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5/10
Interesting storyline, BUT not well delivered...!
ajleong-9872525 May 2022
The storyline is interesting, with a twist and turn at last. BUT it's NOT 'wow' or surprising enough, as we have seen many better than this kind of movies before. Also, as an audience, we know what the director is heading for! BUT somehow.. it's just NOT well depicted or there enough to get the right 'feeling'.

The pace is ok, slow and steady, with things going on to keep you entertained.

Well, it is the very first time, I found so many vulgar words (e.g. Fxxk, Fxxk-U, CB, LJ, S*hai..) in a Malaysian movie! It's really surprising and I love it! Haha!!

The actions are alright. BUT the director could be over-greedy, having too much in the movie, making it a poor one. Or certain part was meant to be super-cool, yet it was not well delivered, e.g. The gun-shooting scenes of the TWO cars at the U-TURN junction. We know how it shall look like, but it's just up to the Hollywood level to show the BEST of it!

Besides, the jumping-off KLCC scene is poorly presented by the CGI. OR I shall say, it is rather unnecessary, as it doesn't add much value to the movie, in fact, it leads to confusion.

The actors and actresses are all good, BUT the side-roles and others are a bit off and NOT professional enough. Their acting skills are quite stiff and not natural. BUT, overall.. it's ok for a local production.

Being a lenient reviewer, I gave 5.5 out of 1.0 for a local movie. There are plenty of rooms for improvement, especially for a psycho movie like this. Focusing on the main-topic with appropriate depth could be the key to success for such a movie, instead of being over-greedy to have too much on the plate, making it a mixture of nothing but just some empty actions.
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4/10
First half okay, second half bit mehhhhh
DazMonSta29 August 2022
So it starts off okay, you realise what the twist is, but the movie is basically 30 mins longer than it should be, some fight scenes are tedious and unrealistic. Gunfire doesn't sound right. Seem to be some ripped off scenes from other movies I have watched. The fight with Mr Unfinished Tattoo at the end is just plain stoopid. The car chase yeah maybe. The falling fight no I don't think so. CGI half assed. Some people died unnecessarily I think. And the main actor who just got out of jail, well he certainly doesn't seem like someone who's spent serious time in a hellish jail. Also I saw PASKAL not long ago and that is a far superior film, it got me interested in Malaysian films.
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4/10
Crazy fictional revenge flick
greekdx25 October 2022
If I can write something in short its simple: an interesting but very violent and blood-y movie with lots crazy fantasy scenes.

Getting now into some analysis : I know some little malay and could understood around 10% of what told but Greek subtitles greatly helped me. A good way to tst and learn a bit of the language live.

This is the story of Zafik or Just Fiq as many times noticed in the movie. He was unjustly imprisoned He is a calm but legitimate but poor civilian. After being released he aimed to get revenge against anyone involved to get him imprisoned (for trafficking drugs) His aim is to get informed who and why killed his family. His older close friend a suddenly rich person welcome him in his company to work for him but .. In the mean time Feroz a person with mental disorder helped him to get revenge.

This is just the first 8 minutes of calm and slow plot with the remain story getting much more interest until in the end

The story as already noticed is quite brutal. Mot of the movie is gunfire scenes and continuous martial arts most of them rather unnecessary. The movie spoil come to Feroz the person who prefers to play the very strong brutal guy with Rambo powers! (a bit unnatural for his muscle shape).

Fiq knows his abilities . He is a quite impotent and many times cold not help is family. Also a hesitating man. Yes he is married with one child>many times he could not even have money to feed them and always.

Feroz (from Fairuz) instead is a crazy man He uses violent methods and is quite if not very smart. Many times you can look at him laughing even if noting happened. He is aso Sam FIqs best fiend keeps the secret of the story

In the end there are serious secrets that twist the whole story These secrets made me laugh from plot's naivety and will be remain secrets here . The only I can notice we the story steps twice higher into fantasy than reality. As for example we see him getting stabbed to death and after a few seconds he again returns into life! A few mutes after he is fallen frpom the 3rd floor bounce between walls in a narrow road and again after sometime he again risen from the ...floor! Does not sound crazy ?

There are also some nice fast car scenes with lots of gunfire

In short even if the movie is good for international audience many foreigners will mostly laugh with it

Filming is nice and very interesting with HD video quality and some minimal CGI, The main guys play well except Freoz with his ludicrous appearance and overwhelming acting . Lots also of bad mouthing (typical nasty English words )

I generally know that the Malaysian kind of humor is even worse than the Hindi humor as based on 4 movies seen on early 2k

2/5.
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You can spot the twist coming from miles away, what a letdown
allkillahnofillah4 November 2022
At first, it was interesting to me buat after 30 minutes, it's obvious where the story is heading. The premise of someone coming out of prison and his identity is shrouded in mystery is good for me but what comes after that is so stupid.

You can spot the twist coming from miles away, what a letdown. The twist was so obvious that you might as well explain the secret of a magic show to your audience. It was that obvious.

