One Two Jaga

Don't wanna say to much.. very close to reality of malaysian.. u want to know black dirty secret of malaysia.. watch this

This gritty and honest depiction of immigrants and police corruption is new to me, at least for Malaysian cinema standards.

Most importantly, the movie is honest since it covers what was happening in Malaysia and it still happens until now.

Our movie industry is so far behind because we never make a movie about us, about human. We just keep making the same fun popcorn movie every year until a lot of moviegoer have lost their hope in our cinema. We have a lot of story to tell about our people, our country, our culture, our history but we keep making normal movie. Its a waste, its a big waste. Suddenly, Namron come out with ONE TWO JAGA, a movie about our country's problem. Immigrant. Then, people dont like it, they said its too serious and everything, till it make Namron feel frustrated and he said that he just want to join the mainstream, keep making "normal" movie to make money, he dont care if he keep fooling people with lazy writing, cheap joke & everything. As long as people laugh and he got money out of it. Seriously, malaysia is lack of serious moviegoer. We just want to have fun, until we forget that film is not only a fun thing, its also an art.

The people involved in the making of this movie are very brave. I was surprised to see this movie made it to the cinema, as the authority in our country is quite sensitive to this kind of portrayal.. ehem, corrupted cops & VVIPs. The movie is very engaging from start till end. I was hoping for more when it ended 😄 Yes, please, Namron. Don't give up to make more movies with deep, rarely-explored message like this.

Or is it or? Well whatever the case this is a nice little independent movie, that deals with small town (village?) criminals. The movie has a lot of characters and if you are not used to watching movies from Asia in general, you may get confused. A lot of story, a lot of people, so a second viewing may have to take place for you to get all of it.

Don't feel bad about that, try to cherish it rather. The movie is short and goes by quite quickly. More than decent with enough action to keep you on the edge of your seat too. If you have a heart for small budget movies that seem to have filmmakers with passion at the helm you could do worse