Synopsis: Touted as the first Malaysian international sci-fi movie, in “Mantera”, we follow Sam Weston, the owner of Weston Technologies who is furious over the security breach in his research lab. The prototype of his latest weapon system “Mantera” (or MAN-Transformable Exo-Robotic Armour) was sabotaged and destroyed. Invaluable research data was stolen and deleted from the company’s mainframe. His leading scientist Dr. Natasya Irina Pushkin, goes missing. The buyer for the new technology is pressuring Sam to deliver the prototype or the deal is off. To make matter worse, the wreckage and debris from the destroyed Mantera was accidentally shipped to the other side of the world to a young man by the name of Azman, in Malaysia.
Sinopsis: Sam Weston, pemilik Weston Technologies yang marah atas pelanggaran keselamatan yang berlaku di dalam makmal penyelidikan beliau. Prototaip sistem senjata terbarunya “Mantera” (atau MAN-Transformable Exo-Robotik Armour) telah disabotaj dan dimusnahkan. Data penyelidikan telah dicuri dan dipadam dari kerangka utama syarikat. Saintis terkemuka Dr Natasya Irina Pushkin, pula hilang. Pembeli yang bersetuju untuk membeli Mantera mendesak supaya Sam menyampaikan prototaip tersebut atau perjanjian itu dibatalkan. Keadaan bertambah buruk apabila runtuhan dan serpihan dari Mantera yang telah dimusnahkan telah dihantar ke bahagian lain di dunia ini kepada seorang lelaki muda bernama Azman, di Malaysia.
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Release Date: 17 May 2012 Language: Malay Subtitle: Info Not Available Genre: Action / Science Fiction / Fantasy Running Time: 1 Hour 55 Minutes Director: Mohd Aliyar Al-Kutthy Cast: Tomok, Shiqin Kamal, Kamaliya, Wael Al-Masri, Said Dashuk-Nighmatulin, Mikhail Dorojkin, Faezah Elai, Yank Kassim.
Official Website: Mantera The Movie
Synopsis: Continuing the epic big-screen adventures started in “Iron Man,” “The Incredible Hulk,” “Iron Man 2,” “Thor” and “Captain America: The First Avenger,” “Marvel’s The Avengers” is the superhero team up of a lifetime. When an unexpected enemy emerges that threatens global safety and security, Nick Fury, Director of the international peacekeeping agency known as SHIELD, finds himself in need of a team to pull the world back from the brink of disaster. Spanning the globe, a daring recruitment effort begins.
Release Date: 27 April 2012 Language: English Subtitle: Malay / Chinese Genre: Action / Adventure Director: Joss Whedon Cast: Robert Downey Jr, Chris Evans, Chris Hemsworth, Mark Ruffalo, Jeremy Renner, Scarlett Johansson
Official Website: marvel.com
Synopsis: Pairot is forced by the mafia to steal a bank’s client data in exchange for Tong’s life and discovers he and his brother have been set up.
Sinopsis: Suatu hari Pairot telah menerima satu panggilan untuk melaksanakan satu tugasan terakhir iaitu, mencuri data peribadi pelanggan daripada syarikat kad kredit.Pairot telah dipaksa untuk melakukan kerja tersebut setelah pemanggil menculik Tong dan mengugut untuk membunuh dia sekiranya kerja itu gagal. Pairot terpaksa melaksanakan tugas tersebut dan berjaya melepaskan Tong. Namun demikian, perkara tersebut menjadi huru-hara apabila Pairot telah dikenalpasti sebagai penjenayah dan diburu oleh pihak polis serta Metropolitan Mafia yang mana bertindak untuk untuk membunuh Pairot dan Tong.
Release Date: 26 April 2012 Language: Malay Subtitle: Info Not Available Genre: Action / Comedy Director: Afdlin Shauki Cast: Afdlin Shauki, Awie, Sharifah Sofea, Johan, Nabil, Adlin Aman Ramli, Riezman Khuzaimi
Synopsis: It wasn’t life they couldn’t give up, but hope. Jun-shik is a young Korean man who dreams of becoming the next SOHN Ki-jung, the Korean gold medalist marathoner. Tatsuo is Japan’s top marathoner. Sharing a strong sense of competition in childhood, Jun-shik and Tatsuo grow up to be the greatest of national rivals. A year after an unexpected incident sees Jun-shik impressed into Japanese military service, destiny reunites him with Tatsuo, now a colonel in the Japanese army. Thrown into the maelstrom of World War II, Jun-shik and Tatsuo wear the uniforms of Japan, the Soviet Union, and even Germany before finally arriving in Normandy, France. As they survive endless, unpredictable battles, they slowly transform into each other’s greatest hope. A Korean man and a Japanese man meet as enemies, but become each other’s hope. And a drama of true humanity that transcends borders and nationality unfolds.
Release Date: 19 April 2012 Language: Russian / German / Korean / Japanese / Chinese Subtitle: English Genre: Drama / War Running Time: 2 Hours 23 Minutes Director: Kang Je-kyu Cast: Jang Dong-Gun, Joe Odagiri, Fan Bingbing, Kim In-Kwon
Synopsis: A sci-fi thriller about a man who is wrongfully convicted of conspiracy to commit espionage against the U.S., thus sent to a high security outer space prison. He is soon approached by a man with a deal, which is to save the President’s daughter from the prison that has been taken over by a group of violent inmates in exchange for his freedom.
