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Fireworks Kembang API (2023) Movie Review: A Well-Done Indonesian Remake With A Good Message
If someone suicidal had a second chance to step away from their impending actions, would they change their mind? Fireworks or Kembang Api begs the same question. Adapted from the Japanese film 3ft Ball And Soul (2017), Fireworks follows four people who find each other in a group chat. The group chat is essentially a suicide club, and the movie begins when the four of them decide to meet up to commit group suicide. The movie is called Fireworks because the method of suicide is by detonating a large firework “bomb” created by one of the four participants. Of course, there’s an underlying message, but without giving any spoilers, we can look at it this way: The majority of the film takes place in a claustrophobic, confined place where the protagonists gather to commit their grand act. It creates a sense of urgency and makes one question the motives of all the characters. A lot of the acting plays out like a live play, which helps in the case of a film that can’t rely on beautiful scenery, great cinematography, or any of those other things that make a movie fantastic. Fireworks relies heavily on the acting skills of all the actors, and for the most part, they do a decent job with what they have.
When the four don’t die after detonating the bomb, things take a strange turn for them. They get stuck in a time loop. This is when things get tricky for the viewer. When stuck in a time loop, a lot of time is used up establishing that each character is experiencing something repetitively, and this makes the movie feel a little dragged out and also slightly boring. Personally, I was losing patience, and it’s rather obvious what the message of the story is, so knowing where it was going, I could’ve easily skipped to the end of the movie to know if I was right. Spoiler alert: I would’ve learned that I was. Additionally, the sensitive topics of mental health and suicide are difficult subjects to address, and for the most part, the director and writers do a good job of making sure they handle them well. My qualm is that the film has a very one-directional plot that does not show you both sides of a coin but just gives the morally right answer. Personally, I felt like this came across as a little bit compassionless. While I do understand that there’s a strong message behind the entire movie, I found it less effective emotionally for this reason.
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