Watched another local Malaysian film the following day after Kolumpo. This time the film is of a different genre, suspense thriller. The title of film is called Ular, which is the Malay language translation for snake. Sounds scary.
Ular is written and directed by Jason Chong. The film stars Lisa Surihani, Yusry KRU, Izzue Islam, Harun Salim Bachik, Namron, Zarina Zainuddin, and many more. The film is produced and distributed by Showbiz Productions Sdn. Bhd. Here's a peek at the trailer:-
The poster suggests that this could be a re-imagining of the Hollywood film Anaconda (1997) but is it? Do read on...
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| Lisa Surihani (center) as Maira and Yusry KRU (right) as Remy |
A young female reporter and her photographer is send to an island to do an article about a resort. Once they arrived, they meet a bunch of colourful characters. The reporter soon discovers that an electric fence is surrounding the resort. Her reporter instincts compels her to investigate and finds more than she bargained for.
SCRIPT:
Mediocre and cliché. It is not a re-imagining of Anaconda (1997) as what many people expected. Pretty original storyline. Good character development in the beginning but withered down as the movie progresses. Would have loved to have a little more backstory of the female reporter and photographer as it was touched upon only a little bit.
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| Yusry KRU as Reey getting tangled by a snake |
The only good performance is Lisa Surihani. She does good work in the movie roles that she is given. I can't say much for the rest of the supporting cast. They were pretty stale.
FILMING:
I think it was okay. Some creative use of angles but couldn't help thinking how a cheesy storyline brought the film down. Visual effects was mediocre but could have been better. One or two close-up shots of snakes were nice. Good utilization of sound effects. Some pretty good scare which got the audience and me shocked. Nice sets.
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| Multiple movie stills from the film. Click to enlarge picture |
For a film that runs under 80 minutes, it felt pretty draggy. Good start but slow till the end.
TONE (MOOD):
A group of unexpected individuals trying to survive animal threats in an isolated location.
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| Lisa Surihani as Maira in a scene from the film |
Movie cliché after movie cliché which made the film a downer to watch. Predictable outcome too.
UPSIDE:
Good shock and scares. Nice use of sound effects.
OVERALL:
A popcorn movie. It has its nice moments despite being a mediocre storyline.
RATING:
6 out of 10
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