One lost stash. Zero escape routes. Maximum chaos.
A drug dealer finds himself in hot water when the merchandise he’s carrying for a local kingpin is lost. Fearing his vicious boss’ retribution, he sets off to make amends, in a visceral, kinetic film that knowingly plays with genre conventions.
Direction
Shanjhey Kumar Perumal's kinetic, breathless chase sequences.
Cinematography
Sticky, humid visuals that you can almost smell.
Acting
Karnan Kanapathy's desperate, cornered-animal energy.
Director
Shanjhey Kumar Perumal
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Macai is Malaysian slang for a low-level goon, grounding the film in specific socioeconomic hierarchies rarely seen in Western crime cinema.
Shanjhey Kumar Perumal deliberately subverts the 'one last job' trope by making it clear from frame one that this was never going to work—Slam is doomed before we meet him.
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