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Year: 2019

Thai title: แสงกระสือ
English title: Inhuman Kiss

Rating: 5/5
Director: Sittisiri Mongkolsiri

Main actor: โอบนิธิ วิวรรธนวรางค์
Main actress: ภัณฑิรา พิพิธยากร

Thai movie แสงกระสือ / Inhuman Kiss was released in year 2019 and lasts 1h57mn. It was released under DVD format. Movie director is Sittisiri Mongkolsiri. The movie was a box office success in Thailand and reached more than 100M THB. It was released overseas in Hong Kong, Singapore… A few children including Noi, Sai and Cheut are playing at nighttime near an abandoned scary house. Sai finds something intriguing in a coffer… Many years have passed. Sai is now a beautiful young lady and is still a close friend with Cheut. She is acting as the nurse for the village. They haven't seen Noi for years. Villagers are worried as several deaths occurred recently. Elders are suspecting a Krasue ghost (กระสือ). One evening, Sai and Cheut meet with Noi. Noi is among a group of hunters looking to kill Krasue ghosts. Villagers shall close their shutters at nighttime. Strangely, Sai's home shutters are opened in the morning despite she closed them, and blood was found on her bed. Sai vomits blood. A buffalo is found dead. Cheu joins the hunters to train on weapons. Noi claimed there was a Krasue in his village in order to come back. Noi wishes to be a doctor. Cheut loves Sai. Sai is feeling unwell. A baby is stolen. Noi sees the Krasue going to Sai's house and understands Sai is the Krasue ghost that hunters are looking for. Noi thinks about fleeing so Sai is disappointed. Finally, he changes his mind and decides to help Sai to recover. Every day, he brings chicken to the Krasue at nighttime to avoid it flies away looking for food. The hunters are puzzled as the Krasue has disappeared. Meanwhile the village Buddhist monk recommends to Noi to find special herbs for Sai. One day, a little girl gets cured at the village hospital. She drinks in the same glass used by Sai and gets infected. At nighttime, she becomes a Krasue. The hunters kill it and are aware that the little girl went to hospital the day she died. They suspect Sai. Sai and Noi flee to find the medicinal herbs near the old scary house. Sai eats the herbs. Upset to see Noi and Sai kissing, Cheut punches Noi. Meanwhile Sai goes inside the home and understands how she became a Krasue before. Becoming a Krasue again, she chases the hunters away. Cheut tries to interpose against the hunters but gets beaten. Most of the people in the hunting camp are found dead. The head of hunters accuses Sai. Sai accuses him of trying to rape her. As Cheut acknowledges this statement to protect Sai, the head of hunter is banned from the village. Cheut gets punished by the head of hunters, who is in fact a Krahang (กระหัง). Sai keeps eating medicinal herbs to prevent becoming a Krasue but it runs out. Meanwhile Cheut is achieving his transformation into a Krahang. Sai and Noi are considering fleeing. On the due date, Sai's parents bring her to see outdoor movie so she cannot flee. Having no more herbs, she becomes a Krasue again causing people to flee. The head of hunters try to kill Sai but Cheut opposes. He gets killed. As Noi interposes also, Sai helps and a monk shoots the head of hunters. Meanwhile villagers hit badly Sai's body. The monk recommends them to flee as they are chased by an angry mob. Reaching a boat, Sai refuses to leave further. They both know Sai's body is damaged beyond repair. Cheut's father shoots at the Krasue...

Year: 2019

Thai title: พี่นาค
English title: Pee Nak

Rating: 4/5
Director: Phontharis Chotkijsadarsopon

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Thai movie พี่นาค / Pee Nak was released in year 2019 and lasts 1h49mn. The movie director is Phontharis Chotkijsadarsopon. It is a Five Star Production. This is a movie mixing comedy and horror. A young man, who wants to become a monk in a Buddhist temple, sees a strange ceremony happening in the main chapel. He sees ghosts performing a ceremony and runs away. The ghosts catch him, and he ends up hanged under the main entrance of the temple. Four former students, including Kot / Nong / Balloon / First, meet in a bus. Three of them are katoey (กะเทย). The bus driver sees in his mirror that one of the young men, Kot, has no head anymore, meaning he will die soon. The driver faints and the bus has an accident. Kot dies in the crash. Nong's father wishes his son to ordain, but he is not willing. Finally, a monk convinces him. The three young men decide to ordain to pay respect to their friend Kot, who just died. The chosen temple is just near the bus crash location. This is the Buddhist temple, where the young man willing to ordain was found hanged. A monk gives an amulet to Nong, saying it will be useful in the future. Many strange events (แปลกๆ) occur in the Buddhist temple. Ot is a temple boy helping the temple abbot. Temple funeral happens for the young man found hanged. Only his sister joins as their parents are dead. Nong likes the young lady. Friends First and Balloon are responsible for keeping the dead body during nighttime. First and Balloon are afraid of ghosts (ผีหลอก). The body has disappeared from the coffin, but they find it back. They discover that nobody ever ordains in this Buddhist temple. All people about to become ordained (นาค) die first. The three friends start to be worried as they only ordain to pay merit to defunct (บวชแก้บน) and not to become monk (บวชพระ). Some local people complain that กะเทย cannot ordain. They face a crazy aunt in the Buddhist temple taking care of a shrine (ศาล). She believes Nong is a young man she wrongly recognizes. The spirit warns Nong not to ordain if he doesn't want to die. The abbot tells them it is still very important to ordain. It is related to the Buddhist story regarding Nak (นาค - people who are going to the Buddhist temple and about to become ordained). As the spirit is a Nak unable to ordain, he refuses that anybody else can ordain. The abbot is found dead in his cell. The ordination ceremony for the three friends shall continue to support the novice and the temple boy. Tui. Balloon’s boyfriend breaks up with Balloon by SMS. Balloon is upset and destroys the shrine through a crisis. The three friends start to understand the story. A few years ago, a mother was bringing his son, a former ruffian for ordination in this Buddhist temple. Her son died while being ordained. She has become crazy since that time. They finally repair the shrine to ease the spirit. On the following day, they shall ordain. First's father is coming. The spirit is still upset and wishes to kill them. As the spirit wishes to ordain, they open the grave but cannot find the body. In order to ease the spirit, they do perform an ordination ceremony through an iPad with a remote abbot as the local abbot is dead. But it fails as one of the questions is about if the candidate to ordination is human or not. A ghost is not human (ไม่ได้เป็นมนุษย์). Finally the spirit listens to his mother and accepts to leave this world. The ordination of the 3 friends can happen peacefully.

