What you do get is a solid piece of entertainment with spectacular use of locations, likeable leads and surprisingly grey-shaded villains. It's not The Raid, it's like several Raids stitched together in a way that doesn't quite gel. Still, I had fun.

It’s a ridiculously ambitious premise, and Sasongko’s intentions of staging a high- octane urban terrorist drama that addresses pressing social injustices quickly buckles under the weight of its lofty themes.

All told, 13 Bombs manages to come together as a fairly good film. While it lacks in some areas, the overall plot and drama of the film help carry it past many of these underwhelming elements.

One could say that “13 Bombs” is a missed opportunity regarding its context, but the action and the overall production values here definitely compensate, in a movie that is bound to appeal to all fans of (Hollywood) action blockbusters.