Wow. What a movie. I thoroughly enjoyed near to about every second of this movie. Pendekar Bujang Lapok shines through as an infinitely better sequel to its original.
I need to start the review with the cinematography because it was just simply splendid. One of the biggest issues I had with the first Bujang Lapok was that the framing and cinematography in general was bleak, unprofessional and lacked any form of composition. Its sequel completely turns that around with beautiful shots and GREAT composition. There are some boring wide shots here and there but from the first second of this film to the end, i kept saying to myself how amazingly shot it was. Here's to you Abu Bakar Ali, I will DEFINITELY check out more of your stuff.
And man, the opening jetty scene. That was so wonderful. This movie has a way of being both comfortably natural and comical at the same time and that jetty scene is a great example of it. In addition the fight scene on the jetty was such a pleasure to watch. I would even go as far to say that that fight scene was WAYYYY better than the jetty fight scene in Mat Kilau. (2022)
The jokes were funny, the acting was funny and so much of this movie is pure genius + ridiculous enjoyable stupidity. Its directing was also great, but had its weak spots that I'm willing to let slide.
Overall, I had a BLAST watching this movie. If you're ever worried you'll be bored watching a movie from the 50s, watch this one. This one is one for the ages, and certainly will be a reeatch for me sometime in the future.
I need to start the review with the cinematography because it was just simply splendid. One of the biggest issues I had with the first Bujang Lapok was that the framing and cinematography in general was bleak, unprofessional and lacked any form of composition. Its sequel completely turns that around with beautiful shots and GREAT composition. There are some boring wide shots here and there but from the first second of this film to the end, i kept saying to myself how amazingly shot it was. Here's to you Abu Bakar Ali, I will DEFINITELY check out more of your stuff.
And man, the opening jetty scene. That was so wonderful. This movie has a way of being both comfortably natural and comical at the same time and that jetty scene is a great example of it. In addition the fight scene on the jetty was such a pleasure to watch. I would even go as far to say that that fight scene was WAYYYY better than the jetty fight scene in Mat Kilau. (2022)
The jokes were funny, the acting was funny and so much of this movie is pure genius + ridiculous enjoyable stupidity. Its directing was also great, but had its weak spots that I'm willing to let slide.
Overall, I had a BLAST watching this movie. If you're ever worried you'll be bored watching a movie from the 50s, watch this one. This one is one for the ages, and certainly will be a reeatch for me sometime in the future.