Silat Warriors helmer Areel Abu Bakar’s newest action drama, Walid, is finally setting the stage with an official trailer to mark its Indonesian release in cinemas. The film features Megat Sharizal in the title role for the pic heralded for its nationalistic messaging as much as its lean against the very real and rampant issues pertinent to child trafficking.
Bakar directs Walid from a script he wrote with co-writer Hafiz Derani, which sees Sharizal in the role of a teacher whose tenure volunteering in a rural village finds him mentoring a young immigrant girl eager to satiate her need for learning. Her brazen kidnapping by members of a local underground child trafficking ring, Walid partakes in a sprawling act of courage that offsets an explosive final showdown in the enemy stronghold to save the girl’s life and those of her fellow captives.
Sharizal leads a cast that includes Feiyna Tajuddin, Putri Qaseh Izwandy and Namron, along with Fad Anuar and Jebat Zulfar, and Khoharullah Majid who serves as fight choreographer. Outsider Pictures is currently carrying Walid for its limited run in the U.S. in New York and Los Angeles, while Malaysian moviegoers can look toward a September 14 release in cinemas.
Check out the trailer and click here for my review of the film!