Year: 2019

Thai title: บอดี้การ์ดหน้าเหลี่ยม
English title: The Protector

Rating: 3/5
Director: Pipat Jomkoh

Main actor: Mum Jokmok,Thep Po-ngam,Ekkachai Srivichai,Chusak Aiemsuk
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Thai movie บอดี้การ์ดหน้าหัก / The Protector was released in year 2019 and lasts 1h19mn. The movie director is Pipat Jomkoh. Mok Jokmok already played in the movies "Bodyguard" 1 in 2004 and 2 in 2007. It is a mix of comedy and action. Kam Kon (Mum Jokmok) is a guard in a bank. He is an expert with sling. Choon is an Indonesian businessman. One evening, an Indonesian man puts a USB key in Choon's pocket. Ruffians led by Ed Carabao try to kill him. Kam Kon meets Choon by luck in a noodle soup shop. As the ruffians shoot people in the shop, Kam Kon helps Choon's bodyguard to push back assaillants with his sling. As Choon's bodyguard is shot, Kam Kon becomes his protector. The ruffians, led by the Indonesian ambassador, capture Choon's daughter. Taking the profit that Kam Kon goes to buy some food, the ruffians capture Choon. Ruffians features the Carabao group members, Thep Po-ngam and singer Ekkachai Srivichai. Kam Kon meets Dim (หรินทร์ สุธรรมจรัส) and relates what happened. Mobile phones have been exchanged by mistake and the USB key is now with Kam Kon. Ruffians threaten Choon and his daughter, but the USB key is not with him anymore. The ruffians identify that Kam Kon is a former commando soldier. Both groups identify their location thanks to the phone. Kam Kon calls his friend Pai (สิตางศุ์ ปุณณภพ) to support him. The group led by Kam Kon attacks the ruffians' secret location. Ruffians are defeated and Choon agrees for his daughter to marry Dim.

Year: 2019

Thai title: หหลวงตามหาเฮง
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Rating: 3/5
Director: เจริญ รุ่งเรืองทรัพย์

Main actor: Akom Preedakul
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Thai movie หหลวงตามหาเฮง was released in year 2019 and lasts 2h03mn. Movie director is เจริญ รุ่งเรืองทรัพย์. This comedy features a few Buddhist messages encouraging people to stop playing the lottery. This is the start of the Buddhist Lent. Luang Ta (Akom Preedakul) invites his followers to be back on August 15. Meanwhile, some locals interpret his words and extract numbers from them. They wish to buy lottery tickets featuring Luang Ta lucky numbers (เลขหลวงตา) such as 888. Luang Ta has three disciples (ลูกศิษย์) to help him but they are quite lazy. Two rich ladies are earning money through an illegal lottery organisation (หวยเถื่อน). They lose a lot of money at Luang Ta's numbers are really lucky. They lose again as people still interpret Luang Ta’s speeches as numbers. Luang Ta asks them to stop playing the lottery. The ladies' two sons are becoming policemen and soldiers. As a joke, Luang Ta mentions he may end up as prime minister! One third lady won the 30M THB lottery, but she collapsed as a shock. She was close to a crazy lady (คนบ้า) who cannot help. A mother having thrown away her child twenty years ago in the Buddhist temple comes back to see Luang Ta. Her son, being of Luang Ta's disciples, refuses to forgive. The rich mother cannot get used to the fact that his policeman son gets a wife much older than him. The mother calls a shaman (หมอผี) to chase the wife, but it fails. Meanwhile the two ladies keep losing money as people buy tickets with numbers mentioned by Luang Ta in sermons. They hire two small thugs to kidnap Luang Ta to prevent him from sharing anymore numbers. The crazy lady, having heard the thugs, inform the three disciples for them to release Luang Ta. The two rich ladies are very concerned as they are close to bankruptcy, so they ask the two thugs to get rid of Luang Ta by any means. Seeing one of Lang Ta's disciples involved in drugs (ยาบ้า), it gives them ideas. The city market is facing an upsurge of drug traffic. Many teens are addicted. Parents are looking for the traffickers. The two thugs accuse Luang Ta, so the villagers wish Luang Ta and his disciples to quit the district (ออกไป). One of the disciples, Som, mentions he borrowed money from the local mafia to start a small lottery business, but he was not involved in drugs. When Som is giving back the borrowed money, the mafia mentions it is not enough. A fight occurs. Friends come to help but Som ends up at hospital. Luang Ta visits Som at hospital at same time and gets shot by accident by ruffians. Luang Ta hospital bills increase to 300,000 THB. The policeman and soldier help with their golden Buddha amulets but it is not enough. Luckily Rot, one of Luang Ta's disciples, wins the lottery as his dog has chosen a lucky ticket. He gets hit by a car while rushing to the lottery shop. Finally, he doesn't die but loses one arm. Luang Ta and his three disciples leave for Bangkok. Luang Ta reminds the villagers not to play lottery anymore and especially the illegal lottery.

Year: 2018

Thai title: ไม่มีสมุยสำหรับเธอ
English title: Samui song

Rating: 5/5
Director: Pen-Ek Ratanaruang

Main actor: David Asavanond
Main actress: Laila Boonyasak

Thai movie ไม่มีสมุยสำหรับเธอ / Samui song was released in year 2017 and lasts 1h48mn. Movie director is Pen-Ek Ratanaruang. A car accident happens as the driver tries to avoid a body on the ground. The lady driver Wee (Laila Boonyasak) is injured and ends up at hospital. She meet a man called Kai (David Asavanond) and tells him about her personal problems. Her French middle age husband, Chalom, is being influenced by a local guru (ท่าน) and is spending a lot of time in his meditation retreat. The master has bad reputation of being a butterfly man with his lady disciples. Wee doesn't believe in him. Wee talks on the phone through a toilets scene. Wee is a former Thai TV serie (ละครโทรทัศน์) star. The couple argued about this master (บ้าๆ) so she fled as her husband slapped her. While fleeing from home, she had a car accident. Kai suggests she should divorce but she is stuck as she would get nothing if she is the one initiating the divorce. Back from hospital, she stays home, and her husband is upset as the car is severely damaged. The French husband invited the master and two of his close disciples to his home. After talking religion, they ask for beer! After a while, the master asks to go to Wee's room (she is all yours). The husband tried to have masturbation while watching his wife and the guru, but he is impotent. She decides to call Kai. Kai asks for 800 000 THB. Kai needs money as his mother has Alzheimer disease. The killing doesn't end up as scheduled. Due to rainy day, he slips while going to shoot the husband. He must kill him with a heavy bronze object. In the morning, the body has disappeared. The police finds the injured body on the road. While her husband is at hospital, the master invites himself to Wee's home, but she asks him to leave. Later, buried items used during the murder tentative are found in the forest. Two ruffians follow Kai and enter in his home. He is able to get rid of them and flees with his sick mum. They take refuge in a Buddhist temple. About to steal money from the temple, he is captured by ruffians. The story moves to a movie projection on an island. A teenage girl Noi is aggressed by a man. The teenage girl is rescued and finds shelter in a young lady having a child already. They become lovers. Back home, Kai is waiting for the lady. It is Wee, who changed appearance! A fight occurs as Kai comes for revenge. The movie ends with a confusion between real life and TV series life. What is the story real or just a TV series? The movie theater release was forbidden in Thailand below 18 years old due to some troubling scenes.

