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Vengeance Is Mine, All Others Pay Cash Review (2021) — 76% Celluloid Score

Directed by Edwin · 2021 ·

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Answer Summary: Is Vengeance Is Mine, All Others Pay Cash worth watching?

Vengeance Is Mine, All Others Pay Cash (2021) earns a 76% Celluloid Score — Recommended. Recommended — recommended by most critics and audiences.Critics (87%) were notably more enthusiastic than audiences (74%).

Quick Verdict: What is the Celluloid Score for Vengeance Is Mine, All Others Pay Cash?

Averaged from five public sources (critic, audience, Metascore, Letterboxd, IMDb). See how we calculate scores.

76%
Celluloid Score Recommended

Five-source breakdown

87% Critic Score
74% Audience
75 Metascore
★★★½☆ Letterboxd 3.7
6.8 IMDb /10
Runtime
1h 54m
Cast
Ladya Cheryl , Marrio Merdhika , Rk. Bagus Nugraha , Reza Rahadian

🏆 2 award wins — Won Best Picture, Citra Awards 2022

Where to watch in the United States

Not yet streaming in the United States — check local listings.

Why this score?

  • Majority of critics rated it fresh (87%).
  • General viewers mostly liked it (74%).
  • Metascore is generally favorable (75/100).
  • Celluloid Score 76% averages all five public rating sources — our own composite, not a third-party trademark score.

Best for

  • Viewers who want a well-regarded action, comedy, romance pick
  • Critics' darlings — stronger with reviewers than general viewers

Not ideal for

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    Is Vengeance Is Mine, All Others Pay Cash worth watching?

    Yes — Vengeance Is Mine, All Others Pay Cash earns a 76% Celluloid Score. Recommended — recommended by most critics and audiences.

    Critics Consensus

    Edwin's wildest ride — a Citra-winning action-romance that plays like a graphic novel come to life, with Ladya Cheryl magnetic and Marrio Merdhika heartbreaking beneath the bravado.

    Celluloid Critics Consensus

    Critics (87%) were notably more enthusiastic than audiences (74%).

    What is Vengeance Is Mine, All Others Pay Cash about?

    A impotent boxer and a mysterious woman collide in Edwin's stylized 1980s pulp romance — a Citra-winning fever dream of machismo, desire, and neon-soaked action that reinvents Indonesian genre cinema with comic-book violence and literary irony.

    Critic Reviews

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