Zombitopia

Zombitopia or known as Zombietopia is a 2021 Malaysian Malay-language post-apocalyptic action horror film directed by Woo Ming Jin along written by himself with Neesa Jamal, starring Shaheizy Sam, Elvina Mohamad, Bront Palarae, Azman Hassan and Sharifah Amani.^[1] The film revolves around a mysterious virus that causes infected humans to act violently, causing a zombie apocalypse.^[2]

Zombitopia
Directed by	Woo Ming Jin
Written by	Woo Ming Jin Neesa Jamal
Produced by	Woo Ming Jin Aron Koh Lim Ying Xian
Starring	Shaheizy Sam Elvina Mohamad Bront Palarae Azman Hassan Sharifah Amani
Cinematography	Lesly Leon Lee
Edited by	Woo Ming Jin Yap Xhian Way Edmund Yeo
Music by	Chapavich Temnitikul Wuttipon Phumcokrak
Production companies	Greenlight Pictures Sunstrong Entertainment Lomo Pictures
Distributed by	Disney+ Hotstar (co-distributed with Skop Productions)
Release date	2 July 2021 (2021-07-02) (Malaysia)
Running time	90 minutes
Country	Malaysia
Language	Malay
Budget	MYR 3 million

With the film being licensed with Skop Productions, the film was originally scheduled for released on 13 February 2020 but postponed due to the coronavirus pandemic. However, the film released exclusively on Disney+ Hotstar on 2 July 2021.^[3]

Plot

About 15 years ago a virus attacked humans so that those infected acted violently. Zidik had woken up to see his sister attack his mother and his father had sacrificed himself and Zidik managed to escape.

Then Zidik was brought up in an orphanage and run by Kak Lily who is a cruel person. Zidik befriends another orphan named Zooey. One day, Zidik was kicked out of the orphanage for disobeying Aunt Lily's orders and after that he never saw Zooey again.

After growing up Zidik worked with Hassan who took him to work after finding Zidik who lived alone on the street. In fact, they are both stuck in the past, where Hassan cannot accept the loss of his wife to the virus and often forgets that she is dead, while Zidik continues to remember his memories with Zooey.

Meanwhile, Dr. Revenge-seeking Rahman has created a new type of zombie virus to throw the world back into chaos. Zidik and Hassan are caught in the chaotic situation that occurs with the second wave of the zombie outbreak. What happened?

Cast

• Shaheizy Sam as Zidik
• Elvina Mohamad as Zooey
• Bront Palarae as Dr. Rahman
• Nur Shahidah as Siti
• Azman Hassan as Hassan
• Sharifah Amani as Maya
• Idan Aedan as Zidik kecil
• Amanda Amry as Zooey kecil
• Ruzana Ibrahim as Kak Lily
• Eqy Afandi as Jamal
• Kazar Razak as Mika
• Nu'Man Salleh as Bob
• Jay Iswazir as Kamarul
• Ken Abdullah as Bentong Khan
• Michael Leong Chee Wah as Yuri
• Steve Yap as Lee Boon Kit
• Dania Erisha as Kiki
• Danny Low as Mustapha

Release

This film was initially scheduled for release in the local cinemas on 13 February 2020, which is one month before the COVID-19 pandemic begin in the country, but postponed then until the new date announced.^[4][5] Over a year later, the film was released with the exclusive premiere as Hotstar Originals on Disney+ Hotstar on 2 July 2021.^[3] An official trailer of the film spotted on Skop Productions YouTube channel on 21 January 2020^[6] and on Disney+ Hotstar Malaysia YouTube channel on 4 May 2021.^[7]