MASNGANU TUBE: 2006 | Nonton Film Subtitle Indonesia

Showing posts with label 2006. Show all posts

Genre: Action, Biography, Drama

Release Date: 22 September 2006 (USA)

IMDB Link: tt0446059

IMDB Rating: 7.7

Director: Ronny Yu

Writers: Chris Chow, Richard Epcar

Stars: Jet Li, Li Sun, Yong Dong

The film begins with Huo Yuanjia fighting and defeating three Westerners: a British boxer, a Belgian lancer and a Spanish fencer. While waiting for the fourth match to begin, Huo remembers his father Huo Endi teaching martial arts. The story is then told in an extended flashback. Watching his father fight, the young Yuanjia wants to participate, but his father is concerned about his asthma. Yuanjia sees his father in a leitai match with Zhao, who won the fight dishonourably by retaliating when Huo Endi held back what would have been a fatal blow. Humiliated by his father's defeat, Huo Yuanjia vows to regain the Huo family's honour and pride. He practices martial arts behind his father's back. As the years pass, Huo Yuanjia defeats several opponents in leitai matches and becomes a famous martial artist in Tianjin. As he becomes successful, he becomes arrogant and ruthless towards his opponents, compared to his late father who advocated showing mercy to opponents.

When a rival martial arts master named Qin Lei injures one of his followers, Huo feels insulted and confronts Qin at a restaurant owned by Huo's childhood friend, Nong Jinsun. After failing to talk his friend out of fighting and fed up with his ruthless behavior, Jinsun ends his friendship with Huo. The confrontation escalates into a fight between Huo and Qin, in which Huo emerges as the victor by killing Qin with a fatal blow. Qin's godson seeks vengeance and kills Huo's mother and daughter in retaliation. Huo goes to Qin's house, where Qin's godson admits to the murders before killing himself. Huo learns that it was his follower who had insulted and provoked Qin, which prompted Qin to beat him.

Wrecked with guilt, Huo flees Tianjin, and wanders aimlessly for many months. He nearly drowns in a river, but is saved by Granny Sun and her blind granddaughter, Yueci. They bring him back to their village. Huo, guided by their kindness, begins to learn the value of compassion and mercy.

In 1907, Huo returns to Tianjin and sees the changes that have taken place. He apologizes to Qin's family and reconciles with Jinsun, who is now a businessman. He challenges the American wrestler, Hercules O'Brien. Prior to the match, Huo requests that he and Hercules fight with honor and civility to which the Announcer, taking advantage of the language barrier, deliberately mistranslates Huo's request to "He wants to kick your butt". During their match, Huo saves O'Brien from being impaled on some nails and wins the gratitude of O'Brien, who names Huo the victor. Huo's fame spreads with successive bouts against other foreign fighters. In 1909, with funding from Jinsun, he founds Chin Woo Athletic Association in Shanghai.

The members of the foreign chamber of commerce fear that Huo's victories might fan anti-foreign sentiments among the Chinese people and thus become a disadvantage to them. They propose a match between Huo and four foreign champions. Huo takes up the challenge, even though he will have to fight four bouts in a row. Before the matches, Huo meets the Japanese champion Tanaka for tea and strikes up a friendship.

The film then returns to the competition shown in the opening scenes. On 14 September 1910, Huo, after defeating the European challengers, faces Tanaka. In the first round, they fight with their weapons of choice. Huo uses a sanjiegun while Tanaka uses a katana. In the heat of the fight, they accidentally exchange weapons. However, Huo is able to handle the katana proficiently, while Tanaka fumbles with the sanjiegun. Huo offers to exchange weapons with Tanaka, and the first round ends in a draw. Before the next round, Huo unknowingly drinks tea poisoned by the members of the foreign chamber of commerce. In the second round involving unarmed combat, Huo has difficulty breathing and begins to lose his strength. He collapses and starts coughing blood, the result of arsenic poisoning. Tanaka and Huo's supporters demand that the match be halted and postponed, but Huo wishes to continue, since he is going to die in any event. Huo is dominated by Tanaka but manages to deliver a blow to Tanaka's chest, using the same technique that killed Qin. He then collapses. Tanaka, aware that he would have died had Huo used more force, declares Huo the victor as Huo dies.

In the epilogue, Huo's spirit practices Wushu on a field while Yueci observes him. Huo turns to her and smiles, indicating a lovers' reconciliation.

