Polis Evo (film series)

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Polis Evo
Official logo for Polis Evo 2
Directed by
Written by
  • Joel Soh (1-3)
  • Kyle Goonting (1-3)
  • Anwari Ashraf (1-3)
  • Adib Zaini (1)
  • Salman Aristo (2)
  • Alfie Palermo (2)
  • Choong Chi-Ren (2)
  • Azhar Amirulhisyam (2)
  • Abhilash Chnadra (3)
  • Bernice Low (3)
Produced byJoel Soh
Cinematography
  • Harris Hue Abdullah (1)
  • Tan Teck Zee (2)
  • Jordan Chiam (3)
Edited byNazim Shah
Music by
  • Luka Kuncevic (1-2)
  • Paul Morrison (2)
  • Lo Shi Seng (3)
Production
companies
Astro Shaw
Blackflag
Tayangan Unggul (1)
Surya Citra Media (2)
Skop Productions (3)
TGV Pictures (3)
Distributed byAstro Shaw
Release date
2015-2023
Running time
375 minutes
CountryMalaysia
LanguageMalay
BudgetRM16.04 million
Box officeRM95.19 million

Polis Evo is a Malaysian buddy cop action comedy film series, created by Joel Soh (who served as producer), Kyle Goonting and Anwari Ashraf, who previously became an Astro Scholarship Students. The film series are produced and distributed by Astro Shaw and features Shaheizy Sam as Khairul/Inspector Khai and Zizan Razak as Hassani/Inspector Sani.

The trilogy set various box office records in Malaysia. The first film in the series, Polis Evo (2015) became the number one film in Malaysia for 2 years. It also featured in Top 10 Google Most Searched Malaysian in September 2015. Its sequel, Polis Evo 2 (2018) were subjected with controversy when it was alleged to contain scenes offensive to Islam led to boycott movement by Dr Riduan Md Nor, PAS Committee head. Eventually, the film was praised for their theme and Hasnul Rahmat's performance. The final film, Polis Evo 3 (2023) sets the record for the biggest opening on opening day, 4 days and a week record, was praised for actors' performance especially Farali Khan and Sharnaaz Ahmad.

Polis Evo is the number one franchise series in Malaysia of all time, having grossed over RM95.16 million worldwide after the third film was released on 25 May 2023.

Background[edit]

Following an all-time low for Malay-language film, Astro Scholarship Program Student's led by Joel Soh, Kyle Goonting and Anwari Ashraf Hashim returned from their alma mater; began written the script for the film in 2014. Joel Soh reveals that the scriptwriter of the prequel (Joel, Goonting, Anwari and Adib Zaini) chose the EVO word by the meaning of "evolution of police's image to the cinema."[1] Script of the film was revealed to have 180-page that almost same as novel. Ghaz Abu Bakar, who known for directed Cicak Man 3; appointed as director for the prequel. Ghaz reveals that he directed the film "not made for film festivals."[2] He also decided to reduce comedy scenes to respecting Royal Malaysia Police.[3]

The prequel began its principal photography in Terengganu and Kuala Lumpur around September 2014 with Shaheizy Sam and Zizan Razak were chosen to play buddy cop duo to balance out action and comedy. The other characters were later cast throughout the shooting period while Hushairi Husain[4] and Amerul Affendi[5] entering the film.

For second film, Joel Soh was appointed as director; thus replacing Ghaz from the first film[6] with Erra Fazira, Raline Shah[7][8] and Hairul Azreen join the forces while Sam and Zizan reprised their role from the prequel. Zizan reported unwell[9] and was later injured during making his own stunt.[10][11] After few weeks, Riz Amin also reported injured in the set and was sent home for recovery with the help of Zizan who just returned to set.[12] The film shoots in Pahang and some places in Hulu Langat and Kuala Lumpur in the end of 2017.[13]

For the final and third film, Syafiq Yusof who just ending the principal photography of Abang Long Fadil 3; appointed as director in September 2019 replacing Joel Soh and Andre Chiew who worked as producer together.[14] Zizan and Sam reprise their roles once again for the trilogy[15] with Sharnaaz Ahmad entered the franchise by casting through Joel himself instead of Aslam Yusoff.[16] Farali Khan (who was previously cast for Wira),[17][18] Syafiq Kyle and Douglas Lim ater entering the franchise throughout casting with Nora Danish[19] and Eyka Farhana returning after a hiatus from second film. Zizan once again unwell after infected by Influenza A virus right after ending the shooting.[20]

After three films, Raja Jastina Raja Arshad announced that the spin-off film on its way to expand the franchise without focusing on just Sani and Khai.[21]

Films[edit]

Film Release date Directed by Written by Screenplay by / story by Produced by Status
Polis Evo September 17, 2015 (2015-09-17) Ghaz Abu Bakar Joel Soh, Kyle Goonting, Anwari Ashraf Hashim & Adib Zaini Joel Soh Released
Polis Evo 2 November 22, 2018 (2018-11-22) Joel Soh & Andre Chiew Joel Soh, Kyle Goonting & Anwari Ashraf
Polis Evo 3 May 25, 2023 (2023-05-25) Syafiq Yusof Joel Soh, Kyle Goonting, Anwari Ashraf, Abhilash Chandra & Bernice Low Joel Soh (story) & Faqihin Mohd Fazlin (screenplay)
Polis Evo logo that got rejected for marketing purpose by Royal Malaysia Police.

