A masked vigilante with the head of a bat and the reflexes of a man who has nothing left to lose is the whole pitch of Keluang Man, a 2025 Malaysian action-adventure-comedy that plays its superhero premise for laughs without losing its sense of spectacle.
What is Keluang Man about?
Borhan is a psychiatric patient whose grip on reality has never been steady, and the film opens by letting that ambiguity do the heavy lifting: is the caped figure calling himself Keluang Man a genuine protector of the streets, or a delusion given a costume and a mission? Director Anwari Ashraf keeps the tone light even as the stakes escalate, sending Borhan into confrontations with the kind of low-level criminals who never expected a bat-eared stranger to show up and complicate their night. The comedy comes from the mismatch between Borhan's earnest conviction and the absurdity of his methods, while the action sequences give the film's 137-minute runtime room to breathe between jokes. Nas-t, Remy Ishak and Rosyam Nor round out a cast that treats the material with just enough sincerity to make the gag land.
About the cast
Nas-t leads as Borhan, with Remy Ishak and Rosyam Nor filling out the supporting roles that give the vigilante's world its texture, from skeptics who doubt him to figures who get pulled into his orbit.
Context & significance
Keluang Man belongs to a small but persistent strain of Southeast Asian cinema that borrows the superhero costume without borrowing the genre's usual seriousness, using the mask as a device for character comedy rather than mythology-building. Malaysian action-comedy has leaned into exactly this kind of tonal blend for years, pairing genuine stunt work with a script unafraid to undercut its own hero.
Watching Keluang Man on Ktime
Keluang Man streams on K-Time with Persian dubbing and Persian subtitles available, so the film's comic timing carries across for Farsi-speaking viewers without losing the original performances underneath. Watching requires a free K-Time account login; the page itself is free to read for anyone browsing the catalogue. The platform's Farsi-first interface makes it easy to find alongside other action and comedy titles for the diaspora audience.