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“”Abang Adik”: A Powerful Neo-realistic Movie on Netflix” is a Malaysian movie written and directed by Lay Jin Ong starring Kang Ren Wu, Jack Tan and Serene Lim.

“”Abang Adik”: A Powerful Neo-realistic Movie on Netflix” – a neo-realistic film with a gripping narrative about two brothers fighting for survival in contemporary Malaysia, is now streaming on Netflix. An emotive story that resonates with truth and authenticity, it is set to be available for viewing starting this Friday.

Endorsed by a slew of international awards, this debut film from the celebrated Lay Jin Ong unfolds the stark realities of Malaysia. The movie stands as a testament to cinema’s potential power to manifest inequality, despair, and injustice. It shines a light on these harsh realities through the lives of the two protagonist brothers pushed to the edge of a hopeless life.

“”Abang Adik”: A Powerful Neo-realistic Movie on...

A country with a booming economy in close proximity to some of the poorest nations in Asia, and to several regimes known to persecute minorities, Malaysia is a magnet for migrants in spite of harsh prison sentences and whipping for those who are caught. its undocumented migrant population is estimated to be as high as 3.5 million (a tenth of the overall population), and forms the bedrock of a shadow economy. Unable to access state services, undocumented people support, trade with and sometimes exploit one another. Orphans Abang and Adi look after each other, but now that they’re grown to adulthood, they’re facing different pressures.

Despite offers of help from Ngo worker Jia En (Serene Lim), Abang (Kang Ren Wu) doesn’t hold out much hope for himself. He gets by, working on a market stall, and has managed to afford a flat to live in. His driving hope is that life.

The Hong Kong drama recently received two nominations for the Golden Horse Awards.

Hong Kong’s Golden Scene is to handle international sales of Sasha Chuk’s Fly Me To The Moon, which is set to world premiere in Tokyo International Film Festival’s Asian Future competition this month.

The drama, which marks the feature directorial debut of Chuk, has also been set as the closing film of the Hong Kong Asian Film Festival on November 12 and this week received two nominations for the Golden Horse Awards: director-writer Chuk is competing for best adapted screenplay, while Tse Wing-yan is up for best new performer.

Copycat Killer is a Taiwanese series directed by Henri Chang and Chang Jung-Chi starring Kang Ren Wu, Ruby Lin and Fandy Fan.

Copycat Killer takes us down the now familiar path of serial killers in this entertaining Taiwanese series that mixes thriller and horror, nothing original.

Copycat Killer (2023) About the Series

With a competely Saw-style appearance, the series is presented as a classic thriller of the kind that we’ve seen so many of already. No, we don’t have David Fincher to revolutionize the genre, the series wants to stick to the road well-trodden, and, yes, without playing a note out of key at any time, brings us back to the already retro world of video cameras, old monitors and a story that, also retro in its conception, seems either old-fashioned or charmingly familiar.

As always, beauty is in the eye of the beholder: Copycat Killer has nothing original,...

Taiwanese cinema has been on the rise during the latest years, with a number of excellent films such as “The Great Buddha Plus“, “The Bold, The Corrupt and the Beautiful” , “Godspeed”, “Gatao 2” and many others, all of which thrive both in context and aesthetics. It was time, however, for a blockbuster-style action thriller to come out, with all the pros and cons associated with the category. Let us take things from the beginning, though.

“High Flash” is screening at the Toronto Reel Asian International Film Festival

Fisherman Ah-Hai is found dead of self-immolation during a village protest against a petrochemical company, an incident which instantly makes media headlines. Medical examiner Chou is assigned to work on the case with Public Prosecutor Jin, who happens to be Chou’s former fiancé. They quickly suspect that Ah-Hai did not intend to self-immolate. As they seek to uncover the truth, Chou and Jin...