Mat Kilau makes its way to Netflix and this Malay patriotic film is action-packed as the locals fight for their freedom from British colonialism. Directed by Syamsul Yusof, the movie stars Adi Putra, Beto Kusyairy, Fattah Amin, Yayan Ruhian, alongside other cast members.
The plot of the movie follows the Malaysian historical figure Mat Kilau who had fought against the British colonists in Pahang before Independence.
Netflix’s synopsis of the movie reads:
AFTER BRITISH ARMIES INVADE PAHANG, A LEGENDARY WARRIOR LEADS HIS PEOPLE INTO GUERILLA WARFARE TO PROTECT THEIR HOME FROM THE THREAT OF COLONIZATION.
Mat Kilau Ending Explained
As the movie, Mat Kilau reaches its climax, the hero tries to light the flames of freedom in the villagers’ hearts as he tells them to get together and fight against the colonists. However, the people are not ready to risk their lives as they leave the gathering to get along with their lives.
Mat Kilau is not ready to give up on his faith in these people and continues to prepare for the upcoming battle. However, he soon finds out that there is a traitor among the leaders and that this person was why Wahid’s wife is dead. Soon the group connects the dot and finds the man who chose to betray them.
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He leaves to punish the man but instead gives him a chance. Elsewhere, Captain Syers is desperate to find Kilau and his friends so that he can finally prove his worth. He soon gets the information from the spy he had placed among the leaders and is ready to pull an attack on Kilau.
The next day, the British soldiers enter the forest where Kilau and his friends have set traps and one by one they all lose their lives to the ingenious traps. The group even sends back a heavily wounded soldier to Syers before launching their attack on the colonists.
However, Syers is ready for them as he unleashes the canons on the group and just when it looked like things are going downhill for Kilau, the villagers emerge and come running to fight.
And soon, amidst the canon and gun firing, the battle for freedom has begun. The intense war continues and seeing how Kilau’s side is not easy to defeat, Toga and the other pirate join the battle in order to counterattack.
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While they are able heavily wound the villagers, Syers is not assured and soon escapes the battlefield. Kilau notices this and runs behind him while Toga follows behind. On the other hand, Wahid is set to take revenge on the murderer who killed his wife.
Kilau runs behind Syers but is soon stopped by Toga who engages in a fight with him, but the former is unable to strike him down until Wahid interferes. The two join hands but Toga ends up killing Wahid after which he ends up killed by Kilau.
On the battlefield, the freedom fighters are able to take down the British soldiers, and even though the lives lost were many, the spirit of freedom rose once again.
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Will there be a Mat Kilau 2?
Mat Kilau has definitely left the door open for a sequel and looking at the domestic popularity of the movie. It is known that this has led to the creators already working on a sequel which was a given seeing that this movie became the highest-grossing Malaysian movie.
So let’s wait until we get more information on Mat Kilau 2.
Till then watch Mat Kilau on Netflix.
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