| Fly by Night | |
| Producer: | Farouk Aljoffery Perin Petrus Joanne Goh |
| Director: | Zahir Omar |
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| Music: | Zane |
| Cinematography: | Keong Low |
| Editing: | Yin-Chau Heng |
| Studio: | Planet Films |
| Runtime: | 100 minutes |
| Country: | Malaysia |
| Language: | Mandarin Cantonese Malay |
Fly by Night (Malay: Sebelum Pagi Berakhir) is a 2018 Malaysian Mandarin-language neo-noir crime thriller film. The film follows four taxi drivers who extort money from wealthy passengers. Things go wrong when one of them works with a victim, while an inspector and the criminal gang are in pursuit of them.
It received positive reviews. It was released on 11 April 2019 in Malaysia, Singapore and Brunei.[1] [2] [3]
In Kuala Lumpur, four taxi drivers run a low-profile extortion team by targeting passengers that they drive from the airport. They keep the scheme small, only blackmailing selected wealthy passengers. Among the drivers are two brothers, Tai Lo (Sunny Pang) and Sai Lo (Fabian Loo) who commit these crimes in order to pay off their debts. Things go wrong when the impulsive younger brother decides to work with one of their victims to blackmail her lover, while policeman Inspector Kamal and the criminal gang, hot on their heels are in pursuit of them. How far will they go?
The film is the theatrical director debut for Zahir Omar. The film had its world premiere at the 23rd Busan International Film Festival in October 2018. It was then screened at the 3rd International Film Festival and Awards Macao (IFFAM) and 2018 Jogja-NETPAC Asian Film Festival. In early 2019, it was selected to be screened at the 2019 New York Asian Film Festival and Santa Barbara International Film Festival.[4] It received positive reviews.