Web of deceit
> Malaysia gets its first high-tension cybercrime thriller in director Zulkarnain Azhar’s latest film Proksi
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To prepare for his role, Ashraff read about Adrian Lamo, an American-born hacker who is currently in jail.
Lamo gained media attention for hacking into several computer networks belonging to high-profile entities such as The New York Times, Yahoo!, and Microsoft.
“I have even watched a documentary on him,” he adds. Prey at Night, Award-winning actress Sangeeta is happy to be part of the film. “This is my first action movie,” she says. “I have a lot of fight scenes in the film.” Sangeeta, who is trained in the Indian martial art of kalaripayat as well as the Japanese martial art of akido, adds that her training has come in handy for her action scenes. “My character does not talk much. I rely on body language to convey my feelings and that can be challenging. ” Sangeeta adds that being involved in this film has The Strangers:
Director: Johannes Roberts E-Value: 7 Acting: 8 Plot: 7 opened her eyes to cybercrime. “Before this movie, I never took cybercrime seriously.”
She used the example that if a hacker takes one ringgit from every account in Malaysia, we will never realise the money is missing because it is such a small amount.
But if one ringgit is taken from 20 million accounts belonging to Malaysians, the hacker is now RM20 million richer.
“Now imagine [if] he uses that money [for] something evil ... Cybercrime is a dangerous thing,” concludes Sangeeta.
Bront, who plays Sam, says most of his scenes are with Sangeeta, as she tries to use him to get to Aman.
“My relationship with Sangeeta is like a divorced couple,” says Bront. “My character hates her intensely. He has every reason to hate her. Nobody likes to be used.” But off the set, the two get along well, and make each other laugh.
“Bront likes Sangeeta, but Sam hates Elle,” says Bront with a huge laugh.
Proksi is scheduled to be released at the end of the year.
What happens to them is a case of simply being in the wrong place, at the wrong time.
But then again, the masked killers’ chilling reason of committing brutal attacks can simply mean that to them, it’s always the right place, and always the right time.
When the family frantically plead for their lives and ask why, the dollface masked girl eerily responds: “Why not?”