Overview
A brutal enforcer returns home to a world of chaos and bloodshed, where loyalty is a dangerous game.
Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Breakneck
- Intensity
- Extreme
- Complexity
- Easy to follow
- Violence
- Graphic
- visceral
- propulsive
- grim
- action movie night
- martial arts marathon
What critics said
Critics broadly agree that the film delivers an exceptionally stylish, relentlessly choreographed, and intensely violent action spectacle, though its story can feel secondary to the fights.
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
The film repeatedly builds toward elaborate, physically punishing fights involving Ito, elite assassins, and rival gang members.
Ito's conflict with his Triad crime family is driven by his attempt to save Reina after rejecting the gang's murderous order.
Critics specifically describe the film's corpse-strewn action and cartoonish cavalcade of gore.
The film's Indonesian production and reunion of The Raid performers exemplify the international impact of contemporary Indonesian action cinema.
Films like The Night Comes for Us, and why
The Raid 2
Shares Indonesian action cinema, extreme hand-to-hand choreography, criminal underworld conflict, and graphic violence.
The Raid: Redemption
Shares Indonesian martial arts, relentless pacing, gangland power struggles, and brutal close-quarters combat.
John Wick
Shares stylized ultraviolence, assassin mythology, criminal factions, and elaborate physical action set pieces.
Kill
Shares cartoonish gore, underworld betrayal, revenge-driven momentum, and unusually elaborate fight choreography.
Movie Details
- Director
- Timo Tjahjanto
- Release Date
- 2018-10-05
- Runtime
- 121 min
- Rating
- 6.9 / 10 (854)
Cast
- Joe Taslim
- Iko Uwais
- Julie Estelle
- Sunny Pang
- Asha Kenyeri Bermudez
- Abimana Aryasatya
- Zack Lee
- Revaldo
- Dimas Anggara
- Salvita Decorte
Where to watch in United States
- Streaming
- Netflix, Netflix Standard with Ads
Streaming options come from TMDB and change over time.
Common questions
- What is The Night Comes for Us about?
- A renegade Triad enforcer wages a savage one-man war against his former crime family to protect a young survivor.
- What is The Night Comes for Us like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of The Night Comes for Us as breakneck, its intensity as extreme and its storytelling as easy to follow.
- Is The Night Comes for Us violent?
- Yes. Ember rates the violence in The Night Comes for Us as graphic.
- What did critics think of The Night Comes for Us?
- Critics broadly agree that the film delivers an exceptionally stylish, relentlessly choreographed, and intensely violent action spectacle, though its story can feel secondary to the fights.
- Which films are like The Night Comes for Us?
- Films with a similar feel include The Raid 2, The Raid: Redemption, John Wick, and Kill.
- How long is The Night Comes for Us?
- The Night Comes for Us runs 121 minutes.
- Where can I watch The Night Comes for Us?
- In United States, The Night Comes for Us streams on Netflix, Netflix Standard with Ads.
