Characters & Themes
Jakarta (1988) Characters, Setting & Themes Explained
- Release, runtime and language
- 1988 · 94 mins · Indonesian
- Directed by
- Charles Kaufman, E.G. Bakker
- Starring
- Mick O'Rourke, Chris Noth, David Gale, Frans Tumbuan, Doyok Sudarmadji, Ronald Hunter
A CIA operative in New York is haunted by the loss of the woman he fell in love with during a past assignment in Jakarta. When he is kidnapped, drugged and taken back to the Indonesian capital, he is forced to confront the city’s shadowy secrets and the danger that once shattered his life three years earlier, seeking the truth behind the lingering mystery.
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