I suppose the reviewer previous to me is right in some respects. The setting is good, and this film shows a lot of "culture". If you don't mind turning off the sound and reading subtitles, this could be a decent movie.
Now I don't have a problem with every movie made on a low budget, but the script-reading was absolutely horrible. The script-readers were doing the bare minimum of their job... just reading. The first Ong Bak was, in my opinion, one of the best martial arts films I've seen in the last 10 years, and the Protector was enjoyable, too. This film has nowhere near the same exciting action sequences.
The acting was forgivable, though not very good, if only not made to look even worse by the bad script. Yes, thats not a mistake... not only was the script-reading done as if they had 2 days to finish, but the script itself was bad to begin with. The whole film just feels very cheesy because of these things.
That said, the action is not bad, just not as good as his other more famous movies, and there were other redeemable things to the movie. Still, I will never be able to recommend anyone to see this.
Now I don't have a problem with every movie made on a low budget, but the script-reading was absolutely horrible. The script-readers were doing the bare minimum of their job... just reading. The first Ong Bak was, in my opinion, one of the best martial arts films I've seen in the last 10 years, and the Protector was enjoyable, too. This film has nowhere near the same exciting action sequences.
The acting was forgivable, though not very good, if only not made to look even worse by the bad script. Yes, thats not a mistake... not only was the script-reading done as if they had 2 days to finish, but the script itself was bad to begin with. The whole film just feels very cheesy because of these things.
That said, the action is not bad, just not as good as his other more famous movies, and there were other redeemable things to the movie. Still, I will never be able to recommend anyone to see this.
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