Malbatt: Misi Bakara (2023) on Netflix
TV-1420232h 11mActionDramaHistory
In 1993, nineteen soldiers of the Royal Malay Soldier Regiment enter Bakara Market in Mogadishu to reach US Rangers trapped there during the civil war. Lance Corporal Ramlee is among them.
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Plot summary
In 1993, the 19th Mechanized Royal Malay Soldier Regiment, part of the Malaysia Battalion known as MALBATT, is deployed in Somalia during the civil war. American Rangers are trapped in Bakara Market in Mogadishu, and nineteen Malaysian soldiers are sent into the city to reach them. Colonel Rahman commands MALBATT, with Major Osman as operations officer. Major Adnan, Lieutenant Ismail, the youngest military officer, Lieutenant Dahari and Lieutenant Mustafa, who leads a platoon from Bravo Company, are among those on the mission, with Major Abd Samad as combat team leader. The soldiers move in Condor armored cars, and Abdalle, a Somali interpreter and a friend of Lance Corporal Ramlee, works alongside them.
Cast
- Dafi Ismail Sabrias Lance Cpl. Zulkifli
- Nafiez Zaidias Lance Cpl. Nik Zainal
Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Malbatt: Misi Bakara (2023)
Can contain spoilers, watch the movie first.
- Shooting on the Turkey-Syria border nearly got MALBATT: Misi Bakara cancelled when locals photographed the production and spread the pictures on social media; director Adrian Teh met the local mayor, who let the team keep filming in Gaziantep only if international media could visit the set.
- MALBATT: Misi Bakara became the first Malaysian film to be screened in IMAX, with its Digital Cinema Package upgraded to IMAX 6-Track format to suit the layout of IMAX cinemas in Malaysia.
- Remy Ishak was originally listed to star in MALBATT: Misi Bakara but withdrew because of his busy work schedule, while Alif Satar, said to have been part of the initial production, was not on the final list.
- The explosions in MALBATT: Misi Bakara were real, with only a touch of CGI, and most of the actors stood close to the actual blasts to make the scenes look more realistic.
- Safwan Nazri, cast as Private Isa in his first film role, was told by WhatsApp message that he could 'holiday' in Turkey while his wife was four months pregnant; she then miscarried and he told the media he wanted to return to Malaysia.
