Headshot

Headshot is a 2016 Indonesian action film directed by the Mo Brothers. The film stars Iko Uwais and Chelsea Islan in the lead roles. In the film, a man with amnesia, clashes against a crime syndicate to protect the doctor who saved his life. Headshot premiered on September 9, 2016 at the Toronto International Film Festival and theatrically on December 8, 2016 in Indonesia. It received generally positive reviews from critics who praised the cast performances (particularly Uwais and Islan), direction and action sequences. Plot A comatose man of unknown identity and origin is being cared by Dr. Ailin in a rural hospital on a small island. The man eventually wakes up after two months with no clear memory of how he was injured or even his identity. He adopts the name Ishmael from Moby-Dick, which Ailin is reading. The man learns that he was found on the beach by a man named Romli. Meanwhile, a mobster named Lee and his henchmen Rika and Besi violently eliminate a rival gang. One of the gang's survivors tells Lee about Ishmael and Lee sends the man to investigate. Ishmael and the thug have a brief altercation after the man threatens Ailin. Ailin travels to the mainland to seek better care for Ishmael, but her bus is stopped by Lee's men, who are looking for Ishmael (whom they call Abdi). They slaughter all the passengers except Ailin and a young girl, whom they abduct. Called by Ailin, Ishmael and Romli hurry to the scene of the bus attack. Ishmael kills a few of Lee's thugs, but Romli is also killed. An Interpol agent tells Ishmael about children abducted by Lee's syndicate and bred to be devoted smugglers and criminal enforcers; Ishmael was one of those children.