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.
Malaysian cinema has been around for close to a century. Its industry has certainly evolved through the times, and with that growth came the last fifteen years in which martial arts films in the region have become just a little more prolific. Director Areel Abu Bakar has since begun staking his claim as of several years ago, scoring a major win at the New York Asian Film Festival with Geran – a.k.a. Silat Warriors: Deed Of Death – and now returns a few films later with another offering in the form of Walid, starring Megat Sharizal.
The official trailer is live for Walid, the new Malaysian action thriller from award-winning director Areel Abu Bakar. Outsider Pictures is running weeklong screenings in New York at Cinema Village from July 28, and in Los Angeles at Laemmle Glendale from August 11 with Bakar in attendance with lead actor Megat Sharizal.
If you’re at all keen on the festival scene in the last several years, then you may have gotten wind of Malaysian action thriller Geran (a.k.a. Silat Warriors: Deed Of Death). The movie premiered at the 19th New York Asian Film Festival where it earned its debutant director Areel Abu Bakar the Daniel A. Craft Award For Excellence In Action Cinema, before Well Go USA swooped in for its commercial release of the pic, and Bakar himself has gone on to direct a few more titles since then.
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