Malbatt: Misi Bakara has certainly resonated with the audience, earning RM26mil at the box office after 11 days of screening in Malaysia, Brunei and Singapore.

The film is also a project that Somali American actor Musa Aden is proud to be a part of.

Malbatt depicts Malaysian peacekeepers stationed in Somalia, Mogadishu, in 1993, participating in a mission to rescue American soldiers trapped behind enemy lines.

The incident was the basis for the 2001 film Black Hawk Down, directed by Ridley Scott. However, in that film there was no mention of Malaysian Batallion (Malbatt).