Muhammad Kilau bin Rasu, popularly know as ‘Mat Kilau’, or alternatively known as Mohamed bin Ibrahim or ‘Mat Siam’, was a local chieftain and folk hero from Pahang, Malaysia, best known for his role in the Pahang Uprising (1891-1895) against the British Empire. The exceptional valor demonstrated by Mat Kilau in the uprising have gained him a place in popular memory as one of the heroes of Malay nationalism. Syamsul Yusof directs a martial arts film based on the historical character, in a movie that is as one-sided as all the recent action movies we have seen throughout the world, from “Top Gun” to “Wolf Warrior”.
The film begins in 1890 in Pahang, as the British arrive in the area. Their greed, their violent ways, and their will to disrupt the Islamic ways of the locals become evident from the introductory scene, which ends up in bloody violence as...
The film begins in 1890 in Pahang, as the British arrive in the area. Their greed, their violent ways, and their will to disrupt the Islamic ways of the locals become evident from the introductory scene, which ends up in bloody violence as...
- 10/3/2022
- by Panos Kotzathanasis
- AsianMoviePulse
The third feature film by Nik Amir Mustapha, who produced, directed and co-wrote “Imaginur”, is a truly weird film that deals with the concept of memory in the most unusual way.
Imaginur is screening on New York Asian Film Festival
As Zuhal gets his father, who suffers from Alzheimer’s, to a hospital for a check-up, he realizes that something strange is happening in his life, which seems to be repeated while past and present are mixed, and a dream about the presence of a woman in a field seems to be the key. Trying to figure things out, he ends up visiting a hypnotist, Ramil, who puts him in a machine that ends up confusing things even more. Suddenly, he finds himself in a groundhog day setting, where he loses his father in a supermarket where his ex’s current fiance embarrasses him, before he is hit by a car,...
Imaginur is screening on New York Asian Film Festival
As Zuhal gets his father, who suffers from Alzheimer’s, to a hospital for a check-up, he realizes that something strange is happening in his life, which seems to be repeated while past and present are mixed, and a dream about the presence of a woman in a field seems to be the key. Trying to figure things out, he ends up visiting a hypnotist, Ramil, who puts him in a machine that ends up confusing things even more. Suddenly, he finds himself in a groundhog day setting, where he loses his father in a supermarket where his ex’s current fiance embarrasses him, before he is hit by a car,...
- 7/24/2022
- by Panos Kotzathanasis
- AsianMoviePulse
Malaysian historical action movie Mat Kilau: Kebangkitan Pahlawan, directed by Syamsul Yusof, has become the highest-grossing local film of all time in the Asian country, breaking the record set by the director’s own horror film Munafik 2 in 2018.
Mat Kilau has grossed 11.97m (RM53m) in 13 days across Malaysia, Singapore and Brunei. While the producers only announce figures for the three territories combined, local distributors say the film has easily overtaken Munafik 2, which grossed 8.5m (RM37.74m) in Malaysia and 10.8m (RM48m) across the region. It has achieved that figure despite going up against Top Gun: Maverick, Jurassic World Dominion and Minions: The Rise Of Gru at the Malaysian box office.
Produced by Studio Kembara and distributed by Skop Productions, Mat Kilau tells the story of a legendary 19th Century Malay warrior, Mat Kilau, who fought against British colonisers and their high taxes.
The cast includes Adi Putra, playing central character Mat Kilau,...
Mat Kilau has grossed 11.97m (RM53m) in 13 days across Malaysia, Singapore and Brunei. While the producers only announce figures for the three territories combined, local distributors say the film has easily overtaken Munafik 2, which grossed 8.5m (RM37.74m) in Malaysia and 10.8m (RM48m) across the region. It has achieved that figure despite going up against Top Gun: Maverick, Jurassic World Dominion and Minions: The Rise Of Gru at the Malaysian box office.
Produced by Studio Kembara and distributed by Skop Productions, Mat Kilau tells the story of a legendary 19th Century Malay warrior, Mat Kilau, who fought against British colonisers and their high taxes.
The cast includes Adi Putra, playing central character Mat Kilau,...
- 7/7/2022
- by Liz Shackleton
- Deadline Film + TV
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