The film is set in China in 370 BC during the Warring States period. A massive army from the Zhao state is on its way to attack the Yan state. Liang, a city-state on the Zhao–Yan border, is in peril of being conquered by the Zhao army. Ge Li, a Mohist, comes to Liang to help defend the city. Although the King of Liang has already planned for peace talks with the invaders, Ge Li manages to convince him and the people of Liang to put up resistance by warning them of the consequences of surrendering. He also promises the King that the invaders will give up on Liang if they fail to conquer it within a month, because their main target is actually the Yan state. The King has doubts about Ge Li's idea but still puts Ge in command of his army.

Ge Li creates a bulwark and various traps to halt the Zhao army's advance. When he insists that Zituan lead the archers, Liang Shi (the Liang prince) is angered because he sees Zituan's archery skill as inferior to his. Even though Zituan later proves to be a better archer, Ge Li's style of working puts him at odds with Liang Shi and the other Liang generals. Ge Li also briefly meets Xiang Yanzhong, the commander-in-chief of the Zhao army, for a board game outside the city to understand each other better. During the first Zhao attack, Ge Li's defence tactics worked well—a Zhao general was killed and the invaders were forced to retreat—but the Liang forces also suffered losses from a skirmish with Zhao infiltrators inside the city. Ge Li's success earns him the support of the people and he becomes a highly revered hero. Yiyue, a female cavalry commander, falls in love with Ge Li. However, Ge Li is reluctant to accept her feelings for him and tries to draw boundaries between them. One night, Ge Li and Yiyue scout the Zhao camp and discover that the enemy is digging underground tunnels to bypass their city's defences. Ge Li used that to his advantage by luring the Zhao soldiers into an ambush and then sealing the tunnel exits. The Liang general Niu Zizhang massacres the captured Zhao soldiers even though they were promised that their lives would be spared if they laid down their weapons.

In the meantime, the King feels threatened when he sees Ge Li's growing popularity, so he plots to have Ge stripped off his post and executed on false charges. At the same time, the Liang forces receive news that the Zhao army has retreated. Ge Li plans to leave Liang since his mission is complete. He goes out to check that the Zhao army is indeed retreating. When he returns, he is stopped outside the gates and is accused of starting a war under false pretences and plotting to seize the throne. Just as the Liang soldiers are about to kill Ge Li, Liang Shi shows up, pretends to fight with Ge, and secretly tells Ge to take him hostage in order to buy time for Ge to escape. Ge Li manages to escape but Liang Shi is killed by a rain of arrows meant for Ge Li. Meanwhile, Ge Li's supporters, including Yiyue, are falsely accused of plotting a rebellion against the King and are arrested and tortured. Yiyue denounces the King and is sentenced to death. The King also has her rendered mute to prevent her from speaking up against him. Zituan refuses to turn against Ge Li, so he cuts off his right arm and leaves the Liang army.

Director: Chi Leung 'Jacob' Cheung
Writers: Chi Leung 'Jacob' Cheung, Ken'ichi Sakemi (comic)
Stars: Andy Lau, Ahn Sung-ki, Zhiwen Wang

Denias (Albert Fakdawer) adalah seorang anak laki-laki yang tinggal di kaki pegunungan Jayawijaya. Denias sekolah di sebuah pondok di atas bukit yang diasuh oleh Pak Guru (Mathias Muchus) yang datang dari tanah Jawa. Film ini menggambarkan Denias lalu bertualang demi bersekolah. Sebelum meninggal, ibunya berpesan agar ia sekolah. Pak Guru juga meyakinkan agar Denias melanjutkan pendidikan karena ia yakin anak itu pintar dan bisa menjadi ahli matematika. Terakhir, Maleo (Ari Sihasale), tentara, juga meyakinkan bahwa Denias harus pergi melintasi gunung karena di sanalah ada sekolah yang bagus. Film lalu dilanjutkan dengan perjalanan Denias seorang diri selama sepuluh hari. Tas nokennya sempat hanyut di sungai dan ia juga sempat pingsan kecapaian. Ia masih harus berjuang agar bisa diterima di sekolah yang rupanya milik PT Freeport dan dikhususkan untuk anak kepala suku atau suku terdekat saja.

Sebuah film dengan jenis "road movie". Yusuf (Nicholas Saputra) dan sepupunya Ambar (Adinia Wirasti) menghabiskan malam penuh keliaran sebelum paginya mereka pergi ke luar kota untuk menghadiri pernikahan saudara mereka. Karena ketinggalan pesawat, mereka lalu mengendarai mobil. Perjalanan menjadi tiga hari lamanya. Mereka tidak sadar bahwa tiga hari perjalanan itu akan berpengaruh pada kehidupan mereka selanjutnya. Mereka berdiskusi tentang agama, pernikahan dan seks.

