REVIEW: The Hangover (2009)

From the director of the comedy OLD SCHOOL comes one of the most hilarious comedies that defines the terms “buddy comedy” and “misadventure” in one nicely wrapped up package.

What starts out as a fun bachelor party weekend for a group of best friends turns into the wackiest misadventures when groom-to-be Doug (Justin Bartha) is missing after a night of heavy partying. For Phil (Bradley Cooper), Stu (Ed Helms), and Alan (Zack Galifianakis), the day-long search for Doug becomes a day that they will never ever forget.

When the movie opens, we learn just a little about the central characters. Phil can be said to be the ringleader of the group. Not only is he Doug’s best man, but when it comes to partying, he is the top dog. Stu is pretty much the “whipped” guy of the group. He is constantly harassed by his girlfriend, who ironically, cheated on him months ago on a cruise ship, yet she still tells him to jump and he’s ready to break the trampoline. Alan is Doug’s future brother-in-law and someone who from the getgo, isn’t all there. However, for stand-up comic Galifianakis, he virtually steals the movie from his fellow cast members, including a memorable scene paying homage to the 1988 classic RAIN MAN.

The comic chemistry of Cooper, Helms, and Galifianakis is reminiscent of some of the great comedy teams of the old era. The many obstacles these three endure show the range of physical comedy that makes this a very funny film. A highlight of this brand of physical comedy involve the trio escaping jail time by volunteering to get the taser gun from a group of junior high kids.

The laughs are truly the delight of the film. From the first moment Alan sees a tiger in the bathroom the day after their wild night out, one can’t help but know they are in for a wild ride. Highlights include one of the other guys getting married, adventures in babysitting, and meeting Mike Tyson himself, who provides quite a funny cameo appearance. Getting in on the laughs in cameos are Heather Graham, Rachael Harris, and Mike Epps. Even the new “supporting comic actor of the year” Ken Jeong provides a memorable role as a Chinese gangster out to get the boys for money and his introduction in the movie is clearly memorable.

THE HANGOVER is definitely one of the funniest films of the year and if you haven't seen it, then go out and see it!

AlbertV's Rating: A+

Rated R for profanity, mild violence, and brief nudity.
Run time: 95 minutes.
Released by Warner Brothers Home Entertainment

Directed by Todd Phillips. Written by Jon Lucas and Scott Moore. Starring Bradley Cooper, Ed Helms, Zack Galifianakis, Justin Bartha, Heather Graham, Mike Epps, Ken Jeong

REVIEW: The Proposal (2009)

What do you get when you take MISS CONGENIALITY and VAN WILDER in the same film as one of the GOLDEN GIRLS? One of the funniest romantic comedies of the year.

Sandra Bullock plays Margaret Tate, a Canadian-born book editor who is known for her crazy temper and keeps her staff in check. While he does get annoyed with her ways of working, her assistant Andrew Paxton (Ryan Reynolds) stays loyal in hopes that he does make it as a book editor and even an author one day.

When Margaret learns she may end up being deported due to a failure to renew her visa to work in the United States, she comes up with a plan. She pretends to be engaged to Andrew. Andrew agrees on the condition that he gets his manuscript published and they head to Andrew's family's home in the small town...very small town of Sitka, Alaska.

This is where the fun begins. Andrew's family is somewhat famous in Sitka, having a variety of local shops with the Paxton name. Andrew's eccentric grandmother (Betty White) is about to turn 90. While Andrew goes along with the plan, he still has some sort of family issues involving his father (Craig T. Nelson), who expects more from Andrew. Meanwhile, as the weekend goes on, Margaret, who has never had a real family experience, begins to envy Andrew for the love his mother and grandmother have given not only him, but to her as well. However, will Margaret really begin to have feelings for Andrew or will somehow the plan they hatched be jeopardized?

There is just something with romantic comedies this year. There was the "bromantic" comedy I LOVE YOU MAN (2009) that was a hit film and now comes this film that shows some very funny on-screen chemistry between lead actors Sandra Bullock and Ryan Reynolds. Bullock is the very straight edge hard-at-work dominant woman of the so-called "engagement" while Reynolds steps back from bringing that sarcastic type of humor he played out in VAN WILDER and more recently, X-MEN ORIGINS: WOLVERINE, as the quiet yet loyal assistant who must act as the fiance.

