Archive for 'Thai Movies' Category

Last Life in the Universe by Pen Ek Ratanaruang (2003)

8 December 2007

I saw this film because it was shot by my favorite cinematographer, the drunk and amazing Christopher Doyle, and it is certainly an interesting film, but very strange. Especially with 2 characters who can barely communicate, and an ending that gives clues, but does not give away much of anything. I think I may have […]

Dynamite Warrior ฅนไฟบิน™ by Chalerm Wongpim (2006)

18 September 2007

This is an over the top wire fu action spectacular, with lead, Dan Chupong warting a hat reminiscent of Indiana Jones, and it really makes me yearn for the good old days in Hong Kong when they too used to make ridiculous action spectaculars like this. Unfortunately those days are over, but luckily it seems […]

Tom Yum Goong by Prachya Pinkaew (2005)

13 December 2005

I was sold after seeing Ong Bak I was sold on this team of Tony Jaa and Prachya Pinkaew, and this film just cemented it more. Once again I hear complaints about the story, well it isn’t a bad story, it is just a simple story. Ong Bak was about a man going to get […]

Born to Fight by Panna Rittikrai (2004)

10 October 2005

I checked this out because it is produced by Prachya Pinkaew who directed Ong Bak, so I expected a light story and amazing action, and i wasn’t at all disapointed. Sure the story is ridiculous, and just a means to have a war of fight scenes with athletes and gymnasts and thai boxers against evil […]

Ong Bak by Prachya Pinkaew (2003)

11 February 2005

I have been hearing nothing but bad things about this movie, that the story was awful, and that it only had good action. Well I am pleased to report that this is wrong. Sure it isn’t a complicated story, but the story is good enough, and better than many recent American action films. And […]