Year: 2018

Thai title: ฮักแพง
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Rating: 3/5
Director: ธีรเดช สพันอยู่

Main actor: Akom Preedakul
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Thai movie ฮักแพง was released in year 2018 and lasts 1h52mn. It is an Isan romance musical movie. Isan language is used. Multiple comic sequences are featured including Thai typical flatulence jokes. Movie director is ธีรเดช สพันอยู่. Two singers, Saep (แซ็ค ชุมแพ) and Ton (เบิ้ล ปทุมราช อาร์สยาม), from a Molam troupe, love the same lady Pim (ลำไย ไหทองคำ), but her father opposes. A female singer from the same Molam troupe, Muk (ธัญญ่า อาร์สยาม), loves Ton. Akom Preedakul is playing a music producer. Pim's parents want to marry their daughter to a rich groom. They wish to marry Pim to Tom, the music producer's son. They believe love will come by itself. The music producer convinces his son to drop his girlfriend Fan in favor of Pim. Saep and Ton try to oppose the wedding, but the father chases them. Muk loves Ton, but it is not reciprocal as Ton considers her as a younger sister only. Pim doesn't dare to conflict with her mother. Fan is the former girlfriend of Son (ก้อง ห้วยไร่). He is heartbroken but overcomes his sadness to become a singer hired by the music producer. The music producer is very mean and gives him a small salary. Ton finally understands Muk's love towards him. He intervenes when the music producer wishes Muk, as Molam singer, to wear a coyote outfit. As the music producer insists too much, he punches him. The music producer promises to avenge. Pim has to marry soon with Tom. As Saep and Ton have great success on YouTube, the music producer hires them but lies on the contract amount, so they punch him. Pim stops the wedding with Tom and Tom gets punched by all his former girlfriends including Fan. Son, fed up to get a small salary from the music producer, also quits. The three friends organise a big concert ฮักแพง. To disrupt their efforts, the music producer kidnaps them, but they succeed to flee through modified farm trucks (รถอีแต๋น). Meanwhile fans are waiting for the singers. Ekkachai Srivichai, believing he is in Nakhon Sri Thammarat and not in Nakhon Ratchasima, is willing to help, but Isan fans want Molam music. Hopefully the three friends arrive before the fans leave the concert. It ends up as a huge success. The concert is doing the transition between teacher and new singers.

Year: 2018

Thai title: 400 นักรบขุนรองปลัดชู
English title: The 400 Bravers

Rating: 4/5
Director: จตนิพัทธ์ สาสิงห์

Main actor: เอ็กซ์ พรเลิศ
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Thai movie 400 นักรบขุนรองปลัดชู / The 400 Bravers was released in year 2018 and lasts 2h37mn. It is based on a real story. Khun Rong Palat Chu is a strong fighter skilled in swords and is also teaching the villagers. Burmese army prepares an attack as they plan to destroy Ayutthaya a second time in 1767. The Burmese king nominates his three sons to lead the attack. Villagers enjoy life through festivals, trade... Kom studied with Chu but Chu won Pikul's heart. Multiple villages gather for a ceremony ไหว้ครู highlighting the teacher being venerated by numerous disciples (ลูกศิษย์). The local lord asks Chu help to slow down the Burmese army with as many men as he can. The other lords are unable to reach agreement and nobody takes leadership to protect their motherland. To ensure children have a future, Chu accepts a royal order to help the army. Chu has to gather men. Kom finally accepts to join, putting aside his love deception with Pikul. Seeing there is no resistance, Burmese army reduces their speed. 400 brave fighters gather under Chu's leadership. The 400 fighters are concerned that they need to stop the Burmese army by themselves, but they do it to protect their motherland. They receive blessings from their teacher. Meanwhile Pikul and other women decide to learn using swords as there are only kids, women and old men left in the village. They need to defend themselves if Burmese soldiers reach the village. The 400 beavers have to defend Kui Buri city until the local lord sends the royal army for support. They succeed to disrupt the Burmese army through some ambushes targeting advanced posts but the main Burmese army, made of 8000 men, is much bigger than them. People from the 'Sua Kui' clan join them. Finally, the 400 bravers have to face the Burmese army. They are pushed on a beach, then they are all killed and outnumbered by the Burmese soldiers. Their magic tattoos are not enough as Burmese soldiers use big hammer to defeat them. Despite strong resistance, Chu is captured and spared by the Burmese. The Burmese king wishes Chu to surrender officially to him and to pay allegiance to him. Chu pays allegiance to Ayutthaya kingdom. The king orders to kill him but Chu defeats his opponents. Meanwhile Burmese troops attack his village. Despite fierce defence, his wife is killed. Chu is finally crushed between two elephants. The Burmese King announces the body will be sent back to Thailand with all deserved honors. The teacher (ครู) announces resistance to invaders and the remaining men are joining Bang Rajan villagers to fight against Burmese army...

Year: 2018

Thai title: ตุ๊ดตู่กู้ชาติ
English title: The Last Heroes

Rating: 2/5
Director: Poj Arnon

Main actor: Koeti Aramboy,Mum Jokmok,Suchao Pongwilai
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Thai movie ตุ๊ดตู่กู้ชาติ / The Last Heroes was released in year 2018 and lasts 2h07mn. Taking place during the Ayutthaya kingdom period, villagers are gathering following a call from the village leader. The village features many transvestites. The village leader requires help from villagers to help the nation against the Burmese army. They refuse as they are afraid to die. Finally, seven villagers accept to join, including Deuan (Koeti Aramboy), Feng (Mum Jokmok), Krang, Krai, ติ๊ก กลิ่นสี, จิ้ม ชวนชื่น. The village leader (Suchao Pongwilai) assigns a master to train them. After a difficult training, they are ready for fighting. They leave the village towards the jungle. They face and defeat some Burmese soldiers. Disguised as Burmese soldiers, they enter the Burmese camp. Krang loses his girlfriend being killed by Burmese soldiers. They are missing their relatives in the village. Krai, being upset, shoots a few soldiers with his arrows, but gets captured. The team arrives in the Burmese king palace. They wear ladies’ clothes. They are finally uncovered and arrested by Burmese soldiers. Meanwhile the Burmese army goes towards the Thai village to crunch it. Thanks to the help of a Thai princess and a Thai monk held in the Burmese king palace, the team succeed in escaping following a daring escape from the Burmese palace. They are back on time to save the village, but most of them die like heroes. This movie is mixing comedy and action into an historical background.

Year: 2018

Thai title: ขุนบันลือ
English title: Khun Bunlue

Rating: 3/5
Director: Mum Jokmok

Main actor: Mum Jokmok,Ekkachai Srivichai
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Thai movie ขุนบันลือ / Khun Bunlue was released in year 2018 and lasts 1h36mn. This historical and comedy movie happens during Rama V reign. Thai ministers are having meetings because of the French destabilisation tentative. Bunlue (Mum Jokmok) is joining those meetings. Bunlue's wife Bua believes he has a minor wife in Chiang Rai. Multiple romances occur between slaves and masters. Bunlue's daughter, Tarin, teaches to the slaves how to read. Bunlue leaves for Chiang Rai. Young lady Leng and the family doctor like each other. Bunlue's son, Tara, also likes Leng. Leng is unable to choose between the two men. Tarin and the slave Saphan like each other. Lady (คุณหญิง) Bua likes the slave Sin and they have an affair together. Saphan ends up having more knowledge than the master himself. One of the servants finds that Bunlue has a coffer full of lady jewels. The next day, Leng and her mother see Bunlue with a young lady coming from North of Thailand. Bunlue visits khun Visalai (Ekkachai Srivichai). The domestic helpers warn the main wife Bua about the Northern young lady (ติดผู้หญิง). Bunlue has political issues with opponents to his politics. It is Loi Krathong festival. Each couple is making a promise, i.e. Saphan and Tarin, the main wife Bua and Sin, Leng and the two men, i.e. the Doctor and Tara. Bunlue is seen again with the Northern young lady. The group follows the young lady, but she is finally the daughter in law of the prime minister. She is not Bunlue’s minor wife. All get whipped by Bunlue as they mess up wrongly in his personal duties. Bunlue understands that Bua and Sin have an affair together. Khun Luang tries to shoot Bunlue, but it fails. They finally kidnap Tarin to attract Bunlue. He gets knocked out and is thrown in the water, but he survives thanks to his two monitor lizards! All slaves (ทาส) get released, receive an official letter and some money from Bunlue. The movie highlights the end of slavery in Thailand under Rama V's reign.