Over the course of the film, Reynolds' character begins to gain a sense of confidence as he knows he is the only one who can prevent Bullock's character from getting deported back to Canada. Yet at the same time, she tends to make some pretty good comebacks to Andrew's "confident" manners. In one memorable scene, to show their relationship in front of his mother and grandmother, Andrew hugs Margaret and pats her on the bottom with Margaret threatening that if he touches her there again, she will pull a Lorena Bobbitt on him. Need I say more? Then of course, the famous scene where Andrew and Margaret accidentally bump into each other while both are fully nude...sorry, no nudity is shown, but seeing them both freak out at theis funny enough.

Betty White, famous for the series THE GOLDEN GIRLS, practically steals her scenes from anyone she is involved with. If one thought she brought our some craziness in the horror film LAKE PLACID, she ups the ante here as Andrew's grandmother. She tends to bring more sarcasm to the role as well as one memorable scene where she believes in spiritualism and does a dance which seeing her do it, is just flat out hysterical. She also tends to be the pivotal role when it comes to the somewhat damaged relationship between Andrew and his hard-nosed, stubborn father, played well by veteran Craig T. Nelson.

Of course, this being a film about a plan involving two opposites, someone who has seen their fair share of rom-coms know what to expect, yet it is the chemistry between Sandra Bullock and Ryan Reynolds, not to mention Betty White's scene stealing performance that makes THE PROPOSAL one of the above average rom-coms this year.

AlbertV's Rating: A

Rated PG-13 for language and adult situations.
Run Time: 108 minutes
Released by Touchstone Home Entertainment

Directed by Anne Fletcher. Written by Pete Chiarelli. Starring Sandra Bullock, Ryan Reynolds, Mary Steenburgen, Betty White, Craig T. Nelson, Malin Akerman, Aasif Mandvi, Oscar Nunez.

REVIEW: Van Wilder - Freshman Year (2009)

Only one question comes to mind. What were the producers thinking making this prequel to the 2002 hit National Lampoon film that helped launch Ryan Reynolds? Despite this film having its moments, this prequel just does not compare to the original or even its “sequel/spinoff”, THE RISE OF TAJ (2006) “sequel/spinoff”, THE RISE OF TAJ (2006).

Jonathan Bennett plays Van Wilder, who has just graduated from high school and is on his way to his father’s alma mater, Coolidge College. Upon arrival, he learns that college may not be all it is cracked up to be. The dean of the school, Corporal Reardon (Kurt Fuller), runs the school like it’s a military academy and has a hatred for the Wilder family. Naturally, he intends to do anything in his power to make Van leave Coolidge, including joining the ROTC program. There, he falls for his “commander”, Kaitlin (Kristin Cavallari) and makes life hell for Reardon and Kaitlin’s boyfriend Dirk (Steve Talley).

We all know the legend of Van Wilder and where it goes from there. Ryan Reynolds practically dominated the movie in 2002 when he played the “party liaison” who had to throw parties to pay his tuition after he is cut off by his father. Reynolds without a doubt IS Van Wilder. Jonathan Bennett, who takes over the role in this prequel, tries to be like Reynolds, but simply doesn’t do too good of a job. Not that he tries his hardest, because he does. Sadly, he just doesn’t really compare to Reynolds and quite frankly, they should have just left the legend alone.

There are some funny bits in the film that deems typical for this brand of “raunchy comedy”, such as a scene where Dirk and his ROTC group smear their faces with what they think it’s camouflage. It’s not and for this type of comedy, you can pretty much take a wild guess what the so-called “camouflage” actually is. Another involves Reardon thinking he is getting a massage, but gets something a little more extreme. It involves peanut butter and Van Wilder’s dog, who he meets coming out of a research lab. Once again, use your imagination.

What helped make the 2006 sequel/spinoff VAN WILDER 2: THE RISE OF TAJ is that Van has passed his brand of philosophy onto his assistant from the first film. That’s what made it an interesting film. However, as we learn how Van got his start. Well, some prequels work, this one doesn’t bode too well.

Unless you truly feel the need to see it, it is quite best to pretty much avoid VAN WILDER: FRESHMAN YEAR. It’s not as good as its predecessors and the lead tries too hard to be Ryan Reynolds, and doesn’t bode well.

AlbertV’s Rating: D-

Rated R for language, mild violence, sexual humor, and pure grossness.
Run Time: 91 minutes
Released by Paramount Home Entertainment

Directed by Harv Glazer. Written by Todd McCullough, based on characters created by Brent T. Goldberg and David Wagner. Starring Jonathan Bennett, Kristin Cavallari, Kurt Fuller, Steve Talley, Jerry Shea, Nic Nac, Nestor Absera.

