Most surprising thing about Jurey Rosli's Malaysian action-comedy Libas? It's actually not the first to use the sport of takraw for combat. That honor would go to Thailand's Born To Fight, which not only had the little wicker balls whizzing around the screen but also had them delivered by a one-legged athlete in an unenhanced display of skill. Not so much actual skill in the sport displayed in Libas, which employs heavy CGI enhancement in its bid to become a much-too-late answer to sports comedies like Shaolin Soccer, but plenty of ridiculousness such as when the main character's energy boils so hot that it burns his own shirt off. That'd get expensive.
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Adnan Saladin (Rosyam Nor), Malaysia's King of Takraw is seeking for talented takraw players to win back the traditional takraw ball from Thailand. This unique and vicious world takraw championship demands not only takraw skills but also martial art skills.
Here's a synopsis:
Adnan Saladin (Rosyam Nor), Malaysia's King of Takraw is seeking for talented takraw players to win back the traditional takraw ball from Thailand. This unique and vicious world takraw championship demands not only takraw skills but also martial art skills.
- 7/21/2010
- Screen Anarchy
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