Movie Review : Cicakman 2 Planet Hitam (The Black Planet)

Salam and hello all. Huh, movie review again? Haha, anyway I know it is quite late for me to post this review since this movie already showing for a week. I watched this movie last week Friday but due to some reasons, this post was postponed until now. Hopefully it is okay since this movie still going on showing for another few weeks. So, for this time the review is about the second movie of Malaysian superhero, Cicakman 2 Planet Hitam (The Black Planet).

So without further ado, let me brief you with some information regarding this movie, Cicakman 2 Planet Hitam (The Black Planet).

Genre: Action / Comedy
General Release Date: 11 Dec 2008 (I watched it on 12 )
Running Time: 1 Hour 48 Minutes,
Distributor: Grand Brilliance
Cast: Aznil Hj Nawawi, Fasha Sandha, Saiful Apek
Director: Yusry Abdul Halim

This is the official trailer for Cicakman 2 Planet Hitam (The Black Planet). Maybe this trailer can attract your attention towards this movie. Anyway, there are 2 versions of this movie trailer, one in English and another one in Malay. The one embedded here is the English version. For Malay version, you may proceed here.

And this is the synopsis about the movie. Click here to read (Warning: May contain spoilers)

Ok, this is the short review about this movie from my personal point of view. I honestly say that, I’m not intent to watch any Malay movies at cinema because from my opinion, the genre always the same. Love, romance, humor and bla bla. I think you know what I meant. I rather wait for the movie to be shown on Astro although it’ll take time. And I’m not Cicakman fans either. But anyhow, this movie, Cicakman 2 Planet Hitam (The Black Planet) from my opinion has brought the level of Malaysia film industry one step forward. I’m not saying that I satisfied with this movie but I think it was a good initiative and try by Malaysian director to try something new.

Okay, this is what I want to say about this movie. I watched the first movie of Cicakman before this, several times at home, but never watch it until the end of the movie. Why? It was boring for me. Yes, the first movie for me is not so interesting, and makes the whole story boring. Till now, I don’t know how the first movie ends. But for the second movie, I can see there are a lot of improvement in term of the storyline and the content of the movie. The trailer of the movie itself already attracted me to watch it at the cinema although I very rare to spend my money watching Malay movie at the cinema. So, for this second movie of Cicakman, the overall storyline for me has well plotted and much more interesting compare to the first movie.

Next is about the CGI elements that were implemented almost 80% of the movie. The CGIs for me still need a lot of improvement. But, I can see there are certain elements that have been rendered and created very well such as the “orange” ghost (Lol, Ginger ghosts? ). But some elements still look unrealistic and cartoon. For example, the scene where Cicakman was chasing the bank robbers, it looks really unrealistic. Anyway, this is not a big deal since the overall CGIs for me are quiet okay plus the storyline for me, has playing a big role to overcome this weaknesses.

Since this movie is a superhero comedy genre movie, so it can’t run from some humor and comedy elements. But there is not much comment about this matter because everything mixed well. So overall, the elements have been mixed really well.

Another thing is about the action part. I can see the director has puts a lot of efforts to make this movie looks different from the first one which contains lots of fighting part and some of it impressed me a bit. They really did a good job. Congrats!

As the conclusion, this movie is not so disappointed and the director has tried to give the best for the movie. You may ask, is it this film worth to watch in the cinema? My answer is, you decide. If you don’t have any other movie to watch, you may consider watching this movie. Out of 5, I would give this movie 3.5. So, are you going to watch it? Hehe.. Sometimes, we have to give chance to our own film maker so we know where their level now. If you ask for my recommendation which movie should you watch, I’ll suggest “The Day the Earth Stood Still” or “Yes Man”.

p/s: But, I’m still wondering.. Why not they use Keluangman instead of Cicakman?. Yeah, I think Keluangman would be a better original Malaysian superhero.
p/s/s: Rrama is damn hot!

3 Responses to “Movie Review : Cicakman 2 Planet Hitam (The Black Planet)”

1. By ucapanart on Dec 22, 2008 | Reply
   

   But I think Keluang Man is Batman clone. Is him still the real Malaysian hero? emm..

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2. By papabear on Dec 22, 2008 | Reply
   

   Kluang man is a kid staying in a psycho ward… not a good example for a superhero regardless of the reasons behind it…

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3. By izzAt on Dec 22, 2008 | Reply
   

   @ucapanart, i know the idea is somehow from batman, but I think its different compare to batman..cicakman is most likely spiderman, lols..

   @papabear, hooho.. but he still can think like a normal person.. and the story of the keluangman itself is interesting and unique for me..

   
   

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