1st NYAFF Winter Showcase

Feb 1-3 & 8-10, 2019

Photo: © Planet Films

New York Premiere

Fly By Night

非常盜

This gripping heist-thriller centers on a quartet of taxi drivers running a low-level extortion racket that targets the well-off passengers they drive from the airport. There are echoes of Michael Mann's Heat, with a persistent cop closing in on the highly-disciplined gang leader, including a tense face-off. Things go south when the youngest driver teams up with one of their victims to blackmail her cheating lover. Depicting a dark underbelly of Kuala Lumpur teeming with violent triads and corrupt cops, Zahir Omar’s debut feature is a stylish and gritty neo-noir that raises the bar of Malaysian genre cinema.

Director: Zahir Omar
Cast: Frederick Lee, Ruby Yap, Jack Tan, Bront Palarae, Sunny Pang
Languages: Chinese, Bahasa Malay, and, English with English subtitles
2018; 101 min.; DCP

SCHEDULE:

Saturday February 2, 2:00pm
SVA Theatre