REVIEW: My Life in Ruins (2009)

This latest outing from Nia Vardalos, the star of the wildly popular MY BIG FAT GREEK WEDDING (2002), features a scene stealing performance by Richard Dreyfuss with a great story involving a woman who learns to open up after going through failure after failure.

Vardalos plays Georgia, a Greek-American woman in Greece in hopes to find work at Athens University. However, due to cutbacks, she is forced to work as a tour guide to make ends meet. Needless to say, she hates her job and always gets the motley bunch while rival Nico (Alistair McKeown) gets the good group. She also learns that the driver for her latest tour is a Grizzly Adams lookalike named Procopi (Alexis Gergoulis), who goes by his nickname “Poupi” and his last name is Kakas (Get it?).

The tour group consists of people who look like they could be in line for a remake of POLICE ACADEMY (1984). By that, I mean the types of characters, not the actors themselves. They include an Australian couple who live to drink, two sex-starved yet sick of men Spanish divorcees, an obnoxious American couple, a bickering British couple with a daughter who never smiles, a businessman who is constantly on his cell phone, a backpacking American college student, and an elderly couple.

However, the highlight of the film and the big scene stealer is Irv (Richard Dreyfuss), an elderly man who loves to make wisecracks at anything and anyone. There is more to Irv than what it seems and he soon becomes Georgia’s true confidant and helps her with making drastic changes to her life. As the group travels towards Greece and somewhat learn, not only Georgia, but everyone involved in this trip, go through many drastic changes. There is even a hint of romance between Georgia and Poupi, who himself changes at first by looking more non-Grizzly Adams.

There is a subplot that involves the rivalry between Georgia and Nico. Their supervisor, Maria (Bernice Stegers) knows that Georgia doesn’t like her job much and when Nico offers to make Georgia quit for a raise, Maria agrees. Some of the movie is spent with Nico doing to anything to make Georgia more miserable, from mocking her group to making Gator (said American collegian) wear a shirt with Greek letters saying something rather towards a love for men but in a more risqué fashion.

Making his American debut, Greek actor Alexis Gergoulis looks like Ringo Starr meeting Dan Haggerty in the beginning. However, as time progresses, he changes and soon becomes Georgia’s love interest. He helps Georgia “open up” and helps with some of the comic relief of the film. Yet, along with Irv, he provides about talking why he doesn’t plan life and it helps inspire Georgia to be freer. Plus, that character name is something that is going to be the only thing this movie may be known for aside from Nia Vardalos. Where else are you going to find a movie with a guy named “Poupi Kakas”?

Richard Dreyfuss, as Irv, is just great to watch. He provides most of the comic relief as Georgia tries to be funny, but since her character isn’t supposed to be funny at first, all of the comedy is practically left to Irv. Irv churns out some pretty funny stuff at first, but then, he becomes more subtle with a little bit of funny. It is Irv who is the true inspiration for the group changing their ways and becoming more open and enjoy themselves, especially both Georgia and the bickering British couple.

Like MY BIG FAT GREEK WEDDING, the film was executive produced by Tom Hanks and wife Rita Wilson, who makes a cameo as Irv’s departed wife. While Vardalos didn’t write the screenplay this time around, she must have had a hand in the story as it shows a bit of a comical yet nice representation of Greece…for the most part. Furthermore, look for a funny cameo by Vardalos’ husband, Ian Gomez, as a crazy Greek hotel clerk.

If you liked MY BIG FAT GREEK WEDDING, chances are you will like MY LIFE IN RUINS. It’s not as good as MY BIG FAT GREEK WEDDING, but it’s still a fun film to check out.

AlbertV’s Rating: B

Rated PG-13 for language and sexual humor.
Run time: 94 minutes
Released by 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment.

Directed by Donald Petrie. Written by Mike Reiss. Starring Nia Vardalos, Richard Dreyfuss, Alexis Gergoulis, Harland Williams, Rachel Dratch, Caroline Goodall, Ian Ogilvy, Jareb Duplaise, Rita Wilson, Ian Gomez.

REVIEW: Las Vegas Warrior (2002)

Another entry in the now sub-genre of “illegal fight movie” comes courtesy of director Nastasha Baron. The film, originally titled MU SA DO, is two stories interconnecting all revolving around an illegal underground ring operation in Sin City, Las Vegas.

