This morning the Toronto International Film Festival announced all of the genre films playing, including ten in the Midnight Madness programme. Part of the announcement was the Indonesia action/thriller Headshot, which stars Iko Uwais (The Raid: Redemption, The Raid 2), and will be getting global distribution after Nikkatsu Corporation announced that they partnered with Vertacal Entertainment and XYZ Films. After the TIFF World Premiere, the three companies are coordinating to set digital and VOD release dates along with limited theatrical runs in select territories.
“Headshot follows an amnesiac (Iko Uwais) who washes ashore with a serious and mysterious head injury. His past comes back to haunt him shortly after being nursed back to health by a young doctor (Chelsea Islan).”
It’s got a The Bourne Identity vibe.
Headshot is currently in post-production in Indonesia. It is directed by Macabre‘s Mo Brothers (Timo Tjahjanto and Kimo Stamboel) and stars Iko Uwais, Chelsea Islan, Julie Estelle, and Sunny Pang. The film is based on a script by Tjahjanto, and is produced by Mike Wiluan, Wicky Olindo, Sukdev Singh and Shinjiro Nishimura.
Bloody Disgusting distributed Macabre as part of our BD Selects line. Timo Tjahjanto also co-directed the V/H/S/2 segment, “Safe Haven”, with The Raid‘s Gareth Evans.