Year: 2018

Thai title: นรก 6 เมตร
English title: The Pool

Rating: 3/5
Director:

Main actor: Theeradej Wongpuapan
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Thai movie The Pool / นรก 6 เมตร was released in year 2018 and lasts 1h30mn. It is a thriller movie mainly shot in a pool. Aet (ธีรเดช วงศ์พัวพันธ์) is taking care of lighting during movies shooting. A movie was just shot in a disaffected 6 meters deep swimming pool. All are gone but Aet is having a rest on an inflated mattress in the pool. Somebody cuts the power and the water is gradually evacuated. As Aet sleeps on an inflated mattress, the water drops a few meters. When he wakes up, he is not able to exit the old swimming pool as there is no ladder to climb. His pregnant girlfriend Koi (รัชย์ณมนทร์ รัชย์จิราธรรม), unaware of the situation, prepares to jump but she misses her jump as Aet tells her not to jump. She hurts her neck and is unconscious for one day. Their dog is attached. A crocodile falls in the pool. The pool is disaffected so nobody walks around. Only a pizza seller comes but he doesn't see Aet. They try all ways to exit from the pool. The crocodile is a female and has eggs. They succeed to get rid of the crocodile as it falls in the water evacuation hole. They eat crocodile eggs. Aet needs to get insulin. Luckily his colleague made his wallet fell in the machinery area. Seeing a drone, Aet is back in the pool. Due to wind, wired cable falls in the swimming pool. By trying to climb it, Aet breaks his leg. The crocodile attacks him. The movie features great Fx animation effects with the crocodile. Canalizations are under the swimming pool. It is linked to machinery area. A drone falls in the swimming pool. Owners come to get it in the swimming pool. Koi is staying in the machinery area to avoid the crocodile. How can Aet escape the swimming pool with a broken leg and save Koi being drowned in the machinery area being filled by water due to strong storms?

Year: 2018

Thai title: นาคี 2
English title: Naki 2

Rating: 4/5
Director: Phongphat Wachirabanjong

Main actor: Piya Trakulrard
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Thai movie นาคี 2 / Naki 2 was released in year 2018 and lasts 1h30mn. It made 440M THB revenue. It is one of the biggest success in Thai movies history. Movie director is Phongphat Wachirabanjong. It is based on a Thai TV serie นาคี who was aired in year 2016 on CH3 TV channel. The original idea was to do another TV series called นาคี 2 but it finally became a movie. Main actor as Thosapon (ภูภูมิ พงศ์ภาณุภาค) and actress as Naki (ณฐพร เตมีรักษ์) from TV serie นาคี are still in นาคี 2 / Naki 2 making the link between the two versions. The TV series Naki is based on Thai movie Nakee / นาคี released in year 1979. This movie takes place in Loei, where a local shrine is dedicated to local deity Mae Naki (แม่นาคี). A new police inspector (สารวัตร) Pong Prap (ณเดชน์ คูกิมิยะ) arrives in the city. People died recently so the new police inspector has to investigate. A man pushes young lady Soi (อุรัสยา เสปอร์บันด์) trying to protect the statue. The man, who insulted the statue, is found dead. Villagers believe it is due to Phajanak (พยานาค), a huge mystic snake. Pong Prap doesn't believe this despite big bites are found in the dead body. It is only a traditional belief of local people. A man is suspected. Pong Prap captures him but he later died in his cell. Soi is a medium and has vision if people are going to die. Huge snake prints are found. Deity Mae Naki (ณฐพร เตมีรักษ์) performs a rampage (อาละวาด). A foreigner arrives to catch Mae Naki. Soi tries to discourage him. Four tourists are found dead as they were taking incorrect pictures near the Chao Mae Naki statue. Soi is seen on their pictures so villagers suspect her. Pong Prap has to stop villagers trying to do justice by themselves. The police inspector visits the statue at nighttime and is attracted by Soi. A monk visits the statue also. The foreigner and his assistant are found dead. Seven deaths occurred so the village leader (Piya Trakulrard) decides to recruit a spirit doctor (หมอผี). The spirit doctor warns them about the Phajanak. They suspect Soi to be the vector of Chao Mae Naki (นาคน้อย). They decide to chase Soi out of the village. Villagers are looking for Soi and finally capture her. Police cannot stop them. They prepare to burn her. Another lady, called Lamjiek (ลำเจียก), who died already and had wished to be reincarnated as a mystical snake, is the one behind the multiple deaths. The monk, being Thosapon, confirms. Burning Soi would a sin (บาปกรรม). Lamjiek, being upset by the monk Thosapon, transforms herself in Phayanak and kills him. Nakee, saddened by Thosapon death, also transforms her into a mystic snake. Finally, both mystical snakes are fighting, i.e. one lead by Naki and one lead by Lamjiek (นางพญานาคี). Naki is defeated but Soi transforms herself in a smaller mystical snake to protect Naki but to no avail. About to be killed by Lamjiek, a giant garuda deity captures and takes away the evil snake. Peace is back in the village. Reincarnations of Naki and Thosapon can love each other again.

Year: 2018

Thai title: โนราห์
English title: Norah

Rating: 4/5
Director: Ekkachai Srivichai

Main actor: Ekkachai Srivichai
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Thai movie โนราห์ / Norah was released in year 2018 and lasts 1h35mn. It was released under DVD format. It is directed by Ekkachai Srivichai. A Thai US family is welcomed in South of Thailand to buy a resort. Inside the resort, there is an old house belonging to a famous local former Norah master. The old house is going to be destroyed. The young daughter, Nora (แองเจลิน่า โฟรม็องโต้), has unexpected feelings when listening to Norah music inside the old house. In the past, a princess family is attacked by crocodiles. They end up stranded on an island. The mother teaches her son, Singhong (ไพศาล ขุนหนู), how to perform Norah dance while the guard teaches him to fight. By mistake, Nora takes the top part of a Manorah golden crown, placed on an altar in the old house. Later on, Nora falls in the water while taking pictures of lotus. She reappears on island Ko Si Chang and meets Singhong (ชายน้อย)! A time window is opened between present and past thanks to the top part of the Manorah golden crown. Singhong trains her on Norah dance. Singhong's mother doesn't want Nora to stay. At nighttime, Nora is put on a raft. She finally comes back in year 2018. A tattoo on her hand shows she hasn't dreamed. Nora goes to visit Buddhist temple Wat Tha Khae (วัดท่าแค), in Phatthalung. It is one of the symbols of Norah dance culture. She is back to the past again when visiting this old Buddhist temple. She meets Singhong in old Phatthalung city. He helps her as she is being aggressed. The local King (Ekkachai Srivichai) asks for his advisors to find a dance that could represent his kingdom legacy. Only Singhong can do that. Working on Norah dance would mean to be separated from Nora. Nora asks Singhong to sacrifice their love to ensure Norah dance can prosper. If not, changes in the past will impact future. Even Nora's future would be changed. There is no life without proper culture. The old house in the resort is preserved and Norah culture can continue to be promoted. This movie is a regional movie by singer / comic / director Ekkachai Srivichai about his native region, i.e. South of Thailand, and doing Manorah dance legacy promotion.

