Mat Polish
Come, lets glorify a "warrior" who ran and hide away for years after his failure to attack the British. His plan was thwarted by the ones who are comfortable with the Brits. Q - why Mat Polish decide to go against the Brits? A - "oppression" and unfair "tax" crap imposed. never mind, forget about the context - lets feed the audience with silat moves, tanjak and keris and what not. Rub their sleepy mind with repetitious dialogues unto their simplistic mindsets and most importantly offer them a space to claim, shout about their sense of belonging. ( Director Syamsul Yusof hopes Mat Kilau will install a can-do spirit among Malays, costing which cost about RM8 million , motivated him to further elevate the Malay "film industry" ) offer the distressed spirits of the B40 an escape. so after years hiding, using a "nationalistic" alias MAT SIAM, not MAT MALAYA, he appeared again , welcome and celebrated as a rebel. just like how rich ki