Chase Somete (Laurie Hanley) is an investigative reporter for local news show Behind the Story. Her next assignment is professional martial arts fighting in Las Vegas. Showing a display of unenthusiasm, she takes her team of Jimmy (Earl Wadden) and Andre (Jason Simpson) to Vegas to see a bout between Iranian-born taekwondo champion Alexi Zarjampour (Alexi Zarjampour) and Korean-born fighter Suk Nam (Suk Woo Nam). When Suk kills Alexi, Chase and her team have found their story.

With the help of seafood deli owner and informant Gill (Nic Amoroso), Chase learns of an underground fight ring operating in Vegas with its star fighter being none other than Suk. However, Suk has a reason for his fighting. His father was killed by the organizers of the fight ring and had been raised since childhood as part of the “family”, owing a large debt to his uncle. Suk becomes torn as he wants to get out of the fight game once and for all. As Chase gets closer to her story, Suk must make a choice, one that will affect his life forever.

While the film can be pretty much summed as typical B-movie fare, it does hold up some character development in terms of one of its lead characters. While one of the two major plots that connect the film involve a no-nonsense investigative reporter trying to get her story on the Vegas illegal fight ring and its connection to a dead fighter in a professional bout, one can’t help but show a little empathy for the titular “warrior” of the film. As doomed fighter Suk Nam, Suk Woo Nam does his best to play a man who wants nothing more than to fight in order to pay his debt and live a free life once and for all. Going through flashbacks of witnessing his father’s murder as a child, Suk is determined to do anything not to end up like his father.

While the film begins to have its potential, one character in the film somewhat ruins the excitement of the overall production. Chase’s assistant Jimmy Olson (yes, named after the famous SUPERMAN character), played by Earl Wadden, is one of the most annoying characters ever seen on film. He only cares about living the high life just because he is part of a major news broadcast. While Chase and Andre don’t care about staying at a rat-infested place just to get their story on Suk, Jimmy whines about wanting to stay at a five-star. His constant whining can make someone want to go up to the screen, reach in there and smack him so many times.

Suk Woo Nam, an expert in Hapkido, not only co-stars in the film, but served as producer and fight choreographer. For a film about underground fighting, Nam did a decent job, using a more realistic combination of some taekwondo and jujitsu, perhaps one of the early predecessors to today’s mixed martial arts fighting films. In some fights, some of them are marred by the usual close ups and quick cuts, while one fight scenes mainly is shot from overhead angle, showing more technique and impact, making it for a pretty decent fight scene. For this being Nam’s only film, it is quite a shame he hasn’t made any more films to date as he could have improved some more on fight choreography should he continue to make films.

From a decent beginning to a downward spiral full of annoyance and a somewhat disappointment of an ending, LAS VEGAS WARRIOR definitely holds rank as typical B-movie, but if Suk Woo Nam makes another film, perhaps he will have something a little better to work with, but overall, definitely worth at least a rental.

AlbertV's Rating: C+

Not Rated.
Run Time: 93 minutes
Released by Trinity Home Entertainment

Directed by Nastasha Baron. Written by Tom Hanley. Starring Laurie Hanley, Suk Woo Nam, Earl Wadden, Jason Simpson, Ryf Van Rij, Nic Amoroso. Fight choreographer/stunt coordinator Suk Woo Nam.

REVIEW: Role Models (2008)

Actor Paul Rudd has come off some great roles in his career as of late with his roles in ANCHORMAN (2004), THE 40 YEAR OLD VIRGIN (2006), and KNOCKED UP (2007). Here, he proves not only can he pull off comedy in front of the cameras, but with the help of director David Wain and two others, he can pull off co-writing a very funny comedy.

Rudd teams up with Seann William Scott (Stifler in the first three installments of the AMERICAN PIE series) as Dave and Wheeler, two spokesmen for an energy drink called Minotaur. While they are promoting the drinks to various schools, they have their issues. Dave is a sourpuss who has somewhat of an attitude problem, something that forces his lawyer girlfriend Beth (Elizabeth Banks) to leave him. Meanwhile, Wheeler is the typical “player”, always chasing any woman in order to get her in the sack.

One day, both their lives change after a fight with a tow truck driver forces them to make a choice: jail or community service. They choose the community service and they spend time playing big brothers to two kids. Dave gets Augie (Christopher Mintz-Plasse), a loser who spends his time going to LAIRE, a sort of live action Dungeons and Dragons. Wheeler gets Ronnie (Bobb’e Thompson), a foul-mouthed eleven year old kid whose mouth is his biggest problem.