Polis Evo (2015)[edit]

Main article: Polis Evo

Inspector Khai, a police officer with the rank of Inspector in Kuala Lumpur has been assigned to investigate and solve the drug case involving drug trafficking operations in Terengganu. Although this case is related to the case handled by Inspector Khai before, he has to cooperate with Inspector Sani who is on duty in Terengganu because Inspector Sani is more knowledgeable about the intricacies of the state of his birth. However, they both have different personalities; Inspector Khai is strict and often acts agile and this character is very different from Inspector Sani, who follows procedures and protocols more. The incompatibility made their mission almost fail. Everything changed when the criminal leader, Izrail, began to involve Inspector Sani's family in this case. Inspector Khai and Inspector Sani now realize they need to learn to work together to complete their mission.

Polis Evo 2 (2018)[edit]

Main article: Polis Evo 2

Three years after the events of the first film, Inspector Sani and Khai are now involved in an espionage mission on a remote island on the east coast. The atmosphere turned cloudy when a group of terrorists led by Hafsyam Jauhari attacked and captured the Cherong Island, Pahang. Sani was held by the terrorist group along with 200 villagers who were held hostage, while Khai was trapped in the village area. Sani tried to fight the leader of the terrorist group from inside the detention center after witnessing the group's violence. Khai managed to find a spy policeman from Indonesia and 4 members of the special forces sent by the Malaysian government. These seven together took on the most bitter challenge in their career as police to defeat Hafsyam Jauhari and his group and rescue more than 200 hostages on the island.

Polis Evo 3 (2023)[edit]

Main article: Polis Evo 3

After the incident on the island, Inspector Sani and Inspector Khai returned to work at IPD Kuala Terengganu. While preparing for Sani's wedding, Reza carried out a bomb attack in Penang which caused a policeman and dozens of civilians to be killed in the crash. Sani and Khai are called to work together in Ops Siong with Inspector Dani, Inspector Julie and Inspector Dell who have their own expertise. The ops was led by ACP Farouk. However, there was a horrific memory in the past that played in Khai's mind when he found out that the suspect he was looking for was his own former colleague. He is aware that he has a responsibility as a policeman.

Cast and crew[edit]

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  • An empty, dark grey cell indicates the character was not in the film, or that the character's official presence has not yet been confirmed.
Character Film
Polis EVO Polis EVO 2 Polis EVO 3
Khairul / Inspector Khai Shaheizy Sam
Hassani / Inspector Sani Zizan Razak
Anis Nora Danish Nora Danish
Yati Eyka Farhana Eyka Farhana
Maya Adli Hashim Mimi Ernida
ACP Mokhtar Harun Salim Bachik
Izrail Hushairy Hussein
Jimbo Pablo Amirul
Jemang Azliyuszaini Mohd Noor
Mat Yam Amerul Affendi
Lance Corporal Sofian Ungku Hariz
Adli Hashim Wan Hanafi Su
Rian Raline Shah
Hafsyam Jauhari / Saif Hasnul Rahmat
Najr Mike Lucock
Riky Kumalo Tanta Ginting
SAC Dato' Azizat Mansor Erra Fazira
Sargeant Mat Dan Shafie Naswip
Sargeant Amin Galah Riz Amin
Qalif Soffi Jikan
Zul Hairul Azreen
Mikael Fir Rahman
Commander Maarof Rusdi Ramli
Khalid Hairie Othman
Agnes Jasper Supayah
Zairi Jay Iswazir
Reza Sharnaaz Ahmad
Inspector Dani Syafiq Kyle
Inspector Dell Douglas Lim
ACP Farouq Fauzi Nawawi
Inspector Julie Farali Khan
Inspector Faizal Fezrul Khan
Chao Michael Ang

Additional crew[edit]

Film Crew / Detail
Composer(s) Cinematographer(s) Editor(s) Production companies Distributing company Running time
Polis Evo Luka Kuncevic Harris Hue Abdullah Nazim Shah Astro Shaw & Blackflag Astro Shaw 124 minutes
Polis Evo 2 Luka Kuncevic
Paul Morrison 		Tan Teck Zee 138 minutes
Polis Evo 3 Lo Shi Seng Jordan Chiam 113 minutes

Production[edit]

Development[edit]

Filming for the franchise began around 2014.[1]

Najwa Abu Bakar served as executive producer for the first film. Gayatri Su-Lin Pillai (Tayangan Unggul) and Imyllia Roslan (Astro Shaw) served as co-producers for respective company. After Najwa ends her tenure in Astro Shaw, executive producers took over by Dato' Khairul Anwar Salleh, Henry Tan, Agnes Rozario and Christinne Lim for second film. Others are Wicky V. Olindo and Sukhdev Singh while Carrie Wong served as associate producer. Raja Jastina Raja Arshad took over the third film and announced that spin-off on its way after concluding the Sani-Khai journey.[21]

