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‘Malbatt: Misi Bakara’ will receive a release comparable with Hollywood blockbusters.

Malaysian action drama Malbatt: Misi Bakara, offering an alternative perspective on the incident that inspired Ridley Scott’s Black Hawk Down, is set for a local theatrical release on a level normally reserved for Hollywood blockbusters.

Distributed by Gsc Movies, the film will open in more than 150 cinemas across Malaysia on August 24, a week ahead of Malaysia’s Independence Day on August 31. It represents a significant release for a local feature in the country, which usually favours major US titles. It will also receive a day-and-date release in Singapore through Clover Films.

Netflix is bringing to light fresh blocs of world cinema, streaming straight into our living rooms, and lately Malaysian filmmaking has been on the rise. Today’s world-renowned Malaysian stars include distinguished actress Michelle Yeoh and the Malaysian-born British actor Henry Golding. Netflix already offers a dozen recent movies, as well as over three times as many TV dramas, including two from the next up-and-coming Malaysian leading man, Hairul Azreen.

A national Taekwondo champion, Azreen is tall, dashing, and seriously shredded with a body built for action. Now 32, he started acting in 2008, starring in well over a dozen Malaysia TV series over the first decade of his career. He broke into movies in 2011 with a comedy feature titled Senario The Movie Ops Pocot. However, it’s action where Azreen really shines.

Azreen garnered worldwide attention when his last two films, Paskal and Wira, were picked up by Netflix. Paskal is...

Will “Jailbreak 2” be a battle between two different styles of traditional Southeast Asian martial arts?

The question will be answered when the sequel hits the big screen! Though the exact release date is still unknown since it will only begin production in 2021.

The Hollywood Reporter brought word that director Jimmy Henderson will be back to helm the sequel, with Jean Paul Ly, Dara Our and Tharoth Sam returning to star.

Also joining them in the upcoming movie, which currently goes by the title “Jailbreak: Round 2”, are Indonesian martial arts stars Yayan Ruhian and Cecep Arif Rahman.

This won’t be the duo’s first gig together as they’ve both previously worked on Indonesia’s much praised “The Raid” franchise and Hollywood titles such as “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” and “John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum”.

Their inclusion in the movie could signal the involvement of Indonesia’s Silat. It...

It seems like the new center of martial arts movies has shifted a bit towards the West, and currently resides in the Asean countries, as films like “The Raid” (Indonesia), “Jailbreak” (Cambodia), “Buybust” (Philippines) etc. prove. This time, it was Malaysia’s turn to produce an entry in the category, with the creators of “Wira” approaching their project in the nominal way, giving the martial arts direction to Yayan Ruhian, who, after his success in “The Raid” has moved to Hollywood, being part of productions like “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” and “John Wick 3”. Furthermore, casting Dain Said in the role of the main villain was definitely a good decision, with the veteran director inducing the film with a sense that could be easily perceived as cult.

Hassan, who abandoned his family to join the army when he was young, returns to his hometown, only to find everything in shambles.

With a new week beginning, Netflix has a ton of new content arriving to stream. The following few days will see a bunch of original movies and TV series hit the site, as well as a few underrated films from the past decade or so that you should definitely check out. Whether you’ve got a hankering for horror, comedy, drama or documentaries, Netflix should have you covered.

Here’s a full list of everything coming to the service in the U.S. from Monday June 15th to Sunday June 21st:

Released June 15

Underdogs (2013)

Borgen: Seasons 1-3

Last Flight to Abuja (2012)

The Show Must Go On: The Queen + Adam Lambert Story (2019)

Wira (2019)

Released June 16

Coronavirus Explained: Episode 2 *Netflix Documentary

Baby Mama (2008)

Charlie St. Cloud (2010

The Darkness (2016)

Frost/Nixon (2008)

Released June 17

An Evening with Beverly Luff Linn (2018)

Hope Ranch (2020)

Mr. Iglesias: Part 2 *Netflix Original

Released June 18

A Whisker Away *Netflix Anime...

Global streaming giant Netflix has acquired rights to Malaysian action film “Wira,” which had a successful South East Asian theatrical career last year.

Directed by Adrian Teh, and featuring Hairul Azreen and Yayan Ruhian, action stars from Malaysia and Indonesia, the film follows a man whose return home from the army coincides with plans to rescue his family from the clutches of an evil gangster (played by filmmaker and actor Dain Iskandar Said). When the plan goes wrong troubles mount.

The film was co-produced by Multimedia Entertainment, Act 2 Pictures, Golden Screen Cinemas, Astro Shaw and Primeworks Studios. It was widely released in more than 100 cinemas across Malaysia, Brunei, Singapore and Indonesia.

Netflix will make it available globally from June 15. Subtitles will be limited to English and Malay.

“ ‘Wira’ combines unique aspects of storyline, cinematography, and mixed talents from both Malaysia and Indonesia,” said Steven Lim, producer and director at Multimedia Entertainment.