Timo Tjahjanto’s high-action gory Jakarta underworld film, “The Shadow Strays”, hit Netflix top 10 lists in 85 countries for the week of 13-20 October, drawing 25.6 million hours viewed around the world six days after its premiere on 10 September.

The film was #2 on Netflix’s non-English movie top 10, bested only by Polish police drama “Justice”, also in its first week on the list.

“The Shadow Strays” hit top 10 lists in, among other countries, the U.S., Canada, Brazil, France, the U.K., Germany, Spain, Japan, Korea, Hong Kong and Indonesia.

“The Shadow Strays” – one of five Asian films on the latest top 10 – was director and writer Tjahjanto’s most ambitious project with Netflix so far.

Tjahjanto has described the film as a story about love and the need to express it.

“The lead character, 13, has an unexplainable trauma from her childhood suppressed inside her. At the same time, she has this feeling of having to love somebody and when she meets this young boy Monji, she grows to care a lot about him. It’s the same with the character Umbra, 13’s mentor. She has this overwhelming feeling of wanting to have somebody to care about, and she’s repressing it,” he said.

“The Shadow Strays” stars Aurora Ribero as 13 and Hana Malasan as her mentor Umbra.

Adipati Dolken plays corrupt cop Prasetyo, with Andri Mashadi and Agra Piliang as friends Ariel and Haga.