Who doesn't love a good martial arts movie? Over the last few years, it was Thai martial artist Tony Jaa who was the most popular here in the US, then JeeJa made her debut last year in Chocolate. Now ...

An action movie featuring the choreography of the near-extinct traditional Indonesian martial art pencak silat harimau will hit the big screen on Aug. 6. British director Gareth Huw Evans, who ...

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There is a new martial arts star in town…and his name is Iko Uwais, star of Indonesia’s first martial arts film for years, Merantau Warrior. The film screened as the official closing film of Korea’s ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Most Westerners don't associate Indonesia with martial arts films - but then, neither did most Indonesians until recently. Oddly enough, ...

Merantau has been unjustly overlooked as critics and genre fans alike rushed to praise The Raid, the follow-up to this film from director Gareth Evans and star Iko Uwais. While this is somewhat ...

In Minangkabau, West Sumatera, Yuda a skilled practitioner of Silat Harimau is in the final preparations to begin his "Merantau" a century's old rites-of-passage to be carried out by the community's ...