Coming out 30th July 2009

An action comedy.....

by Kabir Bhatia

Film Title : Setem

Genre : Action Comedy

Film Director : Kabir Bhatia

General Screening : 30th July 2009

Film Casts :

Afdlin Shauki, Rashidi Ishak, Que Haidar, Bront Palarae, Datuk Aziz Sattar, Diana Danielle, Kanchana Dewi, Chelsea Ng, Sathiya, Indi Nadarajah, Harun Salim Bachik etc.

DIRECTOR: KABIR BHATIA

After more than 15 years of being involved in the production industry,Kabir Bhatia is an extremely experienced director and producer. He began his career as an account executive in a concept advertisement in India, and later moved to movie making, joining UTV India, a well-known advertisement, film and television company as an executive producer and director. Later, in 2001, he decided to go his own way and has since then produced and directed advertisements, company videos and television shows in Malaysia, Singapore and India.

Among the Malaysian films he has directed are 'Cinta' and 'Sepi'. Furthermore has been nominated for numerous awards for televisions shows he has directed, including the 'Best Comedy' Award for 'Talk About Love' at the Asian Television Awards. Besides directing Setem', this is the first script fully written and developed by Kabir Bhatia.

FILM SYNOPSIS

Sid and Joe, two common conmen, are instructed by their adopted father,Pak Ramli, to steal the Barring Stamp which is said to be valued at USD4 million. Pak Ramli needs RM500,000 to save the orphanage where Sid and Joe grew up. Sid and Joe, rather reluctantly, have to acquiesce, though without a plan in sight. However, Sid and Joe are not the only people eyeing the Stamp. Lim Piranha, the head gangster catches wind of the Stamp, and wants it for himself. And so does Mani, an ex convict, who has just got out of jail... yet again. He wants the Stamp as he thinks money will help him save his marriage. Vellu, a security guard, who happens to be Mani's best friend, is also the guard for the Stamp which is supposed to be delivered to the Malacca Museum.

An elaborate plan is set up by all parties to get the Stamp, but alas! It doesn't end up with any of them, but with Aryanto, an illegal immigrant who has just gotten off the boat in Klang, and is searching for his liaison, Marcello. Marcello, being the more conniving one of
the two, knows the value of the Stamp and schemes to sell it to the highest bidder. Unfortunately (again) the Stamp ends up with Iskandar, a blind man and his sister, Alliya, who have no idea that they have this valuable Stamp in their possession. Alliya uses the Stamp to post a letter...and the postman is now the next target for all three gangs!

Who will get the Stamp? Will the conmen ever win? Or is there an even bigger con going on that none of them is aware off?

Ulasan Ringkas

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Pernah tengok cerita Ocean 11, 12, 13?  Ya, filem ni ada la persamaan dari segi gaya penceritaannya. Walaupun sama, tapi "Malaysian  flavour" was added to it. I noticed that pelbagai bangsa ada dalam filem ini. 1Malaysia ciptaan Kabir Bhatia. Penceritaan agak sukar diagak. Very fast moving and funny! Sekeping setem yang bernilai USD4 million menjadi nadi filem ini. Watak demi watak diperkenalkan dan ianya diungkai dengan kemas oleh pengarahnya Kabir Bhatia.

Durasi tayangan filem ini ialah selama 1 jam 50 minit. Tidak membosankan langsung. Gelak...gelak...gelak...Dah lama rasanya Ray tak menonton filem melayu yg membuatkan Ray tak senang duduk bila menonton. Ray juga sangat sangat sangat menggemari pembukaan cerita filem ini yang membawa kelainan tersendiri. Ada class.

Sathiya membawakan wataknya dengan cemerlang sekali. Selepas menonton, rata-rata rakan-rakan bloggers yang lain tidak boleh melupakan serta terus menyebut-nyebut dialog Sathiya dalam filem ini. Begitulah penangan lakunan Sathiya. LOL

Watak Bront Palareae sebagai penjahat juga mengingatkan Ray pada watak-watak aksi  komedi filem Hong Kong yang dilakunkan oleh Steven Chow Sing Chi. Aksinya ketika menembak tersangatlah menyerupai filem-filem Hong Kong. Hebat! Tak kena sebutir peluru langsung ! Cool...LOL Tepuk ! Tepuk !

