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BUFFALO BOYS Get Bullish In The Explosive Second Trailer

Debut director Mike Wiluan’s new film, Buffalo Boys, comes at a great time with the current appreciation that Asian film productions have accrued. Buffalo Boys feels like something made directly for a crowd much larger than folks keen on Asian niche films and especially given the rollicking look it has for what looks to be a splashy, fun and exciting western film of its kind. It’s got Ario Bayu and Yoshi Sudarso who play brothers on an epic mission of vengeance, one that finds them fighting for a small Indonesian village oppressed by Dutch colonial rule. The teaser and trailer footage have all proven exciting with hints of slick, energizing gunbattles and fight action that’ll surely have genre fans drooling as the weeks and months pass for a hopefully sooner wider release. This week, Screenplay Films delivers all that and just a touch more with a second full and official […]

BUFFALO BOYS: A Tale Of Vengeance That Hailed Legends In The Official Trailer

Lee B. Golden III

It’s a rousing time for actor Yoshi Sudarso who will be getting a little screentime of his own for the Frontières Proof Of Concept showcase at Cannes for Bao Tran’s kung fu feature, The Paper Tigers. In the meantime, his biggest score by far in his career is set to arrive later this year in a debut role next to actor Ario Bayu for period Western actioner, Buffalo Boys, from debut director Mike Wiluan. Sudarso, best known for his role in hit series, Power Rangers: Dino Charge, and Bayu who also stars in Java Heat with Mickey Rourke, lead the narrative for Wiluan’s new film as two brothers on a mission of vengeance for their father’s death against corrupt Dutch colonialists in the 1800s. Wiluan penned the script along with screenwriter Raymond Lee with the addition of action sequences to boot courtesy of Kazu Patrick Tang of Hard Target 2 fame. […]

Mike Wiluan’s BUFFALO BOYS Teases Explosive Western Action And Thrills

Lee B. Golden III

Mike Wiluan’s period Western actioner, Buffalo Boys is off to a roaring start this week with the unveiling our first official teaser. Wiluan, best known for producing ‘Mo Bros thrillers Macabre, Headshot and Liam O’Donnell’s upcoming Beyond Skyline, makes his directorial debut on the Indonesia-Singapore co-production which joins Java Heat co-star Ario Bayu with Power Rangers: Dino Charge and Hyperforce star, actor and martial artist Yoshi Sudarso making his own big screen debut. Wiluan penned the script with Raymond Lee which centers on Bayu and Sudarso in the respective roles of Jamar and Suwo, two brothers of Javanese descent who set out on a mission of vengeance for their father’s death against corrupt Dutch colonialists in the 1800s. Rounding out the cast is a shared talent pool listing actress Pevita Pearce, Headshot co-stars Sunny Pang and Zack Lee, The Raid 2 co-stars Tio Pakusadewo, Donny Alamsyah and Mike Lucock among the cast for a release […]