Mat Kilau

The storyline needs to be improved again, what I see in this movie is that there is no continuity from scene to scene, it's like there is nothing to do between the scenes. Secondly, the main hero character, Mat Kilau, has no backstory and character development and that needs to be improved. Third, the use of the Malay language needs to be further improved and the script needs to be further improved. Finally, the camera movement needs to be improved again and what I saw in this movie, the camera movement is a bit chaotic, and shaky.

What i like from this movie is Cinematography and action sequence also THIS MOVIE IS GOOD BUT IT CAN BE BETTER. THANK YOU.

Theres a whole debate in a movie fan group over this film. Believe or not you can't give any negative opinion over this film because people regarded this as a sort of masterpiece and people will tell you in the face that you have to make your own movie before you can give any criticism for Mat Kilau.

Tbh im never a fan of SY's works. He's like Zack Snyder except that he is way worse than him. He's all about style no substance but he got lot of fans that backed him up.

I still paid the tickets to see this. Hoping that Syamsul will surprise me because the trailer and the hype is kind of promising. But no. This is like KL Gangster except that now Jai is Mat Kilau. I wouldn't call Mat Kilau as a historical film or biography. It's more like Syamsul only use the name to deliver his own ideology or message just like he did in his movies before. The formula doesn't work here, it really doesnt. The actors kept shouting motivational quotes to your ear from beginning to end. Are there even real script here? This is the best he can do? I heard that the writers wrote the script with the messsage comes to their mind first. This is where the problem begins. The writers didnt even bother to create something that normal person would say.

Did any of the cast and crew watch the movie before release it on cinema? Did any of them even realise how disjointed the movie feels? The transition is freakin awful. It felt like some kind of rough cut that supposed to sit in editing room.

This is literally the worst film from the Director, his previous films were watchable and enjoyable. This one fails so badly till you legit have to force yourself to watch till the end. Could've improved a lot of things but they've decided to leave it that day!

Overall watch at your own risk, skip this if you want to.

This movie is shallow, peppered with preachy scripts and cliches.

It needs a better writer... Character building is almost non-existent. The protagonist appeared out of nowhere, was thrown into a leadership role and started preaching about nationalism and religion. This is followed by a cliche drama where another character is envious of the chosen leader.

The preaching doesn't end there. It kept reminding you that the British were evil and tried to convince the viewers how important nationalism & religion were to them. This was done over and over again

This makes the protagonist one dimensional and they wasted such a good talent on this. Some of the minor characters have better development than the protagonist.

It needs breathing room... Some of the scenes jump around too fast, it seems as though they were rushing it in the editing room. Perhaps to include more preaching into the scenes?

Need some realism.... The costumes are inaccurate. Modern clothing and clothing items were used and its so obvious, it will throw historians & anthropologist into a fit.

The British soldiers are filled with entirely 'Punjabis'. Obviously, this wasn't the case in reality.

To create epic fight scenes, they have Yayan Ruhian. But it seems they wrote his character as an after thought.

Conclusion... If you don't care about good storytelling, character development, screenplay and accuracy, you will most likely like this movie.

If you appreciate good filmmaking and who goes to film festivals, you will want to skip this.

After I watched this movie, I needs more happiness. I FEEL THERE'S LESS FACTOR TO CHEERS!

Some people like this movie, but others criticised the tone and its presentation. To me, I felt the movies have many things that make me leap into the cliff. But I don't blame the director and audience, but I blame myself for watching this action flick. The story is okay, and the action sequences are exemplary yet cool, but those need some improvement like music, camera angle, dialogues and casting. Before I watched this flick, I wonder how the majority of Malay friends flock to the cinema, maybe eagerly supporting the movie industry to thrive to the highest standards. My point is, why this flick is the currently highest Malaysian film of all time? Oh, perhaps it's the message, the history, the Malays pride, and some religion's messages. Maybe I was wrong, by the way.

Malaysian films like Ola Bola, Sepet, movies of P. Ramlee etc, give me hope and excitement, on the other hand, this film feels weird and kind of out of place. The film is pretty good actually, but when it comes to the message and the target audiences, the director needs to consider himself to unite the nation.

Mat Kilau: Kebangkitan Pahlawan is surely a milestone for local creators, but I hope I could watch some more creative and cheerful films to deal with the problemata. To those people who want to try, I'd say: Frater et Sorrores, quidam veritas verba sanat.