Ejen Ali: The Movie 2

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Ejen Ali: The Movie 2
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Directed by Usamah Zaid Yasin
Written byUsamah Zaid Yasin
Hilam Bin Muhammad
Khairul Anwar Suwandi
Based on Ejen Ali by Usamah Zaid Yasin
Produced byAyo Amirul
Kevin Foo
Salina Salmee
Azi Shafian
StarringIda Rahayu Yusoff
Noorhayati Maslini Omar
Shafiq Isa
Azman Zulkiply
Edited byNazmi Yatim
Reuben Singham
Usamah Zaid Yasin
Music byAzri Yunus
Hakim Kamal
Production
companies
WAU Animation
Komet Productions
Distributed by Primeworks Studios
Release date
  • 22 May 2025 (2025-05-22)
Running time
115 minutes
CountryMalaysia
LanguageMalay
BudgetRM 10 million [1]
Box office RM 59.3 Million [2]

Ejen Ali: The Movie 2 (abbreviated as EATM2, also subtitled Misi: SATRIA) is a Malaysian animated action-spy film directed by Usamah Zaid Yasin, that premiered on May 22, 2025. [3] [4] [5] [6] The movie focuses on Ali's struggle with the emergence of the SATRIA armored suit and the character Neonimus. [7] [8] [9]

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It is the second film produced by WAU Animation after Ejen Ali: The Movie (2019). It is a continuation of the third season of the Ejen Ali series. Ejen Ali: The Movie 2 has grossed RM55.1 million by June 2025, and became the highest-ever grossing animated film in Malaysia. [10]

Plot

Alicia inherits the I.R.I.S. from its previous holder Ali who is left in charge of Project S.A.T.R.I.A.—an experimental artificially intelligent liquid metal armour suit—created by Tekno pillar head Dayang. Dato Othman appoints Amir and Elle as the replacement Neuro and Inviso pillar leaders, and Rizwan, joined by previous Numeros agents Dos and Trez, requests Ali to find Numeros leader Cero's true identity by leaking classified M.A.T.A. reports which Ali declines.

Meanwhile at home, Ali is blackmailed by Neonimus—a rogue former M.A.T.A. Academy agent expelled for behavioural problems with the ability to hack and remotely access electronics—into leaking all the M.A.T.A.'s agents identities, arranging an attack on the Cyberaya SMART Tunnel. M.A.T.A. arranges an infiltration on Neonimus utilising him and Ali's battle to trial S.A.T.R.I.A. where Alicia saves the others from Neonimus' spider robots. The agents are then assigned to capture Neonimus in the Cybertopia amusement park as he prepares another attack. There, Neonimus captures Alicia, and hacks into the S.A.T.R.I.A. suit. After Alicia receives a premonition of S.A.T.R.I.A. destroying M.A.T.A. from I.R.I.S., Ali prepares to kill Neonimus but is intercepted by General Rama. Meanwhile, Rizwan's team go to the now-ruined Numeros lair to retrieve records about Neonimus.

Having himself detained, Neonimus uploads his virus into the M.A.T.A. headquarters, allowing Cero to control its electronics, forcing the pillar heads to evacuate to a nearby island. Alicia is given back I.R.I.S. by Rama who initially wanted to return it to Dayang. Ali heads to equip S.A.T.R.I.A. despite the risk of Cero overriding the already-compromised suit, turning Ali against the agents in the base including Alicia. Beaten, Alicia hands Ali the I.R.I.S., pleading him to defeat S.A.T.R.I.A., before Cero transfers her into it. Cero tells Ali his plans to liberate Cyberaya by undermining their corrupt leadership, and that Alicia was transferred due to her more rapid neural activity, allowing higher compatibility with S.A.T.R.I.A. Neonimus gloats his victory against the agents, but is subdued by Dos who arrives with Rizwan's team. Rizwan encourages Ali to save Cyberaya from Cero, motivating him with Alicia's prior achievements.

As Othman, Amir and Elle retreat to the island, Dayang reminds Amir and Elle of S.A.T.R.I.A.'s location, denouncing their cowardly decision to stay behind for Othman; Ali stops Trez from destroying Neonimus' controller, allowing him to reverse-engineer Neonimus' virus using I.R.I.S. and cleanse it from M.A.T.A.'s headquarters. After Cero reveals he attempted to detonate Cyberaya's central reactor, which would cause a chain explosion with the nearby underwater Azurium reserves, threatening their key people who would retreat to the nearby island's subterranean bunker, Ali overrides his I.R.I.S. to duel Cero and reach S.A.T.R.I.A.'s core in its dimension, shared with I.R.I.S.'s, digitalising one of Neonimus' spider robots inside. Rizwan and Dos physically fight S.A.T.R.I.A and cancel the detonation. Cero absorbs the M.A.T.A. pillar heads' data and begins torturing Ali with his past traumatic experiences. However, Alicia breaks free from S.A.T.R.I.A.'s core; the two make amends then materialise various objects to defeat Cero. Ali deploys the spider robot at the core, opening a black hole destroying it. As they escape, Cero attempts to drag Ali into the void with him, but Alicia sacrifices herself to help Ali escape, letting herself fall into the void with Cero.

As Alicia emerges from the destroyed S.A.T.R.I.A. suit, Dayang fails to decommission SATRIA as Othman removes her position as Tekno pillar head to Ganz's fury, having her transfer management of S.A.T.R.I.A. to him due to how dangerous it posed to Cyberaya. After the examinations, Ali joins friends and family to visit a now-amnesiac Alicia in the hospital, returning I.R.I.S. to her.

In credit-scenes, Rizwan hands Neonimus' controller containing his plans and communication logs to Dayang; Ali oddly fails to access Alicia's older records due to insufficient clearance.

Voice cast

Production

The film is expected to cost RM 10 million, which is higher than the first film's budget of RM 6.5 million. Production work began in early 2023 and involved local talent. [11]

WAU Animation also partnered with Tenaga Nasional Berhad as the main sponsor. [7]

Music

The film’s score is composed by Azri Yunus, as in the first movie.

The song "Hanya Kamu" performed by Dato' M. Nasir was released as the film’s theme song. It was co-written by Dato' M. Nasir and Azri Yunus. [12]

Release

WAU Animation officially announced the project on 13 September 2024 at the Malaysia Digital Content Festival 2024, revealing a first look at the SATRIA suit that will appear in the second film. [11] A second teaser video was released on 13 December 2024, introducing Neonimus as one of the new characters. [7] The third teaser was officially launched on 16 February 2025 during the 39th Anugerah Juara Lagu (AJL) along with a special performance of "Hanya Kamu" by Dato' M. Nasir. [12] [3] [13] [14]

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