Singaporean movie star Aaron Aziz gets his first shot at directing himself

Good cops, bad job: Aaron Aziz and Nabil Ahmad play two cops who botched up a major undercover operation in Kuala Lumpur in Romeo Kota: Fail Kriptik. After that, the duo gets assigned to a new department under the mysterious Sofi Jikan.

A buddy cop movie? Aaron Aziz's directorial debut isn't what he had in mind, but he'll take it.

One month before Aaron Aziz was scheduled to start shooting Romeo Kota: Fail Kriptik, he received an offer from the movie's producer, Ahmad Idham, to do more than just act in it. "He knew that I’ve been wanting to direct a movie for some time," Aaron said. "So he asked if I would like to take on Romeo Kota as a director.”