Year: 2018

Thai title: ขุนพันธ์ 2
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Rating: 4/5
Director: Kongkiat Khomsiri

Main actor: Ananda Everingham,Suchao Pongwilai,Pao Porapak
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Thai movie ขุนพันธ์ 2 was released in year 2018 and lasts 2h05mn. Movie director is Kongkiat Khomsiri. The movie takes place during World War 2. Taking profit of ongoing confusion due to war, bandits (เสือ) are committing robberies all over Thailand. Police officer Khunphan (Ananda Everingham) and his men are on the way to neutralise a gang. They fall into an ambush and all of his men are shot. Local sub-district headman doesn't help Khunphan and his men. Khunphan cannot be killed by bullets as a monk made special tattoos for him. Through correct behaviour and prayers to Buddha, tattoos are effective. Seeing the sub-district headman's men keeping the money stolen by the bandits, a conflict happens and Khunphan has to shoot him. Following the death of all his men and the sub-district headman's death, Khunphan has to stop being a policeman for a while (พักราชการ). Suchao Pongwilai is head of police. Some ruffians perform a rampage in a village killing many targeted policemen. They belong to Seua Fai's group. Khunphan is checking why as the killed policemen are only small grade policemen. As Khunphan cannot help officially as he is no longer a policeman, he decides to infiltrate Seua Fai's group. Khunphan has to cut his moustache. Seua Fai is a famous ruffians' leader and his right hand is Seua Bai. Villagers protect them as they always redistribute money to them (นับถือโจร). A new police inspector (สารวัตร) Uui is nominated in Suphanburi. Phi Bai (อารักษ์ อมรศุภศิริ) steals money from Japanese train. They are captured by Japanese soldiers. Khunphan, by making himself invisible through incantations, helps Seua Bai and his men. Multiple bandits leaders (เสือ) are fighting each other as some enter politics. Khunphan follows Seua Bai and his men but they are not aware. Khunphan goes to Suphanburi and finally meets Seua Bai in a cafe owned by lady รัชวิน วงศ์วิริยะ. New police inspector Uui threatens them. Khunphan joins Seua Fai and robberies are performed. Through a special ceremony, they promise to support each other with Bai and Fai (พันเอกวันชนะ สวัสดี). Khunpan (ไอ้เสือบุตร) is part of the gang now (สายเลือดเดี่ยวกัน). Fai is shot in an ambush set up by Pao Porapak and survives. During a retaliation, a test for Khunphan is to kill policeman. He shoots him in the jaw. During an unfortunate accident, Uui gets seriously burnt and his body is disfigured. He is now wearing a mask and promises himself to get revenge towards Seua Fai and his men. Money redistribution is done towards poorer villagers. Khunphan gives the location of the camp to police head and asks him not to use strong force to catch them. Bai's girlfriend (อาภา ภาวิไล) is captured and used as bait to bring Bai and Khunphan. Khunphan has to disclose he is a policeman. Behind it is the disfigured policeman looking for revenge. Head of police is friends with Seua Fai. Seua Fai betrays Bai as he has no choice. He shoots both Bai and Khunphan. Through a Buddhist ceremony, bullets exit Bai’s body. Bai accepts to help Khunphan. Policemen were killed as they discovered a business to transform land titles. Seua Fai is killed by disfigured policeman. He uses his skin tattooed as additional protection. Bai and Khunphan now need to neutralize the disfigured policeman. It is not over as Khunphan still needs to find proofs against the corrupted head of police...

Year: 2018

Thai title: ไทบ้านเดอะซีรีส์ 2.1
English title: Thibaan The Series 2 Part I

Rating: 4/5
Director: Surasak Pongsorn

Main actor: Nattawut Sanyabut,Chatchai Chinsri,Somchai Saiuatha
Main actress: Tunwaporn Nasombat,Siriamorn Ornkoon

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Thai movie ไทบ้านเดอะซีรีส์ 2.1 / Thibaan The Series 2 Part I was released in year 2018 and lasts 2h03mn. It is a romantic comedy movie taking place in an Isan village (Northeast of Thailand). Thibaan became a popular movie series in Isan region. Opus 1.0, 2.1 were released but opus 2.2 was temporary censored in November 2018. Isan language is used with Thai subtitles. Isan music is also featured. Director is Surasak Pongsorn. Chieng (Chatchai Chinsri) sets out to hit on 100 women but he becomes a monk after being disappointed that his girlfriend marries another man. It is more by deception than religious belief that he becomes a monk. Pong (Somchai Saiuatha) changes his initial plan to open a 7-Eleven in the village. Pong finally dreams to open a vegetable shop as the trend is to eat organic vegetables. Monk (พระ) Chieng doesn't believe in this project. Pong wishes to buy land, but land is too expensive in the city to build his vegetable store. He quits his home as he refuses help from his father complaining he cannot do anything without paternal help. Pong stays in a Buddhist temple as he has no money. Pong ends up in monk Chieng’s hut but has to help for Buddhist temple's daily activities. He finally buys a rice field as it is cheap, but it is far from the city. He has now to convince investors. Lot (Nattawut Sanyabut) and teacher Kaew (Tunwaporn Nasombat) are having a romance. Lot is having issue with his younger brother, looking for a replacement of his bicycle into a motorbike in order to impress a young lady. Hop, a foreigner married to a Thai lady (Suey), is a small shop owner. His pregnant wife is worried about her younger sister's studies as she is having a boyfriend sending her at home. Hop buys a car as he is worried for Suey riding motorbike while being pregnant. Bird becomes a crazy guy as his mother dies in a fire. Pong is asking the Buddhist temple abbot (หลวงพ่อ) to help the crazy guy but finally Bird is just thrown away in the Buddhist temple.

Year: 2018

Thai title: ผู้บ่าวไทบ้าน 3
English title: Man and the Company

Rating: 3/5
Director: อุเทน ศรีริวิ

Main actor: Nattawut Sanyabut,Chatchai Chinsri
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Thai movie ผู้บ่าวไทบ้าน 3 / Man and the Company was released in year 2018 and lasts 1h35mn. It was released under DVD format. This movie is an Isan movie, so language used is Isan language. Movie director is อุเทน ศรีริวิ. Movie ผู้บ่าวไทบ้าน อีสานอินดี้ ภาค 3 has limited success and made only 1M THB in Bangkok. A local influential man is promoting sugar cane instead of rice to Thai farmers. His right hand is hitman Johnny. To cultivate sugarcane, farmers need expensive fertiliser. Many of them have to mortgage their land to buy fertiliser. Young lad Man even gets 1M THB instead of 300,000 THB he was hoping for. He plans to marry lady Porn. Thibaan The Series’ famous actors (ณัฐวุฒิ แสนยะบุตร and ชาติชาย ชินศรี from ไทบ้าน เดอะซีรีส์) are playing two funny characters doing nothing except sniffing glue. Ruffians lend money and then grab the land when farmers are unable to pay back the debts. Due to card games, the 1M THB is lost by Man (หมาน) and his close friend Kam Phan (คำผาน) during one night. His girlfriend Porn is upset and chases him away. Finally, they are hired by Tak to do own business (รวยๆ) and to sell a medicine that cure everything! A bottle costs 1500 THB. They have to wear suits. Girlfriend Porn is now with another man, so Man is disappointed and heartbroken. Man wishes to kill himself. Hitman Johny shoots a man having the same suitcase as Man. Wrong suitcase are exchanged as Man and Kam Phan tries to help. The suitcase contains money. They hide the suitcase in a rice bag. Words "Man and Company" is written on the bag. Nattawut and Chatchai steal the bag of rice. Johny finds Man and Kam Phan, and ask for his money. They have one day to find back the money. Leader is shot by Tak. Chot shots finally Johnny. All land titles are given back to villagers that were abused by the ruffians thanks to Nattawut Sanyabut and Chatchai Chinsri. Small characters finally are the smarter people.