Directors[edit]

Ghaz Abu Bakar directed the first film (Polis Evo), despite been nominated in Malaysia Film Festival, Joel Soh took over the second film and appointed Andre Chiew, who previously worked as freelance assistant director; become the co-director. The film become even more serious and take it to next level with their direction.[22] Syafiq Yusof appointed as director for the third film after controversy that occurs in the previous film; thus returned as action comedy genre.[23][24]

Scripts[edit]

Joel Soh, Kyle Goonting and Anwari Ashraf Hashim has contributed by written the script for all three films.[1] Adib Zaini later entered as the co-scriptwriter. For the second film, Alfie Palermo, Azhar Amirulhisyam and Choong Chi-Ren co-written the second film from their respective company and Salman Aristo entered the writers' room for Indonesian language dialogue. Abhilash Chandra and Bernice Low joined the writers' room for the third film. Abhilash confirmed on his Instagram that the third film was written from February to August 2019.[25]

Casting[edit]

Casting has been led by Aslam Yusoff for all three films.[26] Once the buddy duo confirmed, the main antagonist were cast throughout filming. Amerul Affendi was chosen to play as soft character who also as worked as double informant.[5] Hushairi Husain later become an antagonist as the director want to approach in Breaking Bad-style which Ghaz was actually fan of.[4]

For the sequel, Raline Shah has joined the cast based on the clue from Shaheizy Sam's Instagram.[8] Hasnul Rahmat cast as main antagonist as taking huge approach in storytelling more serious.[13][27][28][29] Besides two new characters, Erra Fazira, Hairul Azreen, Riz Amin, Syafie Naswip and other caster were joined as additional characters. Background characters were cast by the end of January 2017 and received huge admission of 1,500 audience.[30]

Casting for the third film began in 2019. Sharnaaz Ahmad was chosen by Joel Soh himself for the main antagonist.[16] Joel also chose Farali Khan as originally, the sniper woman was supposed to be in second film, only to be removed from the script.[31] Douglas Lim, Syafiq Kyle, Michael Ang and other casts joined prior to the shooting.

Filming[edit]

First film entering their principal photography in September 2014 in Terengganu as the main context and some areas in Kuala Lumpur, months before Harun Salim Bachik passed away in March 2015.[32] His wife reveals that this was one of Harun's last wish before he passed away.[33] Ghaz Abu Bakar revealed that he was supposed to be in his next film, Angin Cinta a day after his passing.[34] Harun was later credited 'in memory of' right before the credit rolls.

Second film began the filming by the end of 2017 and ended in January 2018 in Pahang and some areas in Klang Valley, mainly in Hulu Langat and Kuala Lumpur. Zizan Razak was unwell[9] and later injured for trying his own stunt.[10] Few weeks after, Riz Amin also injured and was escorted home by Zizan who returned from set.[12] Post-production were made in Thailand by Kantana Group with additional visual effects were also made by the same company.[35]

Third film began the principal photography in November 2019 to January 2020 in Terengganu and Klang Valley, with Cheras Stadium was used as stand-in for Sultan Mizan Zainal Abidin Stadium due to renovation that were made.there.[36] Faqihin Mohd Fazlin later joined as screenplay for the film right after the release of Ejen Ali: The Movie (released prior to the film shooting).[37] He revealed three days after the official trailer released.[37] Post-production were run in newly renovated Astro Sound+ Vision technology after the acquired by Astro to Basecamp Films.[38][39]

Reception[edit]

Film Release date Box office gross Box office ranking Budget References
Malaysia Worldwide Malaysia
Polis Evo September 17, 2015 (2015-09-17) RM17.74 million RM18 million 15 RM2.8 million [40]
Polis Evo 2 November 22, 2018 (2018-11-22) RM22.45 million RM23 million 13 RM8 million [41]
Polis Evo 3 May 25, 2023 (2023-05-25) RM50.11 million RM54 million 2 RM6 million [42]

All of Polis Evo films finished first in the first weekend domestically.[43][44][45] As of February 2024, Polis Evo become number one film franchise in Malaysia.

Music[edit]

Title Release date Length Artists Label Film
"EVO" August 3, 2015 (2015-08-03) 4:17 Joe Flizzow and SonaOne MEASAT Broadcast Network, Astro Shaw and Tayangan Unggul Polis Evo
"Sang Saka Biru"[46] October 14, 2018 (2018-10-14) 3:22 Joe Flizzow, Alif Abdullah (ALYPH), Altimet and SonaOne Rocketfuel Entertainment Polis Evo 2
"Mogok (Apa Kau Berani)" November 2, 2018 (2018-11-02) 3:35 Emmett (Emmett Ishak)
"Ayuh" April 13, 2023 (2023-04-13) 3:58 Malique, Kmy Kmo, Aman RA and Ernie Zakri Polis Evo 3

See also[edit]

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