While Dave and Wheeler first only care about getting their community service over and done with, they soon begin to grow closer to the two kids, really becoming “big brothers”. However, two incidents may jeopardize their chances of their getting out of jail and forcing them to decide what is best for not only the kids, but themselves as well.

It seems that Paul Rudd could steal the scenes from any movie that he has recently appeared in, but here, he is given one of his first lead roles and well, the way the movie was written, who better than to find his comic screen buddy in Seann William Scott. Scott, who will forever be known as the original “Stifler”, seems somewhat typecast as they may as well have called his character “Steve”. It is virtually the same role as in the AMERICAN PIE films that he brings here, however, it’s not more or less the usual Stifler than the changed Stifler from AMERICAN WEDDING (2002). Comparing the two main characters, it is Rudd’s Dave who goes through the most change here as he has not one, but two relationships to fix throughout the film.

The kids they are forced to watch are played by Christopher Mintz-Plasse and Bobb’e Thompson. Mintz-Plasse, perhaps known as “McLovin’” in the hilarious SUPERBAD (2007) and the superhero in the upcoming KICK ASS, brings his nerdy style to a tee as Augie, a typical geek who has a passion for the medieval and even re-enacts it in what can only be described as a cross between a live action Dungeons and Dragons and Dark Ages of Camelot. Bobb’e Thompson, best known as the troublemaker Stanley on the Disney series THAT’S SO RAVEN, plays virtually the same role except with more of a mouth that will want his mother to break out the soap.

Some of the supporting characters play off their roles very well. Elizabeth Banks does well as the more “conscious” Beth, while the very popular Jane Lynch just brings it as the owner of the organization Dave and Wheeler must go to for their community service. Since seeing him as the wacky doctor in KNOCKED UP, Ken Jeong was destined for being funny and he continues here as the LAIRE’s King, Argotron. One look at him and the way he comes off, most likely one will start to laugh. Thankfully, Jeong has made himself one of the best supporting comedian actors of this generation.

ROLE MODELS is not just for fans of “Stifler” Seann William Scott, but definitely fans of some of today’s best comedies. It is a heartwarming…oh, who are we kidding? It’s a funny, at times laugh out loud look at the lives of two men who change while being “big brothers”.

AlbertV’s Rating: B

Rated R for language, nudity, sexuality, and mild violence.
Run time: 99 minutes.
Released by Universal Pictures.

Directed by David Wain. Written by David Wain, Paul Rudd, Ken Marino, and Timothy Dowling. Story by Timothy Dowling and William Blake Herron. Starring Seann William Scott, Paul Rudd, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, Bobb’e Thompson, Elizabeth Banks, Jane Lynch, Ken Jeong, Ken Marino, Kerry Kenney-Silver. Stunt coordinator Jeff Imada.

REVIEW: Power Kids (2009)

Thai stunt master Panna Rittikrai has the tendency to impress fans with his brand of martial arts choreography and stunt work. While ONG BAK (2003) launched Tony Jaa and CHOCOLATE (2008) launched Jeeja Yanin, this action film he co-produced may be the launching pad for the next generation of his team. After all, the protagonists are all played by teenagers.

Raised in a Thai boxing school run by Master Lek (Arunya Pawilai), four teenagers and a pre-teen train in Muay Thai and at times, get themselves in trouble. Wut (Nantiwooti Boonrasap) is the eldest of the teens, doing his best to become a future kick boxer alongside Kat (Sasisa Jindamanee). Jib (Nawarat Techarathanaprasert) doesn't practice much and instead, spends her time racing remote controlled cars. Then, there's resident troublemaker Phong (Paytaai Wongkamlao), who always boasts about his father and gets not only himself, but the others in trouble.

The youngest of the five in Wun, Wut's little brother, who has a heart condition and wishes to be like his big brother and spend more time with them outside of the school. When Wun receives a RC car for his birthday and races it the next day, he causes trouble with a local gang boss. While running away, Wun ends up having a heart attack and goes to the hospital. The kids and Master Lek learn that a young boy who passed away in another hospital has been able to donate his heart to Wun. Things, however, become chaotic when a band of terrorists take over the hospital where Wun's new heart is located. Determined to help his brother, Wut leads the rest of the teens to the hospital in an attempt to get the heart to save Wun.

