Zombi Kampung Pisang (2007) - Movie
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The peace and quiet of Kampung Pisang is threatened when its Muezzin, Pak Abu, dies suddenly one night. Three youngsters, Hussin (Awie), Deris (Que Haidar) and Mat Karan (MC Mizal), bring his body to the village chief, Pak Jabit. Chaos mounts when Pak Jabit also dies while investigating the body. Soon both their corpses disappear. This nightmarish scenario spreads as many other villagers start to fall dead and vanish - only to return as zombies and attack the rest of the villagers.
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Best Malay Movie since P Ramlee's
1 of 1 people found this review helpful
What I loved most: It's originality
What I really hated: Nothing
It is by far the best and most original Malay movie that I've seen for a long time. I've never been a fan of Malay movies save those directed and starred by P. Ramlee or Nordin Ahmad. The rest of them are predictable with no originality. The story lines are always the same-boy meets girl, girl rejects boy etc etc. The comedies are tragically unfunny and in most cases, they demean women. Out of the blue, came Zombie Kampung Pisang directed by Mamat Khalid. It is witty, clever and silly at the same time--but it is never stupid. It never tried to be more than it is - a satire of life in a Malay kampong in Malaysia with a dash of zombies to spice things up. You need to watch this movie a few times because there will be many jokes that you'd miss at first viewing. I should know because Ive watched it four times and I 've found something new to laugh at each time. This movie is hilarious. It reminds me of the many SNL sketches in the eighties and movie spoofs by Mel Brookes.
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The title "Zombi Kampung Pisang" does not actually mention horrifying zombies, so the confusion can be felt immediately after you realise that the zombies in the movie are just trying-to-be-scary zombies. The movie is actually about missing bodies that turn into zombies at night.
The story begins with Pak Abu's (Zami Ismail) sudden death. Three youngsters, Hussin (Awie), Mat Karan (AC Mizal) and Deris (Que Haidar), are loitering in the street when they witness the incident. They carry Pak Abu's body back to his house. They then report the incident to the village headman who also dies upon visiting the late Pak Abu.
The movie continues with more zombies turning up in the village (I do not know where they come from) and the villagers gather at the community hall when the electricity is cut off. The situation then becomes uncontrollable. The police are informed of the incident but what is the secret behind all these incidents when the policeman is later seen to be a zombie?
Director Mamat Khalid has reportedly chosen a 'talented cast' to play the main characters but they only make the story more ridiculous than it is. It is no use having famous local singers to help make the story funnier if the plot itself is so ridiculous. Mamat should have came out with a more realistic script instead of combining two different genres together. In the end, we get a film that is neither comedy nor horror.
There seems to be no attempt at computerised effects to enhance the scares. It is so obvious that the production is cheap - almost everyone in the movie is wearing the same type of shirt and pants throughout the night, making the story look dull. Probably the director is trying to save cost by squeezing the story's events into one night and hoping that the audiece would not realise it.
Expectations for local movies may drop after watching "Zombi Kampung Pisang" because it has no proper plot. The movie is a mess and even the conclusion is confusing.
We see people screaming from the beginning to the end. I am not sure if you liked it, but I find it so irritating. The movie starts off with the ambulance siren going on for about five minutes and it continues with Nadia Mustafar (as Cikgu Munah) screaming non-stop after she discovers that her father's body is missing. The screaming continues when the villagers discover the zombies. The acting of both Nadia and Ezlynn (as Cikgu Maimon) look fake. They just open their mouth and scream, showing no other facial expressions.
The only thing that is realistic is that the movie is filmed in a village in Kuala Kangsar. It advises people not to smoke and vandalise public property but Mamat should have used a better technique instead of asking Awie to talk to the camera! In conjunction with the 50 years' celebration of Malaysia's independence, he also exhorts us to fly the national flag.
You may want to think twice before considering "Zombi Kampung Pisang" as a horror-comedy.
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