Leftenan Adnan

They Bring Remastered Digital

And IT WAS SOOO AWESOME

This was the first and still the best epic war film ever produced in Malaysia by a Malaysian director and Malaysians actors&actress. this film is a success at that time and until now. the story, cinematography, acting and plot were overall good. Hairie Othman was delivering a fabulous acting throughout the film. until now, there is no other history/epic war that can beat "Leftenan Adnan". maybe the Malaysian directors nowadays no longer interested in producing such films.(as the youngsters are now more to western movies and lost interest in historical genre). Aziz M. Osman had done a great job of directing this great film. A big applause to all the crews that took part in making this great film a reality.

This attempt to make a war epic is pretty impressive by Malaysian standards. The characters are well built-up (except, curiously, the lead, who remains too much of a paragon to be believable) and production standards are good (except for some budget limitations during the battle scenes). I like the look, the sound effects, the acting. Sure, the dialogue gets a bit too preachy, but what do you expect from a film sponsored by the Armed Forces? Director Aziz has shown that he can handle a big theme on a big scale; give this man more money!

The movie revolves around the character Lt Adnan Saidi, an officer from the Malay Regiment during the 2nd World War. As the first few Malay officer, his conduct in the war was commendable. Infact, his unit is the only unit that had hand to hand combat against the Japanese Imperial Army. Enough with the intro, for me the movie does merit some points. As the first war epic ever film by Malaysians in Malaysia, it is considered a succcess. However, the high sales is mostly due to the patriotic spirit surrounding the time of the launching of the movie (during the Independence Day of Malaysia). Hence, there is a high volume of movie goers.

The lack of interest among Malaysians in history has caused the Armed Forces themselves to sponsor the movie, in a way also helps to lift up their spirit.