Feeling thankful that the change of government has resulted in his recent change of fortune, Namewee expressed hope for renewed freedom of expression for filmmakers.
finally made its way into Malaysian movie cinemas on Feb 28.
“It may have been a five-year wait for audiences because the movie was originally scheduled for release in 2014. But for us filmmakers, it has been six long years, as we actually shot the movie in 2013. In addition to the seven scenes that ended up on the cutting room floor, another 10 scenes had also been marked as controversial. But the movie producers decided to preserve the latter scenes in the final cut, henceended up being tagged with an 18 rating instead, which means viewers aged 18 and above only can watch it.
This group is led by by a patriotic activist named Hanguoren , who is assisted by a mysterious foreign worker from Bangladesh .producer Fred Chong said: “The message of this film has been very consistent with Namewee’s earlier patriotic films like. that we live in a multi-racial society where mutual respect and understanding is the key to maintaining peace and harmony for all.”
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