pushing Yuda aside]] while ostensibly not trying to save himself too. It Even if it was been intentional, given that the apologetic Eric might be a case of DeathSeeker, as Eric hates what he has become and has enough honor left to, knowing they are about have been trying to be gunned down, force them to make the guards empty their magazines on him in order to allow give Yuda to beat them. Even so the moment is rather a chance, it doesn't make it any less absurd.



* TearJerker: Despite its spiritual premise, ''Merantau'' is one of the darkest films in a genre which does not typically contain that kind of darkness. Yuda's death at the end constitutes a slap to the face.
* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodCharacter: A recurrent impression, given that the film has all the conflicting characters killed at the end and this destroys the chance of a sequel.

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* TearJerker: Despite its spiritual premise, ''Merantau'' is one of much darker than the darkest films in a genre which does not typically contain that kind of darkness. Yuda's average kung fu flick, and it shows. [[spoiler:Yuda's death at the end constitutes end]] is a slap to the face.
* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodCharacter: A recurrent common impression, given that the film has all the conflicting characters killed at the end and this destroys the chance of a sequel.

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* {{Anvilicious}}: Life in the country is more peaceful and wholesome than in the city.



** Eric's overtly dramatic sacrifice, in which he receives about [[ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill ten thousand bullets]] after [[DivingSave pushing Yuda aside]] and ostensibly not trying to save himself too. It might be a case of RedemptionEqualsDeath, as Eric hates what he has become and has enough honor to, knowing they are about to be gunned down, force them to empty their magazines on him in order to allow Yuda to beat them, but even so the moment is rather absurd.

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** Eric's overtly dramatic sacrifice, in which he receives about [[ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill ten thousand bullets]] after [[DivingSave pushing Yuda aside]] and while ostensibly not trying to save himself too. It might be a case of RedemptionEqualsDeath, DeathSeeker, as Eric hates what he has become and has enough honor left to, knowing they are about to be gunned down, force them to empty their magazines on him in order to allow Yuda to beat them, but even them. Even so the moment is rather absurd.



** A young martial artist villager comes to the big city in some type of spiritual mission and gets stolen his money from a ruffian, but later befriends him and his female companion after recovering it and saving them from thugs. She is kidnapped and the hero has to fight through more thugs and a crazy duo composed by a mafioso and his second. At the end, one of the main characters dies and the girl is sent to a better life. ''Merantau'' or ''Film/OngBak''?

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** A young martial artist villager comes to the big city in some type of spiritual mission and gets stolen his money from stolen by a ruffian, but later befriends him and his female companion after recovering it and saving them from thugs. She is kidnapped and the hero has to fight through more thugs and a crazy duo composed by a mafioso and his second. At the end, one of the main characters dies and the girl is sent to a better life. ''Merantau'' or ''Film/OngBak''?
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* {{Narm}}
** Eric's overtly dramatic sacrifice, in which he receives about [[ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill ten thousand bullets]] after [[DivingSave pushing Yuda aside]] and ostensibly not trying to save himself too. It could be a case of DeathSeeker-enforced RedemptionEqualsDeath, as Eric hates what he has become and has enough honor to, knowing they are about to be gunned down, force them to empty their magazines on him in order to allow Yuda to beat them, but even so the moment is rather absurd.

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* {{Narm}}
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** Eric's overtly dramatic sacrifice, in which he receives about [[ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill ten thousand bullets]] after [[DivingSave pushing Yuda aside]] and ostensibly not trying to save himself too. It could might be a case of DeathSeeker-enforced RedemptionEqualsDeath, as Eric hates what he has become and has enough honor to, knowing they are about to be gunned down, force them to empty their magazines on him in order to allow Yuda to beat them, but even so the moment is rather absurd.



** A somewhat naive martial artist comes to unknown territory and gets involved with protecting a circunstance-forced red light worker and her child sibling from the powerful prostitution lord she works for. She is taken out of the party when they get into the bad guys's place to get back something, and he is forced to fight nonstop through miniboss pimps, loads of gangsters and eventually an epic two-on-one against a pair of psychos, after which the hero is wounded in his last effort. Are we talking about ''Merantau'' or ''Film/KissOfTheDragon''?
** A young martial artist villager comes to the big city in some type of spiritual mission and gets stolen his money from a ruffian, but later befriends him and his female companion after recovering it and saving them from thugs. She is kidnapped and the hero has to fight through more thugs and a crazy duo composed by a mafioso and his second. At the end, a main character dies and she is sent to a better life. ''Merantau'' or ''Film/OngBak''?
* TearJerker: Despite his spiritual premise, ''Merantau'' is one of the darkest films in a genre which does not typically contain that kind of darkness. Yuda's death at the end constitutes a slap to the face.

