Mat Arip takes up lots of the screen time here and he and his bumbling comic relief sidekick may be the impetus for most of the plotting, but they’re annoying and hard to root for in any way. But unfortunately this isn’t Fatimah’s film, so she recedes into the background and while she comes out swinging early on, she wraps this film up with a whimper. It’s a reveal that happens early in the film and Fatimah gets a few battles throughout the movie. Perhaps the most delightful and surprising component of Silat Warriors is when Fatimah, a devout Muslim woman complete with head covering, starts taking thugs out left and right with her remarkable martial arts acumen. Unfortunately, the film spends most of its time with Mat Arip instead.Įxtremely low on compelling plot, Silat Warriors is largely just a bunch of fairly low stakes battles between street thugs and our protagonist siblings as they battle to protect their father’s home and property. It’s these three siblings who make up our Silat Warriors, and it’s Fatimah and Ali we’ll be the most interested in paying attention to. The resulting chaos threatens the lives of his father and siblings, Fatimah (Feiyna Tajudin) and Ali (Khoharullah Majid). Good for nothing Mat Arip (Fad Anuar) is a bumbling gambler who has taken the paper deed to his father’s home and put it up for collateral in one of his street races.
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