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• Director: Prachya Pinkaew
• Genre: Crime/Drama/Thriller/Action/Adventure
• Year: 2005

Here is the thing, your enjoyment of this movie will largely depend on the expectations you carry into the movie. Unfortunately, most people are talking up this movie based entirely on the actions scenes. I came into it expecting a pretty damned good movie, because everybody is just waving their hands over their heads, soiling their shorts about how sweet it is…but they really do not mean the movie (at least I hope not) they mean the action sequences and the fights.

I will give them that much the fights are pretty damned impressive and the fact that Tony Jaa does all his stunts is similarly amazing. I will take nothing away from that field, because if that is all you care about from this movie, then you will certainly not be disappointed. However, if you, like I did, expect a plot and character development, or even somewhat decent acting, you are going to be in for a bruising surprise, because none of that exists here. To the point where about an hour into it I felt like just turning it off and playing Ghost Recon instead. Only reason I finished it was because I would have to review it for Turtle Pellets this week.

So there it is, a sub par movie with a sorry attempt for a plot with kick ass fighting. Up to you to decide if its worth an hour and however many minutes of your life.

Rating: 2 out of 5
Notes: There is one pretty hot scene with a chick in her underwear in a mud bath. No nudity but young impressionable boys will be certainly stricken.
Quote: Screw the quote, I am not going to bother with this one, dialogue is pretty bad.