Watak-watak lain juga sangat menarik. Boleh dikatakan tiada watak yg dirasakan tidak perlu. Semua watak memainkan peranan penting dalam penceritaan filem ini. Semua watak ada lawaknya, kecuali watak "gorila" -lawak gemuk yang a bit outdated to me. My biggest LOL [ Laugh Out Loud ] ialah adegan di airport tu. Tetiba je kan ada org arab....hahahaha

Pada yang telah menonton filem-filem Kabir sebelum ini, pastinya akan melihat gaya pengarahan filem yg sama dalam filem SETEM.  Dari  cara pergerakkan kameranya, stem terbang dan adegan pelanggaran. Juga sedikit bayangan genre filem yg selalu diceritakan melalui filem arahan Afdlin Shauki yang terdahulu.

Menariknya, penceritaan dan nilai komedi dalam SETEM menghindarkan penonton untuk mencari kelemahannya. Bila dah tergelak-gelak pecah perut mana la nak ada masa nak cari kelemahan. You just have fun watching it and if you try to look for flaws, you will be missing the fun part.

Secara jujurnya , SETEM adalah sebuah filem yang menghiburkan. Ada la part2 yg penceritaannya agak kurang logik tetapi berjaya menyakinkan penonton [made believe by a good script]  dalam apa yg ingin disampaikan.

MESTI TONTON - walaupun dah menonton, I will definately go and watch the film again. Rasanya akan gelak lagi kut.

Rating : ****

PS: Terima kasih Tayangan Unggul kerana menjemput Yoyooh.com ke majlis tayangan perdana filem ini.

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suhaimi  - gempak   |2009-07-20 06:28:46 i pun akan tgk lagi skali ray... teringat adik kita obses ngan afdlin ketawa i tgk cara dia amik gmbr...huhu... neway ur review marvellous... Quote 0   0

edzlin007   |2009-07-16 05:24:21 nak tgk! Quote 0   0

Karl  - SGT BEST!   |2009-07-16 05:11:16 Basically, tujuan Karl menonton film adalah utk berhibur n seandainya film itu mampu buatkan karl gelak lebih dr 10 kali... karl rs penceritaan cite tu smpai dan SETEM sgt menghiburkan nk tonton skali lagi setelah preview mlm td best best best Quote 0   0

ayu the sun   |2009-07-15 23:17:29 review yg menarik.. kompem nak g tengok.. Quote 0   0

aina   |2009-07-15 21:16:26 confirm nak tgk lepas baca ulasan ni Quote 0   0

zakiah  - Preview SETEM!!   |2009-07-13 23:17:42 SALAM... Just nak tanya, masa malam blogger awards lepas, ada pengerusi cakap tayangan untuk preview filem setem ni untuk blogger yoyooh, dia cakap sape nak tengok boleh email nama dekat dia... Apa emailnya e? Bila tayangan tu? (berminat nak pegi ni) : ) Quote 0   0

Ira Fazir  - PR & Marketing   |2009-07-10 22:48:26 Perghhhhhhhhhh.... Jangan lepaskan peluang untuk menonton filem ini di pawagam... garenti tak ruginye... nak tahu lagi tentang filem ni apa kata layan web site ni. ada HADIAH lak tu www.setemmovie.com Quote 1   0

abiabhar  - wow   |2009-06-23 18:07:23 nmpk mcm best.. tapi ingatkan filem afdlin. sbb pelakon2 lebey kurang je mcm filem2 afdlin b4.. neway, x sabar tumggu filem khabir yg br ni. "jika 'Cinta' buatku menangis, datang pula 'Sepi' membawa cinta kembali, semoga setem mampu mencuit hati." Quote 0   0

ares bahar   |2009-06-20 21:23:51 Yes... filem Melayu yang ku tunggu-tunggu. Harap filem ini ada kelainan sikit dari khabir, asyik tengok movement kamera on track (yang jadi trademark Khabir) bosan gak...huhu Quote 0   0

edzlin007  - pasti tonton   |2009-06-19 00:21:47 dah lama tunggu filem ni. ia mengingatkan saya pada los dan faun pula. apa pun saya suka filem2 komedi sebegini, harap nya ia tidak memaksa org tuk ketawa. Quote 0   0

Megat   |2009-06-18 23:41:23 Huik , dah lama tak nonton filem melayu. Kali terakhir me nonton..ialah Talentime. Ermmm..apa2 - apapun. Me harap " Setem " ADA KELAINAN !!! :p Quote 0   0

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