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Fight Lah! Kopitiam

2020 · 97 min

A cheerful, crowd-pleasing underdog comedy that mixes family warmth, food and a scrappy boxing showdown into easy holiday viewing.

Directed by
Matt Lai
Genres
Comedy
Overview
Kopitiam Ada Bukit Ada Air is very famous for its white coffee. But after the founder suffers from Alzheimer's disease, the white coffee's secret recipe has since lost. Now his son Bao Li Jin and wife try hard to maintain the kopitiam business and declining customers. But things got worse when an arrogant developer, Tao wants to acquire the kopitiam lot. Bao is forced to sell the shop, but he refuses. Bao ends up accepting a boxing match challenge by Tao. Now Bao will have to fight and win Tao in the match to keep the shop, can he win the match? Can their traditional kopitiam business return to its glory?
How it feels
Light, warm, absurd and earnest. Brisk and easy to follow.
About
Family, trauma, class, ambition
Content
Mild violence and language. No gore or sexual content.
Note
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Directed by
Matt Lai
Genres
Comedy
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How it feels

Written by AI. It can be wrong.

Full breakdown
Tone
  • lightstrength 2 of 3
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • absurdstrength 1 of 3
  • earneststrength 1 of 3
Pacing
brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Era
contemporary
Audience
family
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action4
Horror0
Humour7
Realism6
Romance2
Tension4
Darkness3
Complexity2
Emotional weight4

Cast

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Details

Genres
comedy
Directed by
Matt Lai
Starring
Jack Lim, Wan Wai Fun, Cedric Loo, Han Xiiao Aii, Lee Sai Peng, Steve Yap, Jaspers Lai, Kenny Gan
Runtime
97 min
Country
Malaysia
Languages
Cantonese, Tamil, Mandarin, Malay

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