Munafik 2

Well I don't really enjoy horror movies because of the faint heart. I don't even watch the prequel. This is really memorable movie for me. Can't wait for the third installation. I watched the Nun afterward, and it is mediciore at best.

"Munafik 2" is a Malay language supernatural horror movie that was released in 2018. It is the second part of the trilogy. The third is coming on its way. This film became the highest-grossing local film in Malaysia.

"Munafik" refers to a person who is a hypocrite. It's a purely Islamic horror flick. There are many references from Quran and Hadith in this movie. The story of this film is connected with the first part. But if you haven't watched the previous part, there won't be any such problem to understand.

Abuja wants to divert the faith of villagers from Islam and forces them to follow his teachings. If anyone denies following his path, he tortures the person with his black magic. Sakinah, daughter of the Imam of the village asks for help from a preacher to save her family from the devil. Adam who already cluttered himself in his thoughts agrees to help Sakinah and the villagers from Abuja.

Syamsul Yusof is the director, producer, and male protagonist in this film. He is indeed a talented person. Camera work is impressive but the editing is extremely poor. I found the treatment dramatic. The jumpscares are predictable.

If you want to watch a horror movie at midnight inside a dark room then you would find this movie scary. Otherwise, "Munafik 2" is good for a one-time watch.

I am sorry but this movie bored me to tears. I left midway because it was just unnecessarily loud and too ridiculous . I mean, who sleeps in a cave nowadays with a kid by all means? And Tok Adi with his Halloween costume? You must be kidding me.

Unless this is a malay version of LOTR, which explains the fantasy elements of this movie (like Maya running up trees to name a few) I thought it was just a noisy movie. Munafiq 1 was way better, at least I was pleasantly surprised at the ending. Sorry to say also, I didnt like the fact that verses of the Quran--not one or two, but many--were thrown about for entertainment purposes. I thought it was too much.

I give it 2 stars just because my husband seemed to enjoy it. Botton line: bad storyline, bad dialogue, bad sound editing. Sorry.

This movie gets 1 for effort. Too black and white characters, over the top villains, overexaggerated and tangled plots, illogical decisions and choices from the characters, overuse and over reliance on jumpscares, and convenient plot twists and deus ex machina that don't even have any sort of payoff at the end of the film.

I can't even fathom as to why anyone would say this is a good movie. I seriously don't because for me, this is easily the worst Syamsul Yusuf film to date that I have ever seen. Yes, even worse than KL Drift.

So I had high hopes from watching the trailer, sure it has a lot of jumpy moments, but what spoilt the damn film was the fact that from start to finish the damn kid cries throughout the film (annoying) so if you like the sound of a crying kid throughout a movie be my guest... The tyrant/villain is damn annoying too, the movie is Super 'backwards'!