blackwar

I was very surprised to watch this movie, 5 years after its release. It was so good.

Why it took me so long? Simply because i had heard about the hype from Police Evo 3 that was released recently, so i thought better for me to catch up with its two prequels before seeing the 3rd installment.

Excellent character development, the pace is superb and the soundtrack, God, was thrilling throughout.

NIce to see some excellent actors/actresses from Malaysia & Indonesia working together.

The build-up to the final scene was very suspenseful. It was not rushed; proper scenes were crafted nicely.

Kudos to all involved!

Wonderful, entertaining movie!

I am rating it 10/10 as not very often i got to watch superb historical narrative (though fictional & borderline action genre in this case) coming from my country & my language, something i can relate as a Malay Muslim.

I do think the script is quite special in a sense that a lot of quotes are coming from the original sources of Islam; Quran (words of God) & Hadith (words of Prophet Muhammad SAW), relating to struggle against injustice & the sacrifices that have to be made. For those with in depth knowledge of these, they'd appreciate it even more, as this was the motivation of our ancestors when they struggled against colonialism. For others without this exposure, it may sound preachy, but that was the driving ideal held religiously by those independent fighters (mostly).

I also do not expect those coming either from Western/British background/values, or indebted to the colonial power to appreciate the movie, as the movie tells it like it is, that British's colonialism in the land, was also supported by non-whites who later on became citizens of the newfound country of Malaysia. The movie depicted some of its characters as tools & mercenary of British to further oppress the natives/Malays. (AIthough I wished such stereotypical racial generalization within the context of multi-racial present days Malaysia should be minimized in the movie).

Likewise, i don't expect the Jews to love Passion of Christ, the English to love Braveheart & the Italians to love Lion of the Desert, simply because they are portrayed as baddies in those movies, not necessarily because the movies were bad.

The movie did its job to inspire the Malays to appreciate more of their heroes, Islamic values & heritage, which i found lacking in many Malay movies these days, thus the reason why it was widely viewed & appreciated by many among the Malay Malaysians.

Budi, Miri, Sarawak.

I hooked up on Friends at its peak, happens to be when i was a foreign student studying in Texas, USA (1999-2003).

I felt overwhelmed emotionally watching this Reunion show. Thanks again for the memory.

Suddenly started to recall all the beautiful memory & international friends i had during my student years, some regularly sat together with me watching some of the episodes.

Most profound...lovely, beautiful experience watching these 6 guys getting together!