J Revolusi

J Revolusi
J Revolusi
	Theatrical release poster.
Directed by	Zulkarnain Azhar
Written by	Alfie Palermo
Story by	Zulkranain Azhar
Produced by	Gayatri Su-Lin Pillai
Starring	Zul Ariffin; Izara Aishah; Nur Fazura; Farid Kamil;
Cinematography	Harris Hue Abdullah
Edited by	Nazim Shah
Music by	Onn San
Production; companies	Grand Brilliance; Infinitus Productions; Primeworks Studios;
Distributed by	Primeworks Distribution (Malaysia); DLUX Entertainment (Singapore); Youku; iQiyi; China Film Studio (China);
Release dates	2 March 2017 (Malaysia); 10 March 2017 (Singapore);
Running time	100 minutes
Country	Malaysia
Languages	Malay; Mandarin;
Budget	MYR 3 million ($715,649)
Box office	MYR 7.13 million ($1.66 million)

J Revolusi (English: J Revolution) is a 2017 Malaysian Malay-language action thriller film directed by Zulkarnain Azhar starring Zul Ariffin, Izara Aishah, Nur Fazura and Farid Kamil. This film revolves around Jay Zulkarnain (Zul Ariffin), an assault leader for Malaysia's Unit Tindakhas (Special Forces Unit).

This film was inspired by a famous "James Bond Malaya" trilogy Gerak Kilat, Bayangan Ajal and Jurang Bahaya with the name of "Jefri Zain" acted by the legendary Tan Sri Datuk Dr Jins Shamsudin

This film was a co-production between Grand Brilliance and Infinitus Productions, the latter owned by Hong Kong actor Andy Lau.^[1] It was released in Malaysia on 2 March 2017, and in China on iQiyi and Youku. A sequel, J2: J Retribusi was released in June 2021, while a third film is planned.

Plot

Jay Zulkarnain (Zul Ariffin) is an assault leader for the UTK (Unit Tindakan Khas), and he and his squad of operatives are every terrorist's worst nightmare. However, a mysterious terrorist has framed Jay for the murder of one of his squad members, and has also captured his sister Dian (Nur Fazura), who is an undercover agent. To save her sister, Jay must race against time to unravel the secret and reason as to why this terrorist is trying to destroy him.

After the incident of the shootout at the factory, Jay was rushed to the hospital. Jay yells at Jiman as he needs him to find his sister. 6 months later, Chief explains to Jay that Dian is actually still alive.

Jay goes back to work to find his own sister, but he gets captured by the terrorist(Farid Kamil)

Jay goes disguised as a bookkeeper (Hans Isaac) to find the virus at Andra's post office. But an alarm sounds around the place, Jay finally escapes with a motorcycle.

Jay, knowing that Eddie was infected by a virus, he has to save Eddie from the Andra's gang. After Jay defeated Peter, Eddie cannot near by him because there is a virus on her body but she dies.

In the afternoon, Jay goes to Chief's house, but there is a gun on the table. Jay had to rescue him, but he wanted him to arrest Andra. After Andra and Jay fighting on the crane, Jay almost kills Andra on the platform at the crane, causing him to death on the car. Chief explains to Dian why is still angry and takes vengeance on her father. Dian tells to Jay takes care of their father while she started to unload the pistol but she is shot dead by squad member thinking she was going to shoot.

In the end, Jay and Skodeng have going to mission taking a helicopter.

Cast

Zul Ariffin as Jay Zulkarnain
Izara Aishah as Eddie / Ida
Nur Fazura as Dian, Jay's elder sister
Farid Kamil as Andra
Iedil Putra as Jiman
Azad Jasmin as Skodeng, Jay's partner
Omar Abdullah as Chief / Commander
Hans Isaac as Bookkeeper
Peter Davis as Peter
Azri Iskandar as DSP Malek
Fatimah Abu Bakar as Skodeng's mother
Juzzthin as Hacker
Ijoy Azhari as Chief (young)
Yusof Mutahar as Tanhar
Chelsia Ng as Auction bidder

Release

Box office

The film collected RM1.4 million in its first three days of its release,^[2] later accumulating to about RM4.3 million after 10 days of screening.^[3] By four weeks, the film had managed up to a total of RM7 million in gross sales.^[4]

Sequel

J Retribusi, the sequel to J Revolusi, began its shoot in November 2018, with a third film titled J Resolusi planned to be written after finishing the second film's filming.^[5] The sequel was retitled as J2: J Retribusi was released in June 2021 on Disney+ Hotstar as Hotstar Originals.

References

^ Aref Omar (13 February 2017). "Bringing about an action revolution". New Straits Times. New Straits Times Press (M) Bhd. Retrieved 21 March 2017.
^ Tahir Alhamzah (5 March 2017). "J-Revolusi bulldozes through box office, earns RM1.4 mil in 3 days". New Straits Times. Retrieved 22 April 2017.
^ Chua, Dennis (14 March 2017). "'J Revolusi' nets RM4.3m in 10 days". New Straits Times. Retrieved 22 April 2017.
^ Chua, Dennis (30 March 2017). "'J Revolusi' rakes in RM7m IN 4 WEEKS". NST Online. Retrieved 22 April 2017.
^ "#Showbiz: Filming of J Revolusi's sequel to kick off in November". New Straits Times. New Straits Times Press (M) Bhd. 28 June 2018. Retrieved 8 January 2019.

External links

Official website Archived 13 May 2018 at the Wayback Machine
J Revolusi at IMDb
J Revolusi at the Internet Movie Firearms Database

[1] Aref Omar (13 February 2017). "Bringing about an action revolution". New Straits Times. New Straits Times Press (M) Bhd. Retrieved 21 March 2017.

[2] Tahir Alhamzah (5 March 2017). "J-Revolusi bulldozes through box office, earns RM1.4 mil in 3 days". New Straits Times. Retrieved 22 April 2017.

[3] Chua, Dennis (14 March 2017). "'J Revolusi' nets RM4.3m in 10 days". New Straits Times. Retrieved 22 April 2017.

[4] Chua, Dennis (30 March 2017). "'J Revolusi' rakes in RM7m IN 4 WEEKS". NST Online. Retrieved 22 April 2017.

[5] "#Showbiz: Filming of J Revolusi's sequel to kick off in November". New Straits Times. New Straits Times Press (M) Bhd. 28 June 2018. Retrieved 8 January 2019.

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