Feb
7
Country: Thailand
Genre: Action/ Martial Arts
Director: Prachya Pinkaew
Year: 2005
Rating:
TRASH CINEMA RECOMMENDED MOVIE
When I first watched The Protector AKA Tom Yum Goong in the theater, I was irritated, in spite of the awesome martial arts sequences. It was obvious that Miramax had cut the living crap out of the movie. It barely made any sense. As […]
Nov
12
Country: Thailand
Genre: Action/Martial Arts
Director: Prachya Pinkaew
Year: 2008
Rating:
TRASH CINEMA HIGHLY RECOMMENDED MOVIE
Chocolate is a very simple movie. It quickly establishes a situation which will stoke the viewer’s righteous rage, and then proceeds to the main business of the film — an endless variety of excellent fight choreography and stunts, which only get better and more […]
Apr
16
Country: Thailand
Genre: Action/Martial Arts
Director: Prachya Pinkaew
Year: 2003
Rating:
TRASH CINEMA HIGHLY RECOMMENDED MOVIE
By the early 2000s, the amazing martial arts action and stunt work of the Golden Age of Hong Kong (1985-1995) was only a memory. The Hong Kong film industry had gotten civilized. Movie producers no longer used up acres of glass every time they […]
Jan
4
Country: Thailand
Genre: Action/Martial Arts
Director: Panna Rittikrai
Year: 2004
Rating:
TRASH CINEMA RECOMMENDED MOVIE
When I saw the trailer for Born To Fight, my reaction was “Woo-hoo!” That will probably be your reaction too, at least if you have any affection for the crazy stunts that used to be routine in Hong Kong action films during the Golden Age […]
Nov
14
Country: Thailand
Genre: Action/Martial Arts/Comedy
Director: Chalerm Wongpim
Year: 2006
Rating:
NOT WORTH YOUR TIME
After Ong Bak and The Protector, both featuring Tona Jaa doing mindblowing stunts and Thai kickboxing based fight scenes, I figured that Thailand was going to be the best new source of martial arts movies.
So, it was with some eagerness that I looked forward […]