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** A somewhat naive martial artist comes to unknown territory and gets involved with protecting a circunstance-forced circumstance-forced red light worker and her child sibling from the powerful prostitution lord she works for. She is taken out of the party when they get into the bad guys's place to get back something, and he is forced to fight nonstop through miniboss pimps, loads of gangsters and eventually an epic two-on-one against a pair of psychos, after which the hero is wounded in his last effort. Are we talking about ''Merantau'' or ''Film/KissOfTheDragon''?
** A young martial artist villager comes to the big city in some type of spiritual mission and gets stolen his money from a ruffian, but later befriends him and his female companion after recovering it and saving them from thugs. She is kidnapped and the hero has to fight through more thugs and a crazy duo composed by a mafioso and his second. At the end, a one of the main character characters dies and she the girl is sent to a better life. ''Merantau'' or ''Film/OngBak''?
* TearJerker: Despite his its spiritual premise, ''Merantau'' is one of the darkest films in a genre which does not typically contain that kind of darkness. Yuda's death at the end constitutes a slap to the face.

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** Eric's overtly dramatic sacrifice, in which he receives about [[ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill ten thousand bullets]] after [[DivingSave pushing Yuda aside]] and ostensibly not trying to save himself too. It could be a case of DeathSeeker-enforced RedemptionEqualsDeath, as Eric hates what he has become and has enough honor to, knowing they are about to be gunned down, forcing them to empty their magazines on him in order to allow Yuda to beat them, but even so the moment is rather absurd.
** Any time Ratger is trying to ham it up, especially since his actor's not very good.

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** Eric's overtly dramatic sacrifice, in which he receives about [[ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill ten thousand bullets]] after [[DivingSave pushing Yuda aside]] and ostensibly not trying to save himself too. It could be a case of DeathSeeker-enforced RedemptionEqualsDeath, as Eric hates what he has become and has enough honor to, knowing they are about to be gunned down, forcing force them to empty their magazines on him in order to allow Yuda to beat them, but even so the moment is rather absurd.
** Any time Ratger is trying to ham it up, especially since his actor's not very good.good or was in a diet of HamAndCheese.
* SpiritualLicensee:
** A somewhat naive martial artist comes to unknown territory and gets involved with protecting a circunstance-forced red light worker and her child sibling from the powerful prostitution lord she works for. She is taken out of the party when they get into the bad guys's place to get back something, and he is forced to fight nonstop through miniboss pimps, loads of gangsters and eventually an epic two-on-one against a pair of psychos, after which the hero is wounded in his last effort. Are we talking about ''Merantau'' or ''Film/KissOfTheDragon''?
** A young martial artist villager comes to the big city in some type of spiritual mission and gets stolen his money from a ruffian, but later befriends him and his female companion after recovering it and saving them from thugs. She is kidnapped and the hero has to fight through more thugs and a crazy duo composed by a mafioso and his second. At the end, a main character dies and she is sent to a better life. ''Merantau'' or ''Film/OngBak''?



* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodCharacter: A recurrent impression, given that the film has all the conflicting characters killed at the end and this destroys the chance of a sequel.
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** A somewhat naive martial artist comes to unknown territory and gets involved with protecting a circunstance-forced red light worker and her child sibling from the powerful prostitution lord she works for. She is taken out of the party when they get into the bad guys's place to get back something, and he is forced to fight nonstop through miniboss pimps, loads of gangsters and eventually an epic two-on-one against a pair of psychos, after which the hero is wounded in his last effort. Are we talking about ''Merantau'' or ''Film/KissOfTheDragon''?
** A young martial artist villager comes to the big city in some type of spiritual mission and gets stolen his money from a ruffian, but later befriends him and his female companion after recovering it back and saving them from thugs. She is kidnapped and the hero has to fight through more thugs and a crazy duo of a mafioso and his second. At the end, a main character dies and she is sent to a better life. ''Merantau'' or ''Film/OngBak''?