Catatan:
Pemutaran perdana di Hongkong International Film Festival dan Singapore International Film Festival.

Suasana gang becek, suram, dan kumuh yang membuka film ini memperkenalkan penonton pada "kehidupan gelap" tiga tokoh, Marwan (Lukman Sardi), Lenny (Fauzi Baadilla), dan Donny (Donny Alamsyah). Tiga sahabat yang sejak kecil telah belajar bahwa darah bisa menghasilkan uang. Mereka mencari nafkah sebagai pembunuh bayaran. Marwan, sang komandan, kerap memaki dengan kata "bencong lu", digambarkan sebagai sosok keras dan sinis. Pertanyaan istrinya, Ajeng (Ajeng Sardi), yang duduk di kursi roda, kapan Marwan membawa anaknya imunisasi hanya dijawab dengan segulung uang. Donny yang berkali-kali ingin cuti dari pekerjaannya itu diperkenalkan sebagai kakak yang sabar menemani adik laki-lakinya bermain sepak bola. Sementara Lenny yang merasa paling penakut dan bodoh hanya berani duduk diam di lapo tuak tempat gadis pujaannya, Rosmina (Desi Florita), bekerja. Tiba-tiba sebuah insiden terjadi. Semua berubah, terutama bagi Marwan. Pria yang semula tak peduli pada anak dan istrinya ini mendadak suka berlama-lama di rumah. Ngobrol dan bermain dengan anak-istri. Kalimat sinis yang biasa keluar dari mulutnya pun diganti dengan kata "tolong".

Film dibuka dengan kedatangan seorang pria tua bernama Rais (Slamet Rahardjo). Seorang diplomat yang kembali ke tanah air karena ibundanya meninggal. Ia datang ke rumah adiknya, Rima (Reggy Lawalata). Suasana kaku tercipta karena dua bersaudara itu terlibat perang dingin. Penggambaran masa Rais dan Rima merupakan Ruang masa kini, yang kemudian mengantarkan penonton memasuki Ruang masa lalu. Sang ibunda menitipkan sebuah `kotak pandora', yang menjungkir balikkan kehidupan Rais. Cerita pun berjalan mundur. Muncul tokoh bernama Kinasih (Luna Maya). Perempuan cantik, putri tuan tanah, Gustav (Kaharudin Syah). Kinasih hadir menjadi `kembang' dalam hidup pemuda yatim-piatu, Chairil (Wingky Wiryawan), buruh yang merindu dan terpikat pada pesona Kinasih. Sampai akhirnya mereka saling mencinta. Dengan alur maju-mundur, Rima dan Rais ditampilkan sebagai pencerita. Sumbernya dari tulisan tangan sang bunda tentang kisah masa lalu tersebut. Cinta Chairil tak bertepuk sebelah tangan. Namun, tidak berarti perjalanan mereka mulus. Orangtua Kinasih tak setuju, ia sudah dipertunangkan dengan seseorang. Ternyata di balik kecantikannya, Kinasih memiliki hati dan fisik yang rapuh. Di balik cinta kasih mereka, memang ada perempuan lain bernama Flori (Ardinia Wirasti). Perempuan yang diam-diam naksir Chairil inilah yang menjadi dalang dari cerita film.

Freya, gadis remaja pemalu dan pendiam, menjalani hubungan yang tenang dengan Moses. Freya bosan. Freya ingin menjalani kehidupan seperti sahabatnya Gia, yang menjalani pacaran seru dengan Adrian.

Suatu ketika Adrian bersama Freya menghabiskan waktu berdua. Ternyata mereka memiliki selera musik, buku, film, dan makanan yang sama. Hal itu membuat Freya merasakan hidupnya menjadi warna-warni. Setelah itu, Freya dan Adrian mulai dekat. Kedekatan mereka membuat persahabatan mereka hancur. Dan mereka pun berpisah setelah lulus SMA.

Freya pergi ke Queenstown, New Zealand. Ia ingin memulai hidup baru sebagai manusia baru. Freya tidak takut lagi. Ia berani bicara dengan orang asing, berani memulai pertemanan dengan orang baru, bahkan melakukan hal- hal yang ia takuti. Adrian datang menyusul Freya. Adrain datang untuk meyakinkan Freya bahwa kini ia milik Freya seutuhnya, tidak ada lagi Gia ataupun orang lain.