I'm not sure why the script always need to follow obviously a certain western film. Like you cannot think for yourselves to make a movie for yourself? Always need to be like Hollywood movie.
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1/10
Try to much
mousaboss-1777022 August 2022
The movie start okej first but after watching the movie the was to c movie.

The action was not good the actor was not good.

The story was okej but you understand directi the story you know was gonna happen.

The movie was like indian rambo movie.
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3/10
Trying to be like western movie
btkmqhdq20 August 2022
Not ideal to watch with family. I was thinking to watch this movie together with family as a reason to watch local movie but the content of this movie are quite surprising. I know the rates for this movie is 18+ however as i watch the cast are mostly malaysian, i was thinking it's not as bad as western movie sexual content. Sexy characters, zoom in into butt, and few others. I didn't expect the movie having these scenes since they have quite popular Malay cast. Overall not really a good movie.
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1/10
Gave me mental anguish after watching
oranglidi-471212 September 2023
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SPOILER FOR THIS WHOLE MOVIE

The ending is horrible. I would give 2 stars if he dies at the end instead of turning into ernie zakri. It is the most dumbest thing ive ever seen and the weirdest choice to do. It is fight club at home. I admit, i didn't know at first that they were doing a fight club and I was excited to see what they are going to do with it because fight club is one of my favourite movies but I was so disappointed in the end. The title "The Assistant" doesn't make sense because shes just a side character. I don't really mind the bad cgi or the fight club reference. Feroz IS NOT Tyler Durden and the time when he said "i am your desire" doesn't make sense. Feroz was born because Zafik wanted revenge for his wife and son death. Not because he wanted to escape a mundane life. The gunfight have a "infinite ammunition" problem same as the director other movies. When someone gets shot is so funny cus their body just bounce with no visible gunshot wounds LMAO. Lastly, stop copying hollywood dumb film tropes.

This movie is so dumb but if you're an average malaysian who rarely watch movies, i think you're going to like this one.
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10/10
Physco & Action Movie
paksu-0772420 May 2022
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This film create a new generation era of Malaysia Industry .

Too many plot twist in this film .

Please stay & focus while watching this movie .

The story are really simple , you can enjoy it .

Also the action scene are really entertain .

You can feel how much mental disorders pain of Zafik when he knew some trouble issue did happen to his family .

The journey of both actor so amazing .

You didn't expect what story line at further movie .
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9/10
Should've received more rating IT'S GOOD
juliablue-976999 September 2022
The storyline are interesting with major couple of plot twists. Some CGI still need improvement but okay meh. Love the camera angle. Very² dramatic and unique transition.

This movie also teaches us about mental disorders. Which is not really educated enough in our country these days. For that I'm giving a high rating. It is a good movie.

Packed with info needed no time wasted. Slight adult jokes & normal jokes also included. These kinda movies are absolutely better than those boring endless love stories. Malaysia need more movies like this.

The storyline are interesting with major couple of plot twists. Some CGI still need improvement but okay meh. Love the camera angle. Very² dramatic and unique transition.

This movie also teaches us about mental disorders. Which is not really educated enough in our country these days. For that I'm giving a high rating. It is a good movie.

Packed with info needed no time wasted. Slight adult jokes & normal jokes also included. These kinda movies are absolutely better than those boring endless love stories. Malaysia need more movies like this.
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10/10
Best Malaysian action thriller movie I've ever seen!
aimaxs24 May 2022
Storytelling, acting, action, visual, cinematography, plot twist, everything about this movie are great. Again, thumbs up to Adrian Teh for making this mesmerizing action film. It's so intense. Adrian Teh as a director on a new level.
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10/10
ANOTHER GREAT ACTION MOVIE FROM MALAYSIA
m-22022-0099428 May 2022
Finally, an action thriller film rated R from Malaysia. I always wanted Malaysia action movie like this. Thank you so much to the great visionary director, Adrian Teh for making this come true. Hairul Azreen as always great action actor. Everything about this movie are great. The action, plot twist, storytelling, visual all great. Can't wait for Adrian upcoming movie.
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9/10
Clever Stylized Thriller
kevinodonnell-2821226 August 2022
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An innocent man is wrongly convicted of drug possession and trafficking. After serving his prison sentence he seeks revenge for the death of his wife and son which occur during his incarceration. Not having much success on his own, he meets a strange man who turns out to be his benefactor. This new friend gets to the meat of the matter, in more ways than one. Great film for martial arts buffs.
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Plenty of action; periodically stupid
lotekguy-121 September 2022
No need to rehash the plot details. It's a revenge flick starring a wrongly-jailed guy whose wife and son were killed while he was in the slammer. Classic setup.

The dude seems pretty helpless until a psycho joins the effort to handle the essential mayhem. All the visceral kicks viewers seek from these flicks come from his gleefully sadistic dispatching of thugs as they move up the food chain to the next level of authority. Standard, gory plotline for such guilty-pleasure fare from any continent until a pretty unique, well-executed plot twist. The good sort of mayhem escalates until they jump the shark in the climactic battle.

Once they go too far with the psychological element, we're stuck with an adults-only spin on Looney Toons. Too bad they couldn't figure out a better way to wrap up this otherwise solid action offering.
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