I'm not sure what this Thai martial arts film was doing in a festival of fantasy and horror, but very enjoyable it was too. I've not yet seen "Ong Bak" which is meant to be in the same genre and something of a treat insofar as there is no reliance on wire work or CGI -- just real athleticism. This film is by the same director and stars the second lead of the earlier film (one Choupong Changprung -- so I can't say remember his name) as an undercover cop who has just lost his partner while capturing a mean drug lord. He travels with a group of athletes to a border village where they are attacked by terrorists looking to free the baddie. After that it is free-for-all mayhem, both bloody and spectacular.
There was a second Thai film shown called "P" (2005), directed by a westerner but otherwise thoroughly foreign. This was about a poor village girl who goes to the big city and becomes a "hostess" to earn money to send home. Because she is versed in magic, she begins to misuse her powers and a dark, evil second self emerges. I somehow doubt that this will ever make it to British screens, but who knows.
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I do like most of the Martial Arts films............better with sub titles though, they never seem to dub exactly right and it makes a mockery of some of them. I grew up with the Water Margin though so I think my interest was deep routed. Some are quite blood and guts maybe that's why they were there.xxRache
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