Year: 2018

Thai title: ไทบ้านเดอะซีรีส์ 2.2
English title: Thibaan The Series 2 Part II

Rating: 4/5
Director: Surasak Pongsorn

Main actor: Nattawut Sanyabut,Chatchai Chinsri,Somchai Saiuatha
Main actress: Tunwaporn Nasombat,Siriamorn Ornkoon

Thai movie ไทบ้าน เดอะซีรีส์ 2.2 / Thibaan The Series 2 Part II was released in 2018 and lasted 2h05mn. Opus 2.2 was temporarily censored in November 2018 as it shows a monk crying during funerals as his former girlfriend died. It was released under DVD format. Pong is continuing to set up a shop selling organic vegetables to local villagers. He gets help from monk Chieng and other monks to get small sprouts from seeds. Lot and Chieng are still concerned if his project is viable. Monk Chieng is still upset to see his former girlfriend married and now pregnant with a rich villager. Foreigner Tom is taking good care of his pregnant wife. His wife is still trying to catch her younger sister suspected to have a boyfriend instead of studying hard. A group of three local villagers send the crazy man Bird to a Buddhist temple in order to get rid of him. Finally, Pong opens his organic vegetables shop, but business is not good. Pong applies marketing recipes that are not valid in an Isan village. Pong requests help from Lot to add some online content. Lot has to ask the doctor to be the top model holding salads in the shop. Pong uploads pictures on Facebook and videos on YouTube to create buzz. Meanwhile the three men bring back Bird as they feel bad to have dumped him. Chieng is informed by Lot's brother that his previous girlfriend has issues with her husband. Another young lady in the village offers yummy dishes to the monk Chieng. Electricity is finally cut in the vegetables store as Pong didn't pay his bills. Business is dead as all vegetables are rotten due to heat. Pong's father supports him. Chieng is hesitant between his former girlfriend and the new lady, but nothing he can decide as he is a monk. Met, Lot’s younger brother, is thrown away by his girlfriend. He has difficulty accepting it and even has a motorbike accident. Monk Chieng learns the tragic news that his previous girlfriend has died. The sequence with monk Chieng crying during funerals was censored. Tom’s baby is finally born. Finally, monk Chieng disrobes (พระสึก). Chieng finally starts a romance with the young lady, who brought him yummy dishes when he was a monk.

Year: 2018

Thai title: 2,215 เชื่อ บ้า กล้า ก้าว
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Rating: 4/5
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Thai movie and documentary "2,215 เชื่อ บ้า กล้า ก้าว" was released in year 2018. It lasts 1h30mn. Toon Bodyslam (Athiwara Kongmalai), famous Thai rock star singer, ran from South Thailand (Betong) to North Thailand (Mae Sai) to get charity from Thai people giving money to help 11 public hospitals to buy equipment. Toon ran 50 kms a day and did it in 55 days. He took one rest day for every four running days. Toon gave hope and energy to people showing that they could achieve their dreams. More than 1400M THB were received. The movie shows the challenges and difficulties he faced to achieve this target. It shows people, who help him around such as his mother, doctor and friends. It also shows Thai people enthusiasm and generosity to support him during his run.

Year: 2018

Thai title: กลางแปลง
English title: Country Movie

Rating: 3/5
Director: มรกต แก้วธานี

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Thai movie กลางแปลง / Country Movie was released in year 2018 and lasts 1h36mn. Isan language is used. Movie director is มรกต แก้วธานี. Thai actors and actresses featured in this movie are พราว อาร์สยาม, เดียว ชูพงษ์, เอฟ นนทิพัทธ์. This movie shows the life of outdoor cinema companies in the rural side. Some companies are still using film reels. They are hired for local events such as merit ceremony (งานบุญ), funerals (งานศพ)... Advertisement in the village is done through a megaphone. It costs 30 THB for adults and 15 THB for children to watch movies. An outdoor cinema company is having difficulties in business. Finally, it gets hired for a spiritual ceremony. Another outdoor cinema company gets hired for the same spiritual ceremony (แก่บน). Fee is 6,000 THB for two movies. The two outdoor cinema companies end up at the same location and argue together. The father has to separate them. Both men, Taen and Kaen, love the same lady, Prao (พราว อาร์สยาม), so they are in competition. The father recommends his son not to fight and to let Prao make her choice. Local ruffians led by Kaen (เดียว ชูพงษ์) ask money from the outdoor company. They get beaten by Taen (เอฟ นนทิพัทธ์). Prao, daughter of the outdoor cinema company, is back in the village. She wishes to take over her father, but he is reluctant. Young lady Prang is upset as she loves Taen also. Prao accompanies Taen for outdoor cinema sessions but business is difficult. Few people come to see movies. Prao wishes that outdoor cinema (หนังกลางแปลง) remains in countryside as it can help to educate youngsters if good and useful movies are shown. Kaen and his men are back to disrupt Taen's outdoor cinema projections but Prao chases them away. Kaen is sad as he also loves Prao. Prao is thinking about ways to make the business more successful by using social media. Prao wishes to move from film to digital, so she convinces her father as the business is decreasing. Currently they are showing old movies in 35mm format such as Anaconda and ปลุกมันขึ้นมาฆ่า from Panna Rittikrai, so it is not enough to attract a big audience as new movies are released in digital format only. Meanwhile Kaen is suspected by the village leader as money and a Buddha statue has disappeared from the local Buddhist temple. A high society lady hires two cinema screens for a robe offering (ทอดกฐิน) event. As the father has only one screen, he hires his competitor screen also. During the event, two ruffians steal expensive bags from ladies. Kaen helps to stop but he is injured. Taen intervenes also and the two ruffians are recognised as former novices in the Buddhist temple. The village leader apologizes to Kaen. The company now projects digital movies having copyrights. Prao has to go back to Bangkok to finish her studies. The father wishes to keep the film reels as it will show to younger generations how outdoor cinema was. Prang takes good care of Kaen.

Year: 2018

Thai title: ฉากและชีวิต
English title: Scene and Life

Rating: 3/5
Director: Boonsong Nakphoo

Main actor: Boonsong Nakphoo
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Thai movie ฉากและชีวิต - Scene and Life was released in year 2018 and lasts 1h26mn. Movie director is Boonsong Nakphoo. The movie features many small scenes of rural life in a remote Isan village. Isan is the Northeastern region of Thailand. This region is still heavily relying on agriculture and a big part of its workforce is living in big cities such as Bangkok. Phi Son is living a simple day by day life in the village. His girlfriend is leaving him as she is going to work in Bangkok. An older farmer has a crisis while putting insecticide on rice. As most of the people are gone to work in cities, there is nobody to help him. Only old people and children stay behind in the village. Children interview an old lady about the life in the village before. Nowadays farmers only grow rice species giving harvest in 3 to 4 months and use a lot of pesticide. A man is selling the house in which his father is still living as it is made of old teak, so it has some reselling value. A man has family issue as his wife left him. His car runs of petrol and stops by near a Buddhist temple. Nobody from his family is willing to help him as he calls them by phone. Only the temple abbot gives help, i.e. allowing him to sleep, preparing a bed for him, giving him food for breakfast, giving him petrol for him to continue his journey. A teacher is dedicated to his job despite the children seem not to care. In parallel he needs to manage his own kids. A father (Boonsong Nakphoo) is teaching his son to cook but it is a disaster as the meal is not good. Youngsters are not willing to cook by themselves anymore while their mother is working in Bangkok. So a vegetable merchant has poor business as most people are buying cooked meals. A father is sending his daughter to the bus station as she is going to work in Bangkok to pay debts.

