Indonesia's 'The Big 4' is the second most-watched non-English film on Netflix

Indonesian comedy action film "The Big 4" is the second most-watched non-English language film from last week, new data is displayed.

Directed by Timo Tjahjanto, "The Big 4" tells the story of an unremarkable female detective who investigates his father's death and follows a clue to a remote tropical island, to uncover his true identity as the leader of a group of assassins. Now hunted by her enemies, she must team up with the crooks her father had trained - four pensioners, out of luck, assassins eager to get back into the game.

For the week of December 12-18, the film ranks second in the global non-English du streamer list of movies with 16.4 million hours viewed. The headline title of the same period was "God's Crooked Lines", which debuted at the San Sebastian Film Festival and had a limited theatrical career in its native Spain.

Earlier this week, it also placed fifth in the United States. “The Big 4” also entered the Netflix top 10. country film lists in 53 countries, including Indonesia where it is the highest ranked film title. It appeared in the top ten in countries like Argentina, Mexico, Finland, Spain and Greece. In Asia, it ranked in the top ten in the Philippines, South Korea, Taiwan, Thailand and Vietnam.

The film features an ensemble cast that includes Abimana Aryasatya, Putri Marino, Arie Kriting, Lutesha and Christo Emmanuel. The film features intense and fast-paced fight scenes, spectacular shootouts, and explosions peppered with comedy and catchy punchlines.

The film was produced as a Netflix Original by Frontier Films, part of the Screenplay cluster Movies. Her first two films "May The Devil Take You" part 1 and 2 were released theatrically, as was her third film "The Girl in the Red Dress". Frontier, which is in partnership with Tjahjanto, has an agreement with Netflix to provide a stream of movies and TV series.

"[It's] a particularly Indonesian story close to my heart," Tjahjanto said. "It's exciting to see how much history can resonate and travel the world."

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