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''Sensasi Selebriti''. Retrieved 5 October 2012. (literal translation: KL Drift Evolution) is a 2008 Malaysian Malay-language action film directed by Malaysian actor,

Syamsul Yusof Mohd Syamsul Mohd Yusof (born 21 May 1984) is a Malaysian actor, film director, writer, producer and singer. He is the son of producer and director Yusof Haslam. He is the youngest director to win the Malaysian Film Festival for Best Directo ...

in his directorial debut, influenced by '' The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift''. The film was released in Malaysia on 3 April 2008. A sequel, ''

Evolusi KL Drift 2 ''Evolusi KL Drift 2'' (Literal translation: KL Drift Evolution 2) is a Malaysian action film. It is the sequel to the 2008 film ''Evolusi KL Drift''. The film was released in Malaysia, Singapore and Brunei on 25 March 2010. Plot Racing life ...

'', was released in March 2010. The film was shot in various locations all over Malaysia, including

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, Bukit Tinggi and

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Plot

The film tells the story of Zack (Syamsul Yusof) and Sham (Farid Kamil), two close friends who share a passion for

drift racing Drifting is a driving technique where the driver intentionally oversteers, with loss of traction, while maintaining control and driving the car through the entirety of a corner. The technique causes the rear slip angle to exceed the front slip ...

. Though the sport is popular with men, Zack's girlfriend (Fasha Sandha) took up the sport and became competitive in it. Zack is an elite racer who runs a workshop while Sham is more down to earth and always has problems with his racing car. Zack is unhappy with drug pushers selling on his racing patch, but Fasha (who is a former user) is friendly with some of them which leads to a confrontation between her and Zack. The pushers are sent to their boss Joe (Aaron Aziz), also a drift racer who uses race meets to sell his product. A rift continues to grow between Zack and Fasha. Sham becomes a middleman between the two, but ends up also having feelings for her. Zack wins a challenge against Joe but falls out with Sham, despite the latter's numerous apologies and attempts to distance himself from Fasha. Zack and Fasha also confront each other but solve nothing, with Fasha conflicted over her dwindling feelings for Zack and her growing attraction to Sham. Joe's gang is not happy with the result and murders one of Zack and Sham's friends/mechanics. Zack angrily walks into the club Joe uses as a front but is almost killed by the gang. He is saved by Sham (and another friend called Muz) but does not acknowledge or thank Sham. Muz convinces Zack that the police should be left to deal with Joe, before someone else dies. The police raid the club and arrest many gang members including Joe's henchman Karl, though Joe is not caught. Sham meets Fasha to clear the air, stating that he is unwilling to lose his brotherly friendship with Zack, and that he wants Fasha to stop contacting him altogether. Zack arrives and totally misreads the situation, forcing Fasha to follow him home. Joe arrives in his racing car and attempts to ram Zack and Fasha. They are saved by Sham, who pushes them out of the way at the cost of great injuries. Zack chases Joe down, resulting in Joe crashing head on into a truck and his car flipping over. Things finish with Sham in hospital, presumably in a coma. Zack is chastised by his team members and a sobbing Fasha, though he and Fasha sit by Sham's bedside.

Cast

as Zack *

Aaron Aziz Yang Hormat Dato' Aaron Mustapha bin Aziz ( Jawi: ارون مصطفى بن عزيز; born 23 February 1976) is a Singaporean actor, singer and film director currently based in Malaysia. He is largely known in Malaysia and also in some countr ...

as Joe *

Farid Kamil Farid Kamil bin Zahari (born 5 May 1981) is a Malaysian actor, director and screenplay writer. He is a well-known male model turned actor who has made a big reputation of himself as one of Malaysia's most famous actors since Rosyam Nor in the ...

as Sham *

Fasha Sandha Nur Fasha Sandha Hassan (born 28 March 1984) is a Malaysian actress who has appeared in films, television shows, and commercials. Life and career She was born in Johor Bahru but moved to Penang later. She then transferred to Kuala Lumpur, and ...

as Fasha *

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as Karl *

Diana Danielle Diana Danielle Danny Beeson (born 22 November 1991), is an American-born Malaysian actress and singer. Starting her career at the age of 11, she primarily worked on television and film. Early life Diana Danielle was born in Houston, Texas and ...

as Sara * Buzen Hashim as Zul * Rizal Ashraf as Muz * Xy as Razi *

Hetty Sarlene Hetty Sarlene Abdul Hamid (born 21 April 1984) is a Singaporean singer and actress. After performing at two international competitions in 1999, she was signed to New Southern Records. After releasing two albums with them and winning Best Artist ...

as Vee * Nurhuda Mohd Ali as Sazzy * Mohd Shahril as Jay Jay (JJ)

Sequel

A sequel titled ''

'' was released on 25 March 2010 with the same budget of 2.5 million ($828,225). Although, the film generated almost $4 million less than its predecessor.

Television series

In Summer 2012 it was announced that a television show spin off the original series was in production titled Evolusi KL Drift: The Series. On 7 September 2012, a trailer for the series was uploaded onto

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which also stating the release date. It officially aired on 4 October 2012 on RTM TV2. The show featured recurring actors from the films with new additions to the cast.Siti Kamilah Mustapha (4 October 2012)
Evolusi KL Drift The Series versi Syafiq, Rizal
'' Kosmo! Online''. Retrieved 5 October 2012.

Awards and nominations

''(Won)'' * 21st Malaysian Film Festival (2008) Jury Special Award: The effectiveness of action stunts on screen * 21st Malaysian Film Festival (2008) Best Cinematography ''(Nominated)'' * 21st Malaysian Film Festival (2008) Best Original Theme Song * 21st Malaysian Film Festival (2008) Best Sound Effect * 21st Malaysian Film Festival (2008) Best Poster * 21st Malaysian Film Festival (2008) Most Promising Actor * 21st Malaysian Film Festival (2008) Most Promising Director

References

External links

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Bulletin board and brief synopsis at Twitchfilm.net
{{DEFAULTSORT:Evolusi Kl Drift 2008 films 2008 action films Malay-language films Chinese-language Malaysian films Malaysian auto racing films 2000s road movies Malaysian action films Remakes of Malaysian films Cantonese-language Malaysian films Skop Productions films Grand Brilliance films Films directed by Syamsul Yusof Films with screenplays by Syamsul Yusof Films produced by Yusof Haslam 2008 directorial debut films