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Something I saw from the youtube.com

Last week as I was browsing youtube.com for some new videos to be entertained, I came across a Malaysian movie being uploaded onto the website. In fact, the whole movie was splitted into 11 parts was the full movie you get to see in the cinema or at home via DVD. I wonder how could one has such patience not only to upload the whole movie but to split them up equally to comply with the limit set by youtube.com.
 
However, due to the movie features on cars and drift (not much of pretty girls, for your info, the culture in Malaysia doesn't has space for those), I couldn't bear to let it be another entry on my Mozilla Firefox's history, therefore, I clicked on the first video. And shortly, one video rolled following another,and in no time, i reached the 10th, sparing the 11th as it was just the credits of the film. To appreciates the film in my own way, I actually fast forward the 11th video to see who is the production crew. In my opinion gathered after limited experiences of watching local films. I finds that this one is extremely good and worth spending the money for the blockbuster ticket but not to the extend of having a hard-copy for collection. There are things, which are just not that satisfying... Too much talking, and the actions seems too much professional even for the villian's followers.
 
The story line wasn't that refreshing as it was just another "I'm back for you" plot where the villian are back to get back what he's lost in the past. And the main character are somehow involved in the past which are only revealed later on in the movie. Furthermore, in between the main plot the supporting casts starts getting jealous and splits up while the main character are busy lovey dopey with the female character. To think of it, there are no more than 10 female cast in the whole movie with 2 on the good side (main female and supporting character) and the rest being the "pack of the gangs" on the villian's side (they are just there, being on a corner of the screen, no movement, no dialog).
 
Racing and drift actions movie are getting common nowadays starting with The Fast & Furious from the west and Thunderbolt from the East (starring Jackie Chan) - just to name a few - and these movies are always on the billboard as days goes by hoping to rake a couple of millions while the interest among the viewers are still there. However, these movies managed to create their own characteristic and selling point which makes us wouldn't want to miss each and every of these movie. But then, this movies surface at the end of this trend which I starts finding the racing scenes, whether on the track or road) are repeating or even as though they are so familiar which I thought I saw it somewhere. The drifting especially on the road during the chase, are so perfect which only 3 cars are crashed throughout the whole show, makes me wonders if drifting actually originated from Malaysia rather than Japan. I understand these performance cars are pricey here in Malaysia but then, ever spared a thought that accidents do occurs, especially on the road. How is it that a law enforcer who drives a modded Sylvia can drift that well? How does he afford that, come to think of it?
 
One of the main features of this movie I felt it's worth highlighting first is the slang during the conversation, not the dialog. The villians are not only talking in broken/pasar BM but also cantonese on and off throughout the movie... Well, I've never thought that the Malaysian Censorship Board would be so generous to let this slip through them. It's quite refreshing to see a couple of local gangster talking in slangs and cantonese, localising the movie. For me, at least, there's a reason to watch this movie, being a Malaysian and able to connect to the story line, or else, it would be just another foreign movie, which I believe my interest on this movie would drip faster than when I was watching Titanic.
 
Technically, the rides and hardware are well done too. Modded not to the extreme but just enough for auto enthusiast to salivate whenever the rides are on the screen. The external modding of the ride are good enough for me to hope that the ride will be on the screen for once more. The colour matching and the theme used for the rides does not force itself to our eyes resulting in a distaste feeling, but leaves us hoping for more. A lil' drawback I felt in this movie on this aspect is that I can't really feel the bond between the driver and his ride as what we normally would have and there's impossible to hide no matter how you try. But then, there's no such feeling in this movie. Maybe this is something which I'll hope it'll improve in coming sequel.
 
And the angle of the screen during those chase, race are well taken, capturing the exciting moment of the actions, which captures our interest to follow the plot or rather the rides. This is especially important , in my point of view, for the movie to keep captivating us, giving us the feel it's supposed to deliver. I finds it's quite successful which stops me from my work and clicking from my part of the movie to another, being impatient as the new part started load due to the expensive yet inefficiency of Streamyx. I like movies that gives me such feelings and this is one since 2 Fast 2 Furious.
 
Overall, I find that this movie is a proof that Malaysian movie industry has matured to a certain stage enough to share the stage with the others already on the international board. If such standards are maintain or improved, Malaysian movies will very soon becomes the hopefulls for international prestigious awards throughout the world. Let us pray these days will come soon.
 
Signing out...
Andy "Shackks" MH Ooi