is known as Malaysia version of Wolf Warriors. It surpassed "Avengers 4" in 33 days and broke the local box office record, becoming the global box office champion in Malay history. Media Netflix goes live.
The film tells the story of the Malaysian national hero Mo Kirao leading the villagers to bravely resist the British invaders. After the release of , it caused a wave of movie watching frenzy in Malaysia. It surpassed "Avengers 4" in 33 days to break the country's box office record, and even caused the Cultural Affairs Bureau of Malaysia to cancel the originally planned release of " Thor 4" to make way for this film. Up to now, has accumulated a global box office of 97 million ringgits (about 150 million yuan), making it the highest-grossing film in Malaysian film history.
So, is this movie really attractive or is it just propped up by national enthusiasm?
After watching the movie, you will find that, as a main theme movie that sings praises to national heroes, there are the same common problems as such movies: emphasizes sensationalism and ignores plot.
- The male lead practiced strange martial arts moves:
- led a few bare-handed villagers to take down a fully-armed British camp:
- It is common for people to die by hiding bullets in close proximity:
z8 Too much talk:
just doesn’t shoot, and there are still many unreasonable things like
after you finish speaking. Of course, in order to implement the convention that the protagonist cannot die early and the need to highlight the hero’s halo, such a plot setting is understandable. , as an anti-British film, did not kill a single Englishman, all the dead were Malays, and other Asian compatriots, and even blackened the Chinese, which is a bit too much.
The only British villain in the whole film is the general of the army. He is brutal and ruthless and wantonly slaughtered the local people. In the end, he escaped without receiving the punishment he deserved.
instead portrayed the badness of other nations, and they all died in the end.
Two Malay natives who have become traitors:
A Qing Dynasty with a whip, withered:
A group of brainless mercenaries , looking like Indians:
The last Kirao led the Malay people to fight For a long time, countless sacrifices were made, but not a single Englishman was killed! is blackening other Asian ethnic groups. Is it the real situation at the time or is it political correctness now? is unknown. It is understandable why this film is so popular in Malays. After all, some heroic words in the film made a foreigner like me very touched, not to mention the locals?
But more impressions are the unreasonable plot of this film. It is said that the Malaysian side has decided to submit the film to the Oscars, and the result is needless to say. From this, what comes to mind is, Movies like our own, are we also good to watch, and everyone else is laughing?