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* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodCharacter: A recurrent impression, given that the film has all the conflicting characters killed at the end and this destroys the chance of a sequel.
* WholePlotReference:
** A somewhat naive martial artist comes to unknown territory and gets involved with protecting a circunstance-forced red light worker and her child sibling from the powerful prostitution lord she works for. She is taken out of the party when they get into the bad guys's place to get back something, and he is forced to fight nonstop through miniboss pimps, loads of gangsters and eventually an epic two-on-one against a pair of psychos, after which the hero is wounded in his last effort. Are we talking about ''Merantau'' or ''Film/KissOfTheDragon''?
** A young martial artist villager comes to the big city in some type of spiritual mission and gets stolen his money from a ruffian, but later befriends him and his female companion after recovering it back and saving them from thugs. She is kidnapped and the hero has to fight through more thugs and a crazy duo of a mafioso and his second. At the end, a main character dies and she is sent to a better life. ''Merantau'' or ''Film/OngBak''?
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** Any time Ratger is trying to ham it up, specially since he's not a very good actor.

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** Any time Ratger is trying to ham it up, specially especially since he's his actor's not a very good actor.good.

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* {{Narm}}: Eric's overtly dramatic sacrifice, in which he receives about [[ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill ten thousand bullets]] after [[DivingSave pushing Yuda aside]] and ostensibly not trying to save himself too. It could be a case of DeathSeeker-enforced RedemptionEqualsDeath, as Eric hates what he has become and has enough honor to, knowing they are about to be gunned down, forcing them to empty their magazines on him in order to allow Yuda to beat them, but even so the moment is rather absurd.

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* {{Narm}}: {{Narm}}
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Eric's overtly dramatic sacrifice, in which he receives about [[ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill ten thousand bullets]] after [[DivingSave pushing Yuda aside]] and ostensibly not trying to save himself too. It could be a case of DeathSeeker-enforced RedemptionEqualsDeath, as Eric hates what he has become and has enough honor to, knowing they are about to be gunned down, forcing them to empty their magazines on him in order to allow Yuda to beat them, but even so the moment is rather absurd.absurd.
** Any time Ratger is trying to ham it up, specially since he's not a very good actor.

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* WholePlotReference: A somewhat naive martial artist comes to unknown territory and gets involved with protecting a circunstance-forced hooker and her little sibling from her incredibly evil boss, having to fight through miniboss pimps, loads of gangsters and eventually an epic two-on-one brawl. Are we talking about ''Merantau'' or ''Film/KissOfTheDragon''?

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A somewhat naive martial artist comes to unknown territory and gets involved with protecting a circunstance-forced hooker red light worker and her little child sibling from her incredibly evil boss, having the powerful prostitution lord she works for. She is taken out of the party when they get into the bad guys's place to get back something, and he is forced to fight nonstop through miniboss pimps, loads of gangsters and eventually an epic two-on-one brawl. against a pair of psychos, after which the hero is wounded in his last effort. Are we talking about ''Merantau'' or ''Film/KissOfTheDragon''?''Film/KissOfTheDragon''?
** A young martial artist villager comes to the big city in some type of spiritual mission and gets stolen his money from a ruffian, but later befriends him and his female companion after recovering it back and saving them from thugs. She is kidnapped and the hero has to fight through more thugs and a crazy duo of a mafioso and his second. At the end, a main character dies and she is sent to a better life. ''Merantau'' or ''Film/OngBak''?
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* CompleteMonster: Ratger has no redeeming qualities, at all.
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* {{Narm}}: Eric's overtly dramatic sacrifice, in which he receives about [[ThereIsNotKillLikeOverkill ten thousand bullets]] after [[DivingSave pushing Yuda aside]] and ostensibly not trying to save himself too. It could be a case of DeathSeeker-enforced RedemptionEqualsDeath, as Eric hates what he has become and has enough honor to, knowing they are about to be gunned down, forcing them to empty their magazines on him in order to allow Yuda to beat them, but even so the moment is rather absurd.

