It’s taken a few years and all the while after languishing locally from its short-lived box office run, but the impending U.S./Canada release of Indonesian superhero actioner, Valentine: The Dark Avenger, has finally arrived with an official trailer. Shout! Factory acquired the rights earlier this year as reported during Carnaby’s sales run in Berlin and now the film will have a Blu-Ray and DVD rollout beginning May 14, with pre-orders now up and running at Shout! Factory, and effectively granting debut actress Estelle Linden a fair and promising international outing.
From The Dark, A Hero Rises
Batavia City is a metropolitan jewel … but one increasingly tarnished in the face of rising crime. Amidst the chaotic onslaught of robbery and violence, Srimaya, a waitress at a café, dreams of a glamorous life as an actress. A chance meeting with a film director and his assistant leads to a life-changing series of events for Srimaya, as they take her on a thrilling adventure that finds the waitress-turned-actress transforming into the person Batavia City needs and deserves most: the consummate kick-ass superhero! Taking to the streets as “Valentine,” she becomes a role model to the people of Batavia, and a foil to the city’s lowlifes and ne’er-do-wells. But when a sinister masked villain emerges from the shadows of the night, Srimaya realizes that all of her vigilante exploits were a mere dress rehearsal for the ultimate showdown!
