Abang Long Fadil 2

Abang Long Fadil 2
Official poster shows Abang Long Fadil as the titular character with the film's title, credits, and release date below.
Theatrical release poster
Directed bySyafiq Yusof
Screenplay bySyafiq Yusof
Based onKL Gangster
by Syamsul Yusof
Produced byYusof Haslam
Starring
CinematographyRahimi Maidin
Edited bySyafiq Yusof
Music by
  • Ken Hor
  • Lo Shi Seng
Production
companies
Skop Productions
Astro Shaw
Distributed bySkop Productions
Astro Shaw
Release dates
  • 24 August 2017 (2017-08-24) (Malaysia, Singapore & Brunei)
Running time
91 minutes
CountryMalaysia
LanguageMalay
BudgetRM3.2  million[1]
Box officeRM18.15 million[2][3]

Abang Long Fadil 2 is a 2017 Malaysian Malay-language action comedy film based on the KL Gangster character, Abang Long Fadil. Co-produced by Astro Shaw and Skop Productions, the film was written and directed by Syafiq Yusof. It is the sequel to KL Gangster’s 2014 film Abang Long Fadil also written and directed by Syafiq Yusof. The film stars Zizan Razak, Syamsul Yusof, AC Mizal, Tania Hudson, Wak Doyok, Achey Bocey, Shuib Sepahtu, A. Galak and Mas Khan. The Abang Long Fadil 2 divulges its titular character who is mistaken for a professional assassin named Tiger. He is unwillingly dragged into the underworld by mafia leader Taji Samprit and his son Wak Doyok. Tania plays Yana, Fadil's love interest and a broadcast journalist assigned to cover Tiger's case while Syamsul plays Inspector Wahab who is investigating the case.

Abang Long Fadil 2 is a collaboration between Skop Productions and Astro Shaw productions. Filming took place in 2015, while post-production took two years to complete.[4] The film was released on 24 August 2017 in 130 cinemas nationwide and lasted for 56 days.

The film became a critical and commercial success, grossing over RM17.9 million, making it the highest-grossing Malaysian film of 2017 and the tenth highest-grossing Malaysian all-time, beating 2015 Astro Shaw's film Polis Evo.[5] Its third sequel, Abang Long Fadil 3 set to be released on September 8, 2022.

  1. ^ Akmal Abdullah (22 November 2015). "Filem 'Abang Long Fadil 2' bakal jalani penggambaran 50 hari, kos RM3.2 juta" (in Malay). Tabloidseni.com. Archived from the original on 21 April 2016. Retrieved 11 April 2016.
  2. ^ "MALAYSIAN BOX OFFICE 2017". Finas.
  3. ^ CLARISSA CHUNG, CRYSTAL CHIAM SHIYING and R. ARAVINTHAN (10 October 2017). "'Abang Long Fadil 2' breaks box office record". The Star. Retrieved 25 May 2018.
  4. ^ "Abang's back with a bang!". Kosmo!. 28 August 2017.
  5. ^ "MALAYSIAN BOX OFFICE 2017". Finas.