Release Date: 19 April 2012 Language: English Subtitle: Malay / Chinese Genre: Action / Thriller / Science Fiction Running Time: 1 Hour 35 Minutes Director: James Mather, Stephen St. Leger Cast: Guy Pearce, Maggie Grace and Peter Stormare
Official Website: www.ram-ent.com.my
Synopsis: Based on a similarly named game, “Battleship” brings together an ensemble cast stationed in the Hawaiian Islands as an international naval fleet at Pearl Harbour. One day, all of a sudden, aliens are seen arriving, and little is known about them except that they are called “The Regents” and their mission is to build a power source in the ocean on planet Earth. However, “The Regents” have got it coming, for the navy fleet is there and they are determined not to let these invaders from outer space wreck havoc and destruction on their world. “Battleship” is also purported to show both sides of the story, from the aliens’ perspective, as well as the humans’ so the audience will know exactly where the opponent’s ships are.
Release Date: 12 April 2012 Language: English Subtitle: Malay / Chinese Genre: Action / Adventure Running Time: 2 Hours 12 Minutes Director: Peter Berg Cast: Taylor Kitsch, Alexander Skarsgård, Rihanna, Brooklyn Decker, Tadanobu Asano and Liam Neeson
Official Website: www.battleshipmovie.com
Synopsis: Every year in the ruins of what was once North America, the nation of Panem forces each of its twelve districts to send a teenage boy and girl to compete in the Hunger Games. Part twisted entertainment, part government intimidation tactic, the Hunger Games are a nationally televised event in which “Tributes” must fight with one another until one survivor remains. Pitted against highly-trained Tributes who have prepared for these Games their entire lives, Katniss is forced to rely upon her sharp instincts as well as the mentorship of drunken former victor Haymitch Abernathy. If she’s ever to return home to District 12, Katniss must make impossible choices in the arena that weigh survival against humanity and life against love.
Release Date: 22 March 2012 Language: English Subtitle: Malay / Chinese Genre: Action / Drama / Science Fiction Director: Gary Ross Cast: Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson, Stanley Tucci, Liam Hemsworth, Woody Harrelson, Toby Jones, Donald Sutherland, Lenny Kravitz
Official Website: www.thehungergamesmovie.com
Synopsis: Stephanie Plum (Katherine Heigl) can’t catch a break. At 30, she finds herself newly-divorced, recently laid-off, and living with her hamster in Trenton, N.J. Broke and desperate, she lands a job working for her slimy cousin and his bail bond business. In need of fast cash she latches on to his biggest case – a local cop wanted for murder who just happens to be the guy that broke her heart in high school. Stephanie gets resourceful and tough, as she is swept up in a suspenseful world of murder and deceit with a bit of romance.
Release Date: 22 March 2012 Language: English Subtitle: Info Not Available Genre: Comedy / Thriller / Crime Director: Julie Anne Robinson Cast: Katherine Heigl, Jason O’Mara, Daniel Sunjata, John Leguizamo
Synopsis: A Hollywood remake of the 2009 Swedish movie “The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo” which was the first movie based upon “The Millennium Trilogy” book series by the late author and journalist Stieg Larsson. It revolves around the tale of serial murder and corporate trickery, complicated international financial fraud and the buried evil past of powerful people. In the movie, Mikael Blomkvist (Craig Daniel) is a writer who loses a libel case against a corrupt Swedish industrialist and is sentenced to prison. Blomkvist is hired by Henrik Vanger (Christopher Plummer) to solve the 40-year-old mystery of his missing great-niece. He gets to know a troubled young computer hacker, Lisbeth Salander (Rooney Mara), and together they discover a long list of disturbing and shocking revelations involving the Vanger family.
Genre: Thriller / Drama Release Date: 23 Feb 2012 Distributor: Sony Pictures Releasing International Cast: Daniel Craig, Rooney Mara, Stellan Skarsgard, Robin Wright Penn, Christopher Plummer Director: David Fincher
Official Website: dragontattoofilm.com
Synopsis: An unprecedented blend of real-life heroism and original filmmaking, Act of Valor stars a group of active-duty Navy SEALs in a powerful story of contemporary global anti-terrorism. Inspired by true events, the film combines stunning combat sequences, up-to-the minute battlefield technology and heart-pumping emotion for the ultimate action adventure. Act of Valor takes audiences deep into the secretive world of the most elite, highly trained group of warriors in the modern world. When the rescue of a kidnapped CIA operative leads to the discovery of a deadly terrorist plot against the U.S., a team of SEALs is dispatched on a worldwide manhunt. As the valiant men of Bandito Platoon race to stop a coordinated attack that could kill and wound thousands of American civilians, they must balance their commitment to country, team and their families back home.
Release Date: 23 February 2012 Language: English Subtitle: Info Not Available Genre: Action / Adventure Director: Mike McCoy, Scott Waugh Cast: Alex Veadov, Roselyn Sanchez, Nestor Serrano
Official Website: actofvalor.com
