Call If You Need Me (2009)

Sunny Pang, Pete Teo, Chua Thien See, Thian See Chua

A crook on the outs with his superiors gives a boost to the friend who rises past him in this drama from Malaysian filmmaker James Lee. Ah Soon (Pete Teo) is a small scale mobster in Kuala Lumpu, look... read more ing after the nuts and bolts of the criminal operations and setting up shakedowns for the big bosses. Ah Soon is close friends with his cousin Or Kia (Sunny Pang), and when Or Kia moves to the big city, Ah Soon gets him a job within the organization. Or Kia soon impresses those around him with his charm and dependable nature, while Ah Soon has been having trouble dealing with his wildly unpredictable girlfriend. When Ah Soon's difficulty juggling his professional and private lives angers the head of the syndicate, Or Kia is elevated into his place for a while, but in time both of them discover the danger of not making their bosses happy. Call If You Need Me received its North American premiere at the 2009 Los Angeles Film Festival. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi