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  • 2019
  • TV-MA
  • Samuel Goldwyn Films
  • 1 h 42 m
  • 2019
  • TV-MA
  • Samuel Goldwyn Films
  • 1 h 42 m

Summary In 19th Century Java, a brutal massacre and the murder of Sultan Hamza by Captain Van Trach and his Dutch soldiers force Arana, Jamar and Suwo - the sultan’s brother and infant sons - to flee the country, bringing them halfway around the world to the American Wild West. After working the railroads and learning the cowboy way of life, Ara...

Directed By: Mike Wiluan

Written By: Raymond Lee

  • 2019
  • TV-MA
  • Samuel Goldwyn Films
  • 1 h 42 m
  • 2019
  • TV-MA
  • Samuel Goldwyn Films
  • 1 h 42 m

Buffalo Boys

Metascore Mixed or Average Based on 11 Critic Reviews
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Summary In 19th Century Java, a brutal massacre and the murder of Sultan Hamza by Captain Van Trach and his Dutch soldiers force Arana, Jamar and Suwo - the sultan’s brother and infant sons - to flee the country, bringing them halfway around the world to the American Wild West. After working the railroads and learning the cowboy way of life, Ara...

Directed By: Mike Wiluan

Written By: Raymond Lee

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Metascore
Mixed or Average Based on 11 Critic Reviews
48
27% Positive
3 Reviews
55% Mixed
6 Reviews
18% Negative
2 Reviews

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Metascore
Mixed or Average Based on 11 Critic Reviews
48
27% Positive
3 Reviews
55% Mixed
6 Reviews
18% Negative
2 Reviews

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73
Jan 10, 2019
What Buffalo Boys lacks in originality it makes up for in spirit. There’s a verve in Wiluan’s direction, a sense of joy shaping his approach to the tried and true familial vengeance hook.
By Andrew Crump FULL REVIEW
63
Jan 11, 2019
For the most part, Buffalo Boys is a decent folk tale, despite Lee and Wiluan's periodic application of "Game of Thrones"-style sensationalism.
By Simon Abrams FULL REVIEW
60
Jan 14, 2019
Leveraging highly polished production values evoking the Old West with detailed sets, authentic weapons and period costumes, Wiluan gets enough of the details right so that the genre’s typical characteristics blend fairly seamlessly with the Indonesian adventure yarn.
By Justin Lowe FULL REVIEW
58
Jan 10, 2019
Buffalo Boys is a messy, interesting, fun romp in cross-cultural interplay.
By Mike Mazzanti FULL REVIEW
50
Dec 26, 2018
This is a film that often feels more assembled than directed, crucially lacking the sheer verve that would enable it to transcend the influences that it proudly wears on its dusty sleeve.
By John Berra FULL REVIEW
50
Dec 25, 2018
Buffalo Boys is rather tedious going in between the fights, and those action beats are spaced too far apart.
By Roger Moore FULL REVIEW
0
Jan 11, 2019
While a few fun martial arts scenes pepper the effort, they are subsumed by an overall product that is riddled with plot holes, choppy cuts, laughable acting, and villains so evil that they’d make Skeletor blush.
By Warren Cantrell FULL REVIEW

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Production Company Infinite Frameworks Pte. Ltd., Zhao Wei Films (I), Infinite Frameworks Studios
Release Date Jan 11, 2019
Duration 1 h 42 m
Rating TV-MA
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Website http://www.frameworks.com.sg/
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Awards

Maya Awards
• 5 Nominations
Indonesian Movie Actor Awards
• 2 Nominations
Asian World Film Festival
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination

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