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2023·Drama·1h 55m
7.1
Abang and Adi are undocumented orphans living in present-day Malaysia. While the older brother, a deaf mute, has resigned himself to a life of poverty, his younger sibling burns with indignation. A brutal accident upsets the fragile balance of their relationship.
Directed by Jin Ong
brother
poverty
orphan
criminal
sign languages
neo-noir

Cast

Wu Kang-ren
Wu Kang-ren
Abang / Chen Ah-bang
Jack Tan
Jack Tan
Adik / Zhang Wen-di
Serene Lim
Serene Lim
Li Jia En
Bront Palarae
Bront Palarae
Kamarul / Crime Boss
April Chan
April Chan
Xiao-su

Crew

Jin Ong
Jin Ong
Director
Jin Ong
Jin Ong
Writer
Ryota Katayama
Ryota Katayama
Original Music Composer
Soo Mun Thye
Soo Mun Thye
Editor
Kartik Vijay
Kartik Vijay
Director of Photography
Angelica Lee Sin-Jie
Angelica Lee Sin-Jie
Executive Producer
Alex C. Lo
Alex C. Lo
Executive Producer
Elaine Ng
Elaine Ng
Costume Designer
Ryota Katayama
Ryota Katayama
Theme Song Performance
Penny Tsai
Penny Tsai
Art Direction
Ryota Katayama
Ryota Katayama
Music Director
Tu Duu-chih
Tu Duu-chih
Supervising Sound Editor

Popular Reviews

24 reviews
akeef
akeef
Abang Adik
dare i say the best film malaysia ever had
dare i say the best film malaysia ever had
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gobby
gobby
Abang Adik
อยากตอกไข่ใส่หัวตัวเองว่ะ ( ละมาเรียนอจ.พุดเกี่ยวกับ NGO ต่อ 🫩🫩 )
อยากตอกไข่ใส่หัวตัวเองว่ะ ( ละมาเรียนอจ.พุดเกี่ยวกับ NGO ต่อ 🫩🫩 )
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マサル
マサル
Abang Adik
Partide sarıldıkları sahne🥹🥹 Sanırım bu filmi hiçbir zaman aşamayacağım
Partide sarıldıkları sahne🥹🥹 Sanırım bu filmi hiçbir zaman aşamayacağım
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ethy
ethy
Abang Adik
"next time, let me be your older brother and protect you."protective older brother and mischievous little brother pairings you will forever make me cry </3
"next time, let me be your older brother and protect you."protective older brother and mischievous little brother pairings you will forever make me cry </3
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Cineception
Abang Adik
A shallow illustration of the foreigner problem in Malaysia, mixed with the expression of sexuality, and the distress of brotherhood between a brat and an overprotective good samaritan. The demonstration of struggle after being orphaned is feather-light, further underlining platonic love and willingness for amateur sex work instead, hence the film loses focus because of one brother’s vile destruction. As the demolition of hope strikes, the villain of the pointless story is framed, urging the viewer to summon hate upon the “noble” piece of shit dude, yet I pity not the brothers. It’s mind boggling to understand the film’s emotional impact is actually a split of brothers due to one’s rancid carelessness and his inability to feel gratitude. The film slowly reveals itself to be a dead-ended highway, all anguish gathers at the pivotal moment where the younger fella avoids his father’s existence, at the same time he doesn’t learn to take action on his older brother’s sacrifice. 

The director input one shot of the younger brother on an overhead bridge with a banner on top saying “we are the children of Malaysia”, I believe this was done to invoke guilt onto particular parties in regard to a possible real-life issue in the country. Nobody was affected it seems. 

You see, the thing with this film is that the character was given a chance, but he fucked himself over. The hefty message of mistreatment can be conducted still but the audience will blame the brat and not the system after finishing the film. Is that what the director was trying to achieve?
A shallow illustration of the foreigner problem in Malaysia, mixed with the expression of sexuality, and the distress of brotherhood between a brat and an overprotective good samaritan. The demonstration of struggle after being orphaned is feather-light, further underlining platonic love and willingness for amateur sex work instead, hence the film loses focus because of one brother’s vile destruction. As the demolition of hope strikes, the villain of the pointless story is framed, urging the viewer to summon hate upon the “noble” piece of shit dude, yet I pity not the brothers. It’s mind boggling to understand the film’s emotional impact is actually a split of brothers due to one’s rancid carelessness and his inability to feel gratitude. The film slowly reveals itself to be a dead-ended highway, all anguish gathers at the pivotal moment where the younger fella avoids his father’s existence, at the same time he doesn’t learn to take action on his older brother’s sacrifice. 

The director input one shot of the younger brother on an overhead bridge with a banner on top saying “we are the children of Malaysia”, I believe this was done to invoke guilt onto particular parties in regard to a possible real-life issue in the country. Nobody was affected it seems. 

You see, the thing with this film is that the character was given a chance, but he fucked himself over. The hefty message of mistreatment can be conducted still but the audience will blame the brat and not the system after finishing the film. Is that what the director was trying to achieve?
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