Mat Kilau: Kebangkitan Pahlawan (English: Mat Kilau: The Rise of a Warrior) is a 2022 Malaysian Malay-language epic biographical action adventure film that is inspired by historical events[5][6][7] directed by Syamsul Yusof, starring Adi Putra as Mat Kilau bin Imam Rasu,[8] a Malay warrior who fought the British colonialists during the Pahang Uprising in Pahang, British Malaya before independence.

[9] The film features Beto Kusyairy, Fattah Amin, Yayan Ruhian, Geoff Andre Feyaerts and Johan As'ari in supporting roles.

[14] Events of the movie is set in 1892, during British colonial rule in Pahang, three years prior to the formation of the Federated Malay States.

In spirit of defending his homeland of Pahang and freeing it from further occupation, Mat Kilau, a Malay warrior, along with his father, Tok Gajah, and his friends, fought against the British administration.

[29] As of July 7, 2022, Mat Kilau: Kebangkitan Pahlawan became the highest-grossing local film of all time in Malaysia, breaking the record set by Munafik 2 in 2018.

[30] The film attracted controversies due to revelations of its funding and links to key people from ultra-conservative group Malaysian Muslim Solidarity (producer Abdul Rahman Mat Dali being a former president[1]) leading to scrutiny over the possible intention of the film as a whole to propagate ethnonationalism by depicting of Malays as flawless heroes whilst portraying Chinese and Indian characters as outright villains.

[32][33][34] In Free Malaysia Today, Kua Kia Soong criticised the film, describing it as exemplifying Malay ethnonationalism and depicting numerous ethnic stereotypes.

[35] Malaysian political science scholar Azmil Tayeb had written an article elaborating the connection of the Solidarity's ideology and its main figures with the film's production for the ISEAS – Yusof Ishak Institute journal Fulcrum, but he however was later forced to withdraw the piece after subsequent harassment by Malaysian far right groups.