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* {{Narm}}: Eric's overtly dramatic sacrifice, in which he receives about [[ThereIsNotKillLikeOverkill [[ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill ten thousand bullets]] after [[DivingSave pushing Yuda aside]] and ostensibly not trying to save himself too. It could be a case of DeathSeeker-enforced RedemptionEqualsDeath, as Eric hates what he has become and has enough honor to, knowing they are about to be gunned down, forcing them to empty their magazines on him in order to allow Yuda to beat them, but even so the moment is rather absurd.



* WholePlotReference: A naive martial artist comes to unknown territory and gets involved with protecting a circunstance-forced prostitute and her little relative from her incredibly evil boss, having to fight through pimps, gangs of hitmen and eventually an epic two-on-one brawl. Are we talking about ''Merantau'' or ''Film/KissOfTheDragon''?

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* WholePlotReference: A somewhat naive martial artist comes to unknown territory and gets involved with protecting a circunstance-forced prostitute hooker and her little relative sibling from her incredibly evil boss, having to fight through miniboss pimps, gangs loads of hitmen gangsters and eventually an epic two-on-one brawl. Are we talking about ''Merantau'' or ''Film/KissOfTheDragon''?
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* {{Narm}}: Eric's overtly dramatic sacrifice, in which he receives about ten thousand bullets in the torso in the process of shielding Yuda despite he wasn't on the line of fire. It could be a case of DeathSeeker-enforced RedemptionEqualsDeath, as Eric hates what he has become and has enough honor to, knowing they are about to be gunned down, forcing them to empty their magazines on him in order to allow Yuda to beat them, but even so the moment is rather absurd.

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* {{Narm}}: Eric's overtly dramatic sacrifice, in which he receives about [[ThereIsNotKillLikeOverkill ten thousand bullets in the torso in the process of shielding bullets]] after [[DivingSave pushing Yuda despite he wasn't on the line of fire.aside]] and ostensibly not trying to save himself too. It could be a case of DeathSeeker-enforced RedemptionEqualsDeath, as Eric hates what he has become and has enough honor to, knowing they are about to be gunned down, forcing them to empty their magazines on him in order to allow Yuda to beat them, but even so the moment is rather absurd.
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* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodCharacter: A recurrent impression, given that the film has all the conflicting characters killed and this destroys the chance of a sequel.
* WholePlotReference: A naive badass martial artist comes to unknown territory and gets involved with protecting a circunstance-forced prostitute and her little relative from her incredibly evil boss, having to fight through evil pimps, gangs of hitmen and eventually an epic two-on-one brawl. Are we talking about ''Merantau'' or ''Film/KissOfTheDragon''?

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* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodCharacter: A recurrent impression, given that the film has all the conflicting characters killed at the end and this destroys the chance of a sequel.
* WholePlotReference: A naive badass martial artist comes to unknown territory and gets involved with protecting a circunstance-forced prostitute and her little relative from her incredibly evil boss, having to fight through evil pimps, gangs of hitmen and eventually an epic two-on-one brawl. Are we talking about ''Merantau'' or ''Film/KissOfTheDragon''?
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* {{Narm}}: Eric's overly dramatic sacrifice, in which he receives about ten thousand bullets in the torso in the process of shielding Yuda despite he wasn't on the line of fire. It could be a case of DeathSeeker-enforced RedemptionEqualsDeath, as Eric hates what he has become and has enough honor to, knowing they are about to be gunned down, forcing them to empty their magazines on him in order to allow Yuda to beat them, but even so the moment is rather absurd.

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* {{Narm}}: Eric's overly overtly dramatic sacrifice, in which he receives about ten thousand bullets in the torso in the process of shielding Yuda despite he wasn't on the line of fire. It could be a case of DeathSeeker-enforced RedemptionEqualsDeath, as Eric hates what he has become and has enough honor to, knowing they are about to be gunned down, forcing them to empty their magazines on him in order to allow Yuda to beat them, but even so the moment is rather absurd.



* WholePlotReference: A somewhat naive badass martial artist comes to unknown territory and gets involved with protecting a circunstance-forced prostitute and her little relative from her incredibly evil boss. Are we talking about ''Merantau'' or ''Film/KissOfTheDragon''?

