Hopefully this will be the first iteration of this series, but here it is.
'Jakarta watches weird/ ethnic movies on Netflix because he is bored.' 1st post.
So I was feeling very, very bored, and I was trawling all across the Netflixes to search for some interesting stuff, some weird stuff mind you, and I found this gem.
A.K.A Gate Anime, Malaysian Special Forces edition.
It's you standard chest thumping piece about the skill of PASKAL, or Pasukan Khas Laut (Marine Special Forces) of Malaysia, it has all your elements for a typical 2 hour military movie that is most likely sponsored by the Malaysian military, latest military gear, inner character conflict between the Main Character's personal obligations to his family and the state, a woefully underdeveloped villain, all the stuff you'd expect from essentially a Malaysian Military PR piece.
Credit's due though, the director knows what he's doing. Although the character development is heavily focused on the military soldiers (I prefer the ex-paskal villain to be developed though, as to how he got there), the storyline progresses rather steadily, there is visible conflict, a climax, and a denouement in which the MC conveniently states that the Family and the State are the same thing. Which, IMO, is a bit creepy if you'd dwell on it a lil bit.
Any Malaysians here care to give their 2 cents on the movie? Anyone else wanna suggest me on a weird Netflix movie, preferably non-western, for me to watch?