The Big 4

The Big 4 is a 2022 action comedy film written and directed by Timo Tjahjanto. Released by Netflix on 15 December 2022, it tells the story of four retired assassins–played by Abimana Aryasatya, Lutesha, Arie Kriting, and Kristo Immanuel–who spring back into action when they cross paths with a straight-arrow cop (Putri Marino) who is determined to track down an elusive murderer.

Upon release, The Big 4 received mostly positive reviews from critics, and was ranked within the top 10 most-watched titles in 53 countries, including in Indonesia, where it was the top-ranked film. Tjahjanto has expressed intentions to develop a sequel.

A child is taken into an orphanage, and placed along with other abused children. He watches an older boy (Pelor) being dragged away screaming, taken into a hospital for harvesting his organs. Suddenly, a man (Topan) appears and with the help of a nurse (Alpha), rescues Pelor and then frees all the kids in the orphanage.

Pops (Petrus) is the commander of the Big 4, whose daughter Dina is going to be sworn in as a police officer. He is also friends with Hassan, the police chief, and Dina is closer to him than her own father. While she is being sworn in as officer, an assassin disguised as a flower courier kills Petrus. First Topan, and then Dina find the dead body. Dina believes Topan to be the murderer and shoots at him wounding him, just as he rushes out the back door.

Three years later, Dina is overworked, and Hassan suggests she take a vacation. She visits Paranais Villa on Bersi island, which is the location on an old photo of her father along with 4 children. Topan is at the front desk and gives her a room. She finds a photo of her father at the lobby and Topan says it's his father too. He takes her to a jungle retreat with Baba Jenggo where they give her a bitter potion to drink which causes her to hallucinate temporarily. Pelor comes in with a gun and a fight ensues.

Antonio and his secretary kill several people and take over a Don's turf. They then arrive at the jungle retreat to capture Jenggo, while Pelor runs away. Topan and Dina fight with Antonio and manage to escape to a hideout. While cleaning Topan's wounds, Dina recognizes the scar from the bullet that she shot into the person who left when she saw her father's dead body, and calls Topan a murderer. Pelor meets up with Dina and emphatically denies that Topan could be a murderer and takes her to see Alpha, who convinces Dina that Topan is not a murderer and that they were all trained by Dina's father, Petrus. They learn more about Antonio, called the scorpion of south-east Asia. Topan recalls the last words of Petrus, which was "Suranto", an alias for Antonio, who was the first ever person that Petrus trained.

Antonio teams up with Vinsen to capture or kill Topan. They arrive at Alpha's location and start shooting at them, but Alpha and Dina manage to kill most of them. Alo arrives and uses a bazooka which wounds Dina. Topan and Jenggo revive Dina and flee the scene by boat. Antonio has Pelor as hostage and demands that they meet up where it all started.

Topan and others arm themselves to prepare for their upcoming fight with Antonio. Dina sees the cap that her father wore on the day he was murdered, and Topan says he failed to save Petrus. He also says that Petrus asked him to take care of Dina before he died.