Cartoonish acts of machismo compensate for a hired thug’s inability to get it up in Indonesian director Edwin’s fun though meandering take on the meaning of virility.
delivers a withering critique of masculinity with the enjoyably gritty if over-obvious “Vengeance Is Mine, All Others Pay Cash.” Usually when films deal with impotence, they tend to be coy or jokey, but there’s no beating around the bush here: Erectile dysfunction is the theme, with all the implications of disempowerment and emasculation the issue implies.
Everyone in the West Javan district where Ajo Kawir lives knows that he’s unable to perform sexually, so he transforms his humiliation into cartoonish acts of machismo to “prove” he’s man enough for everything else. He’s a cheap hired thug sent to rough up a local big shot, but he doesn’t reckon on the guy’s female bodyguard Iteung .
Piecemeal flashbacks seek to explain the cause of Ajo’s dysfunction: When younger, he was forced to watch and participate in the brutal rape of a woman by two cops, and the trauma made him flaccid for life. Pinpointing the source of his impotence to a violent act against a woman gives “Vengeance” the imprimatur of a pro-feminist tract, though Ajo’s aggression as an adult isn’t limited to his own gender. Perhaps the idea is he’s only willing to kick a woman’s ass if she’s able to fight back.
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