Jakarta Project

Shanty (Claudia Hidayat), a magazine journalist, proposed a coverage of Trisakti diamond which is discovered in the 60s, and now vanished. Dodo (Ba'i Soemariono), internet addict, manages to enter the site of NSA, US intelligence agencies, and retrieves data on Indonesia. It turns out that the action caught, and he was visited by NSA agent who request the data diskette. He gives a false diskette. He is chased but always missed. Shanty is also visited by the agent. She is asked to cooperate to take the diamond that is on top of Monas (National Monument). Dodo asks for help of Mita (Syarmi Amanda), mathematics and science student, to crack the password of the data taken from the NSA website. The data tell that Trisakti diamond is at the top of Monas. Dodo cs go to the monument. Shanty who is willing to cooperate with the NSA agent, goes there as well. All get nothing.

Directed by Indra Yudhistira, Jakarta Project leans on a strong ensemble — Matthew Holmes, Syarmi Amanda, Claudia Hidayat — to carry a story that balances spectacle with character.

The film landed with audiences for its craft and performances, and remains one of the most talked-about action titles of 2001.