Malaysia and the Philippines have turned out their fair share of movies that drip with thick, delicious cheese. GAGAMBOY springs instantly to mind, as does its director's big budget fantasy film, EXODUS: TALES FROM THE ENCHANTED KINGDOM. Homemade costumes, Renaissance Faire combat, face paint, rubber monsters - it's all charming in an enthusiastically corny way. These films are cheese tributaries feeding into the great big river of processed dairy food running into an endless ocean of molten, melted cheese ruled from an undersea palace by Lordi.

Now, the wonderfully named Azizi Chunk is directing the campy Malaysian sci-fi/horror/fantasy film ANTOO FIGHTER. You can get a high quality trailer at their slow-loading site or watch it on the Youtube. Then read the plot description below and try to reconcile in your mind the Halloween-spook-house-quality foam rubber suits and bad CGI fun you saw in the trailer with this overloaded synopsis. The frission between the two is certain to produce weapons grade nonsense.

"A group of ghostly creatures from the past led by Drakulat Van Listerooy returns to the present time terrorizing and dominating the town after they had escaped from a group sworn to fight against evil spirits in the past. Drakulat and his sidekicks journey to Kuala Lumpur and conquered the KL Tower and made it their headquarters. There they began to destroy the city till it brought the whole nation to a dangerous state.

The main objective of Drakulat is actually to free Lord Sharon, satan's spawn, so they could conquer and destroy the whole world together. In order to make it all happen he needs to locate the chosen girl, Delyla, who carries the blood line of having extraordinary powers and becoming the perfect sacrificial victim to Lord Sharon and freeing him into the world. The presence of Drakulat's clan is felt by Pak Din (one of the last Antoo fighters in the late 50's). Antoo fighter is a top secret group consisting of 5 chosen people on earth to protect the world from evil spirits every 60 years."

Then let's paddle up the river of cheese to its source: the Philippines. A country whose film industry seems to have an entire sector devoted to extreme silliness is releasing RESIKLO or RECYCLE. You can go to their easy-to-use site and watch the trailer and then check out the plot synopsis:

”2021, the not too distant future. Global devastation has been brought about by an alien invasion has left the whole planet in chaos. In the Philippines, a rag-tag group of survivors strives to survive in a secret sanctuary called “Paraiso”. Crisval Sarmiento, an ex-military colonel, is the reluctant leader who defends the whole compound from two threats. That of the “Mutanos,” mutated humans serving the insect like alien race (aptly called “Balangs” by the humans) and the alien invaders themselves. Crisval, together with other human survivors soon discover the real reason that the “Balangs” have invaded the planet earth… the conversion of humans to serve their needs. In order to survive, they must go up against a technologically-advanced alien race using robots they have engineered from recycled parts of derelict everyday machines and military components."

Not only does the movie star Dingdong Dantes, but it also features Ramon "Bong" Revilla Jr. a Philippine Senator and movie star. This man has not only received a "Plaque of Recognition for Outstanding Achievements in the Anti-Drug Campaign" but he was voted "Mr. Philippine Movies" and "Most Popular Action Star" in 1988 by the readers of Extra Hot, Jingle Sensation, Jingle Songhits and TV Guide. The Philippines: can a country that's having this much fun be allowed to exist?

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