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* WholePlotReference: A somewhat naive badass martial artist comes to unknown territory and gets involved with protecting a circunstance-forced prostitute and her little relative from her incredibly evil boss.boss, having to fight through evil pimps, gangs of hitmen and eventually an epic two-on-one brawl. Are we talking about ''Merantau'' or ''Film/KissOfTheDragon''?
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* WholePlotReference: A somewhat naive badass martial artist comes to unknown territory and gets involved with protecting a circunstance-forced prostitute and her little relative from her incredibly evil boss. Are we talking of ''Merantau'' or ''Film/KissOfTheDragon''?

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* WholePlotReference: A somewhat naive badass martial artist comes to unknown territory and gets involved with protecting a circunstance-forced prostitute and her little relative from her incredibly evil boss. Are we talking of about ''Merantau'' or ''Film/KissOfTheDragon''?
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* WholePlotReference: A somewhat naive badass martial artist comes to unknown territory and gets involved with protecting a circunstance-forced prostitute and her little relative from her incredibly evil boss. Are we talking of ''Merantau'' or ''Film/TheKissOfTheDragon''?

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* WholePlotReference: A somewhat naive badass martial artist comes to unknown territory and gets involved with protecting a circunstance-forced prostitute and her little relative from her incredibly evil boss. Are we talking of ''Merantau'' or ''Film/TheKissOfTheDragon''?''Film/KissOfTheDragon''?

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* {{Narm}}: Eric's overly dramatic sacrifice, in which he receives about ten thousand bullets in the torso in the process of shielding Yuda despite he wasn't on the line of fire. It could be a case of DeathSeeker-enforced RedemptionEqualsDeath, as Eric hates what he has become and keeps enough honor to, knowing they are about to be gunned down, forcing them to empty their magazines on him in order to allow Yuda to beat them.

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* {{Narm}}: Eric's overly dramatic sacrifice, in which he receives about ten thousand bullets in the torso in the process of shielding Yuda despite he wasn't on the line of fire. It could be a case of DeathSeeker-enforced RedemptionEqualsDeath, as Eric hates what he has become and keeps has enough honor to, knowing they are about to be gunned down, forcing them to empty their magazines on him in order to allow Yuda to beat them.them, but even so the moment is rather absurd.



* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodCharacter: A recurrent impression, given that the film has all the conflicting characters killed and this destroys the chance of a sequel.

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* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodCharacter: A recurrent impression, given that the film has all the conflicting characters killed and this destroys the chance of a sequel.sequel.
* WholePlotReference: A somewhat naive badass martial artist comes to unknown territory and gets involved with protecting a circunstance-forced prostitute and her little relative from her incredibly evil boss. Are we talking of ''Merantau'' or ''Film/TheKissOfTheDragon''?

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* {{Narm}}: Eric's overly dramatic sacrifice, in which he receives about ten thousand bullets in the torso in the process of shielding Yuda despite he wasn't on the line of fire. It could be a case of DeathSeeker-enforced RedemptionEqualsDeath, as Eric hates what he has become and keeps enough honor to, knowing they are about to be gunned down, forcing them to empty their magazines on him in order to allow Yuda to beat them.



* {{Narm}}: Eric's overly dramatic sacrifice, in which he receives about ten thousand bullets in the torso in the process of shielding Yuda despite he wasn't on the line of fire. It could be a case of DeathSeeker-enforced RedemptionEqualsDeath, as Eric hates what he has become and keeps enough honor to, knowing they are about to be gunned down, forcing them to empty their magazines on him in order to allow Yuda to beat them.
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* CompleteMonster: Ratger has no redeeming qualities, at all.
* TearJerker: Despite his spiritual premise, ''Merantau'' is one of the darkest films in a genre which does not typically contain that kind of darkness. Yuda's death at the end constitutes a slap to the face.
* {{Narm}}: Eric's overly dramatic sacrifice, in which he receives about ten thousand bullets in the torso in the process of shielding Yuda despite he wasn't on the line of fire. It could be a case of DeathSeeker-enforced RedemptionEqualsDeath, as Eric hates what he has become and keeps enough honor to, knowing they are about to be gunned down, forcing them to empty their magazines on him in order to allow Yuda to beat them.
* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodCharacter: A recurrent impression, given that the film has all the conflicting characters killed and this destroys the chance of a sequel.

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