Fly by Night (film)

Fly by Night (Chinese: 非常盗, Malay: Sebelum Pagi Berakhir) is a 2018 Malaysian Mandarin-language neo-noir crime thriller film. The film follows four taxi drivers who extort money from wealthy passengers. Things go wrong when one of them works with a victim, while an inspector and the criminal gang are in pursuit of them.

Not to be confused with the 1942 film Fly-by-Night (film).

Fly by Night
Directed byZahir Omar
Written byDain Said
Ivan Yeo
Zahir Omar
Frederick Bailey
Produced byFarouk Aljoffery
Perin Petrus
Joanne Goh
Starring
  • Sunny Pang
  • Eric Chen
  • Fabian Loo
  • Jack Tan
  • Frederick Lee
  • Bront Palarae
  • Joyce Harn
CinematographyKeong Low
Edited byYin-Chau Heng
Music byZane
Production
company
Planet Films
Release dates
  • 7 October 2018 (2018-10-07) (Busan IFF)
  • 11 April 2019 (2019-04-11) (Malaysia)
Running time
100 minutes
CountryMalaysia
LanguagesMandarin
Cantonese
Malay

It received positive reviews. It was released on 11 April 2019 in Malaysia, Singapore and Brunei.[1][2][3]

Synopsis

In Kuala Lumpur, four taxi drivers run a low-profile extortion team by targeting passengers that they drive from the airport. They keep the scheme small, only blackmailing selected wealthy passengers. Among the drivers are two brothers, Tai Lo (Sunny Pang) and Sai Lo (Fabian Loo) who commit these crimes in order to pay off their debts. Things go wrong when the impulsive younger brother decides to work with one of their victims to blackmail her lover, while policeman Inspector Kamal and the criminal gang, hot on their heels are in pursuit of them. How far will they go?

Cast
  • Sunny Pang as Tai Lo, older brother
  • Eric Chen as Ah Soon
  • Fabian Loo as Sai Lo, younger brother
  • Jack Tan as Gwai Lo
  • Frederick Lee as Jared
  • Bront Palarae as Inspector Kamal
  • Joyce Harn
  • Ruby Yap aka Ruby Faye as Michelle
  • Shaun Chen
  • Mike Chuah
  • Pearlly Chua
  • John Tan
  • Ken Abdullah
  • Sarah Lian
  • Iedil Putra
  • Sabrena Khalid
  • Joko Anwar as Alan

Release

The film is the theatrical director debut for Zahir Omar. The film had its world premiere at the 23rd Busan International Film Festival in October 2018. It was then screened at the 3rd International Film Festival and Awards Macao (IFFAM) and 2018 Jogja-NETPAC Asian Film Festival. In early 2019, it was selected to be screened at the 2019 New York Asian Film Festival and Santa Barbara International Film Festival.[4] It received positive reviews.

References
  1. "Malaysian film Fly by Night makes waves abroad ahead of local premiere". Malay Mail. 1 March 2019.
  2. "Foreign recognitions for yet-to-be-screened Malaysian film Fly By Night". New Straits Times. 4 March 2019.
  3. "Malaysian Film "Fly By Night" Receives International Recognitions Before Local Premiere". Hype. 3 March 2019.
  4. "Malaysian crime thriller Fly By Night soars at international film fests". The Star. 7 March 2019.
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