Year: 2017

Thai title: มหาลัยวัวชน
English title: Song from Phatthalung

Rating: 5/5
Director: Boonsong Nakphoo

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Thai movie มหาลัยวัวชน / Song from Phatthalung was released in year 2017 and it lasts 2 hours. Director is Boonsong Nakphoo / บุญส่ง นาคภู่. The movie is using local Thai southern language, so it has even subtitles in Thai and English. Pong (เทอดพงศ์ เภอบาล) is a young lad being 18 years old. He is is disappointed as his girlfriend Beer needs to leave to Bangkok to study. She then stops answering his phone calls. Pong has no interest in local young lady Mind (ยุวดา โอฬาร์กิจ) bringing him food and proposing to go to see movies together. He just cannot forget Beer. Pong is keeping cows in Phatthalung's area. He gathers with a group of friends with Phi O (ทิวากร แก้วบุญส่ง), being the leader and writing songs. Phi O is also driving a songthaew as part job. Pong has difficulties to forget Beer so it makes him singing songs. His dream is to be a singer. Noi, owner of a pub, asks for Phi O's help. The pub is having financial issues since the military coup. The concert is a failure as people fight. Rubber price go down so life is tough in South Thailand. Phi O asks Pong to be himself on the stage and to stop copying others. All the musicians are working and have small jobs. They are trying to make easy money on fighting bulls but are still losing. They are a bunch of losers but have happiness being together. Phi O wishes to release a new album but they have no money. Phi O girlfriend is a teacher and is now 30 years old already, so she cannot wait any longer for him, but O is concerned as he hasn't achieved anything in his life. Their music is a bit similar style to Carabao with engaged songs. Phi O opens a music school and they prepare their own concert for villagers and family members. Beer is back with a new boyfriend, but it ends up badly as Pong gets beaten as he was complaining too hard that she dropped him as he is a poor non-handsome lad from countryside. Pong is fed up and decides to stop being a singer. Phi O complains about his childish behavior, but Pong flees as he cannot stand being lectured. He finally comes back and the concern is a success with a limited audience. All parents and relatives understand and appreciate their children’s skills. Phi O gets an offer from a Bangkok studio, but he prefers to stay in Phatthalung having happiness with his family and friends.

Year: 2017

Thai title: ทองดีฟันขาว
English title: Thong Dee Fun Khao

Rating: 4/5
Director: Bin Banleurit

Main actor: Buakaw Banchamek,Kanchit Kwanpracha,Manop Aussawathep
Main actress: Sornsin Maneewan

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Thai movie ทองดีฟันขาว / Thong Dee Fun Khao was released in year 2017 and lasts 1h57mn. Movie director is Bin Banleurit. It is based on the real story of Siamese general Phraya Phichai. Cheut is the son of local noble (เจ้าเมือง). Choi, son of Thai boxer, has always issues with him since childhood. Both of them are now grown up. Cheut and his men are trying to catch Choi (Buakaw Banchamek) but he succeeds to flee. Kanchit Kwanpracha is Cheut’s father. Choi joins a group of people organising Thai boxing fights. He becomes their champion. One day, Choi is defeated by a strong opponent being a spade teacher. The group leaves Choi for dead as he is now useless to them. A drunkard helps him and tells him he needs to improve his skills such as speed. Choi renames himself as Thong Dee. He joins Manop Aussawathep as teacher (ครู). Cheut finally finds again Thong Dee. Thong Dee surrenders to avoid villagers being harassed. He is captured but then the soldiers still burn the village. The fighters and Thong Dee rebel and chase the soldiers thanks to their Thai boxing skills. Thong Dee leave the village to avoid the villagers being harassed again. A teenager accompanies him. Seeing Chinese opera performance (งิ้ว) and their master’s great skills, Thong Dee asks him to become his disciple (ลูกศิษย์). Later on, Thong Dee helps young lady Rayong (Sornsin Maneewan) and her master attacked by ruffians. Thong Dee gets a new teacher and keep improving his skills. Thong Dee has white teeth. Other actresses have black teeth as Thai people were eating betel nut at that time. At a temple fair, he meets Rayong again. A tournament occurs and the spade teacher is this time defeated by Thong Dee. An attack on the local leader ends up in a fight between the lord Phraya Tak and Thongdee. The Phraya Tak wanted to test Thongdee’s loyalty. If Thong Dee loses, he needs to join Phraya Tak’s army… Phraya Tak became later King Taksin. Later on, Thongdee became general Phraya Phichai. Thong Dee’s role is played by Buakaw Banchamek, a real Thai boxing champion.

Year: 2017

Thai title: ป๊อบอาย มายเฟรนด์
English title: Pop Aye

Rating: 4/5
Director: Kirsten Tan

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Main actress: Penpak Sirikul

Thai Singapore movie Pop Aye / ป๊อบอาย มายเฟรนด์ was released in year 2017 and lasts 1h42mn. A middle age architect, called Thana, sees his work, i.e. a building built 30 years ago about to be destroyed and to be replaced by a new one. He sees his love with his wife becoming indifference. He is facing middle age crisis. Thana sees an elephant wandering in Bangkok. Back to office, he understands he is put on the side by his young boss and his advice has no longer importance. Seeing again elephant Popeye, that he first met 50 years ago, Thana decides to buy it and bring it back to Loei. On the way, he meets a weird man, called Dee, living in an abandoned petrol station and waiting for death. Dee joins the architect Thana on his journey to Loei. The weird man has a wish, i.e. to go on a motorbike ride with his girlfriend Ja. Meanwhile, the elephant flees, and the police starts to be involved. Police captures Thana and his elephant. Police needs to bring them to an animal detention center, but it is far away. As Thana gets fainted, they stop in a bar being along the road. An old lady boy keeps talking to Thana and reminds him that nothing lasts forever. Finally, as Thana is not showing indifference to the lady boy, this one helps him to get the key locks and he can flee with his elephant. Dee has a deadly accident with a motorbike he bought thanks to Thana's money. Thana is about to reach Loei. He finally meets Ja, who is now married. Ja is reluctant to accept Dee’s ashes as they haven't met for twenty years. As she is good hearted, she finally takes the ashes on a motorcycle trip around the village and so accomplishes Dee’s last wish. Thana meets his uncle Piek, who sold the family land, to get a condo inside the complex. He blames his uncle to have sold family assets but himself he sold Popeye many years ago to go to Bangkok! Finally, Thana is back to Bangkok and visits with his wife a last time the building going to be destroyed. She recalls how proud she was when it was built. A new blood in their relationship can start following this journey.

