Malaysian cinema has grown a distinctive voice since the early 2000s, particularly through directors willing to tackle social and political tensions the mainstream tends to avoid. Crossroads: One Two Jaga is a sharp example, blending crime thriller energy with an unflinching look at corruption and migration. See what Macca made of it and any other Malaysian titles below.
Rating: 2.5★
There is a long and restless tradition in world cinema of using the horror genre as a vessel for social and political anxieties, particularly around bodies, identity, and the pressures of conformity. From the body-horror provocations of Cronenberg through to the folk-inflected dread of more recent European and
Genre Crime
★★★ — Crossroads: One Two Jaga (2018)
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