There’s a chance for the story to be extended. The courageous decision by Sheila Timothy as the producer and screenplay writer, along with Tumpal Tampubolon and Seno Gumira Ajidarma, to condense the story into a big-screen movie, seems to have been the right choice. Not only character names are imaginatively (and humorously) picked, but also fighting tactics and weapons are a feast of the imagination. Bastian is, thus, very imaginative in narrating the world of Wiro Sableng. In such a long serial, a lot of figures can be featured.
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It is Bastian Tito’s silat serial novel comprising 185 series and 6 separate titles. The basic material of Wiro Sableng makes such a model feasible. It’s the model applied to the product series of Star Wars or Marvel Cinematic Universe – the franchise model of various characters, each with a story of their own (lending themselves to independent films) but integrated in a big plot that accommodates a series of stories providing material for many films.
However, Wiro Sableng adopts a movie business model based on the creation of an extended story. The diversity of the figures may not be a regular feature of a theater movie like this, but be more common with a television series. There’s also the introduction of unfamiliar warriors plotting evil plans in the Mahesa Birawa camp. Then, at a food stall, Wiro encounters the gang of Mahesa Birawa (too coincidental, in fact) attacking a palace entourage that accompanies Pangeran (played by Yusuf Mahardika) under the protection of Rara Murni (Aghniny Haque), the younger sister of Raja Kamandaka (Dwi Sasono).
At the foot of the mountain, Wiro meets Dewa Tuak (Andy /rif) and his disciple, Anggini (Sherina Munaf). The fight scene between Wiro’s group and Kala Hijau against the background of a rocky plain in the gloom of the night is worth praising for its combination of surrealism, choreography and especially smart special effects.įigures of different colors of character constitute the film’s main bonus. Later, Wiro is sent by Sinto Gendeng to leave the mountain, carrying an axe and stone with the task of bringing Mahesa Birawa to justice.Īs Wiro descends from the mountain, different settings are presented, along with various fantastic silat techniques, offering a whole world of distinctive silat-fantasy lore. Then the backdrop of a remote mountain and jungle appears with Sinto Gendeng (Ruth Marini) drilling Wira, whose name is changed to Wiro Sableng, until adulthood (played by Vino G. When the screen opens with a giant red moon, there emerges a silhouette of Mahesa Birawa (Yayan Ruhian) and his gang of villains, coming to destroy the village, where a couple of warriors live, the parents of Wira. Sherina Munaf as Anggini in 'Wiro Sableng' (/wirosablengofficial/File)įrom the very beginning, the viewers find themselves fully immersed in a fantasy landscape.