Directed by Krissanaporn Rachata, this latest film from producer Prachya Pinkaew and his Baa-Ram-Ewe film company with the assistance of Panna Rittikrai's team is nothing short of a highlight reel for the next generation of stunt fighters. The film's teen stars learned well from Rittkrai and his stunt team. While Rittikrai supervised the action himself, it is his longtime collaborator Banlu Srisaeng who took on the main choreography duties.

While two of the teen stars look very familiar, the lead actor, Nantiwooti Boonrasap, looks amazingly impressive and from the way he moves, it looks like Thailand may have found its next Tony Jaa or even Dan Chupong (star of Rittikrai's 2004 film BORN TO FIGHT). When it comes to the story, Boonrasap displays some pretty good acting too as a brother determined to do anything to make sure his brother gets well. In the scene where he takes his brother to the hospital, Boonrasap displays such emotion that it is quite easy to show sympathy for him.

Boonrasap works well in the action department when he teams up with BORN TO FIGHT's Sasisa Jindamanee, who has gone from a ten-year old junior Muay Thai champion to what could be the next Jeeja Yanin. After BORN TO FIGHT, Jindamanee continued her training with Rittikrai's team, showcasing her skills in the recent action-comedy SOMTUM (2008) alongside Nawarat Techarathanaprasert, who co-stars in this film as race car expert Jib. Now at the age of fifteen, Jindamanee still shows that she hasn't lost a step and does a great job in the action department.

The comic foil of the film comes in the form of the character of Phong, played by Paytaai Wongkamlao. If the last name looks familiar as well as his looks, it will come as no surprise. Wongkamlao is the real-life son of one of Thailand's most beloved comic actors, Petchtai Wongkamlao. The elder is best known for his roles in ONG-BAK, THE BODYGUARD (2006) and THE BODYGUARD 2 (2007), and recently, a cameo in ONG-BAK 2 (2009). In fact, in the beginning of the film, Phong gets a letter from his dad and there are pictures of the elder Wongkamlao and Master Lek tells Phong that he does look exactly like his father. The younger Wongkamlao doesn't fight much in the film like his fellow actors, but his comic relief is somewhat reminiscent of his father. He is definitely a chip off the old block.

The terrorists taking over the hospital have their own agenda as well. Known as the Teelaw, they are described as a minority in Thailand and go to extremes to get equal rights among the people of Thailand. Playing the lead terrorist in this film is Vietnamese-born martial arts actor and stuntman Johnny Nguyen. Coming off his first lead role in THE REBEL (2007), Nguyen had worked with Rittikrai's team before, playing a villain in TOM YUM GOONG (aka THE PROTECTOR) (2005), opposite Tony Jaa. Nguyen doesn't really shine action-wise until the climatic finale, where he pretty much unleashes his skills against the kids, notably Wut and Kat, who are obviously the best of the fighting teens.

Speaking of action, while fans love seeing Rittikrai's style of action, here comes the only flaw of the film. The problem with the fight scenes is a little overdose of slow motion use and at times, the techniques seem too repetitive. The overuse of slow motion was also done in Rittikrai's BORN TO FIGHT (2004). Overall, it does bring that style to good use coming from a young cast, yet the repetitiveness and slow motion overdose tends to be quite annoying after a while. Thankfully, the film only runs at approximately 75 minutes. Because of its running time, the first time seeing the moves repeated over and over again may seem annoying, but perhaps after a second viewing combined with the run time, it may end up being not too bad.

What can be pretty much described in a nutshell as 3 NINJAS meets DIE HARD, POWER KIDS is a decent effort from Pinkaew and Rittikrai. While it has somewhat of a decent storyline, it is like many other recent Thai action films, a highlight reel of stunts and martial arts action. However, we may have the next Tony Jaa and Jeeja Yanin in the forms of Nantiwooti Boonrasap and Sasisa Jindamanee. This is definitely worth at least a rental.

AlbertV’s Rating: B-

Not rated.
Run time: 74 minutes.
Released by Sahamongkol Film/Baa-Ram-Ewe

Directed by Krissanaporn Rachata. Written by Napalee, Nonont Kontaweesook, and Piyaros Thongdee. Starring Nantiwooti Boonrasap, Sasisa Jindamanee, Nawarat Techarathanaprasert, Paytaai Wongkamlao, Johnny Nguyen, Arunya Pawilai, Conan Stevens. Action supervisor Panna Rittikrai. Action choreographer Banlu Srisaeng.