Year: 2017

Thai title: ไทบ้านเดอะซีรีส์ 1
English title: Thibaan 1

Rating: 4/5
Director: Surasak Pongsorn

Main actor: Nattawut Sanyabut,Chatchai Chinsri
Main actress: Tunwaporn Nasombat,Siriamorn Ornkoon

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Thai movie ไทบ้านเดอะซีรีส์ 1 / Thibaan 1 was released in year 2017 and lasts 2h07mn. Isan music, Isan traditions (บุญบังไฟ, getting frogs at nighttime, respect to spirit in a small shrine) are featured. Many stories happen in the village and characters interact through them. Chieng (เชียง)(Chatchai Chinsri) has multiple girlfriends. His friend Lot is not able to find a girlfriend despite all his efforts. Chieng does a relooking for Lot (ลอด)(Nattawut Sanyabut). Lot likes the lady doctor. A new female teacher, named Kaew, is arriving in the village. She is looking for a helper to clean her room. Chieng recommends Lot to take the job as the teacher looks beautiful. Pong (ป่อง) has finished his studies and is back from Bangkok. He wishes to open 7-Eleven but his father asks him to help in the rice fields first. Pong uses a two wheeled, motorized stand-on device to go to the rice field. Lot has some dating meetings. It is first time in KFC for Lot. Lot is helping Pong to plow the rice field. Teacher Kaew is jogging inside the Isan village. Knowing Lot helped Pong, Pong's father finds a job for Lot as school cleaner. Pong wishes to simplify the rice field planting process. Chieng pushes Lot to seduce girls. Lot tries during Makha Bucha day, traditional ceremony where people walk three times around the Buddhist chapel. He also goes with the doctor to see the Aquarium and observation deck in Khon Kaen. It shows Isan region is prosperous. Lot continues to try seducing the teacher Kaew. Thai lady Suey, married to a foreigner called Hop, is worried about her younger sister's studies as a pizza delivery boy is dating her. Lot prefers the teacher to the doctor. Another lady is also wandering around Lot. Lot helps the teacher Kaew (แก้ว) for many things. Lot tries to announce his love to teacher Kaew. As the other girls he was trying to seduce continue to contact him, Lot is in a bad situation. Chieng recommends him to announce to all the girls that he has to break and to remain friend only. Wishing to excuse himself, he finds a policeman offering flowers to Kaew. Meanwhile Pong has arguments with his father accusing him to be lazy and to be a dreamer about opening a 7-Eleven in the village. Kaew quits the village to follow the policeman, her fiance but she feels bad to leave Lot. Lot is heartbroken. The doctor lady is also heartbroken as she knows Lot loves another woman. Finally, the policeman breaks with Kaew. Kaew is back to Isan but Lot is not willing to forgive her. Chieng has to tell Lot to be smart as love is always complex. Romance can finally start between Lot and Kaew. Meanwhile Chieng receives a wedding invitation letter...

Year: 2016

Thai title: บุปผาอาริกาโตะ
English title: Buppah Arigato

Rating: 4/5
Director: Yuthlert Sippapak

Main actor: Charlie Trairattana
Main actress: Supassra Thanachat

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Thai movie บุปผาอาริกาโตะ was released in year 2016 and lasts 1h35mn. The movie takes place in Niseko, Japan. Movie director is Yuthlert Sippapak. Rose (Supassra Thanachat) finds her boyfriend Matt sleeping with another woman. She kills Matt by revenge. The action moves to Japan. Fake Thai Buddhist monks in Japan visit an inn in order to exorcise it as it has bad business. One of them is even carrying a Louis Vuitton bag as reminder of a religious scandal in 2013 in Thailand. There is really a ghost in the house, .i.e. a Japanese female ghost wearing a mask. Monks run away and the owner is still concerned that his inn is possessed. Rose is now staying in the same inn in Japan. The owner, called Mae, finally rents the inn to six young Thai men planning to film a movie in Japan. One of them is a singer called Jack (Charlie Trairattana). Two of them see a Japanese ghost (ผีญี่ปุ่นแม่ลูก). Jack just split with his girlfriend. Rose is also tenant in the same inn so they meet each other and love occurs. The mother’s owner hires another master (อาจารย์) to chase the ghosts away. It is a fake master again, who flees after seeing the real ghosts. Rose has disappeared. Only her passport is left. Her name is displayed as Buppha Ratree! The six young men leave the house after seeing the ghosts also. They take refuge in the owner's house. Jack sees a lady lying in the cave after having a ski accident. It is Rose but her spirit is away. The owner Mae sends a Japanese master to get back their belongings. He identifies three ghosts in the house, i.e. Rose, the mother and her child. Funny interludes occur with the ghost playing Line (ผีLine) or cleaning the house with a vacuum cleaner. The guys have to go almost naked and hold an umbrella so that the ghosts cannot see them. Rose’s body is in Mae's home but her spirit (วิญญาณ) is still in the inn. Jack has to help Rose. The owner Mae is responsible of the situation as he kidnapped Rose. The movie ends up tragically with Rose being strangled by Mae, the Japanese master killed by Mae and Rose’s ghost saving Jack from Mae… Jack is back to Niseko to find Rose...

Year: 2016

Thai title: ผู้บ่าวไทบ้าน 2 ตอน แจกข้าวหาแม่ใหญ่แดง
English title: E-san new old songs

Rating: 3/5
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Thai movie E-san new old songs / ผู้บ่าวไทบ้าน 2 ตอน แจกข้าวหาแม่ใหญ่แดง was released in year 2016. It lasts 1h57mn. The movie is shot in Isan region. The movie is featured in Lao language and includes Thai subtitles. Daeng, a mother (แม่ใหญ่แดง), wishes that her daughter Pranee gives birth to her child in Isan instead of going overseas as suggested by her foreign husband. To find an excuse for her daughter to stay, the mother organise a feast to do blessings for herself and the local ancestors (งานใหญ่ทำบุญอุทิศ). Arguments between the mother and foreign son-in-law happens, i.e. having Molam music or outdoor movie at the feast. The mother Daeng needs to find an orchestra to perform Molam music but the usual Molam orchestra in the village doesn't exist anymore. Kaen (เคน) is a young Thai man fan of Korean music or K-Pop. The former orchestra leader Lung (พ่อคูณ) refuses to train Kaen as Molam leading singer (พระเอกหมอลำ). Nevertheless Lung still wants to recreate an old Molam group. A few young girls including Wan (วรรณ), aware of this, ask to join Lung's Molam group. Women, talking together, complain about Thai men drinking compared to foreigners. Children will have also a nicer face (หน้าตาดี) also! This movie features Molam Traditions passed to younger generation. Romance starts between Kaen, fan of K-Pop, and Isan girl Wan, fan of Molam. Wan is willing to stay here and doesn't want to go to Bangkok to work. The father doesn't want his daughter to become Molam singer so he plans to send her to Bangkok to work with her aunt. Misunderstanding happens as Kaen carries Som, another young lady, who is injured at the foot. Disappointed, Wan plans to go to Bangkok. Similar to movie สวรรค์บ้านนา (1983), Kaen sings a song to show his love to Fan live on the local radio station. They get reunited. Big molam orchestra (ถอกคูน เสียงแคน) is finally featured at the festival organised by Daeng. Both Kaen and Fan are the main singers. Once all youngsters are gone, only old ladies remain in Isan villages...

Year: 2016

Thai title: เทริด
English title: Terd

Rating: 4/5
Director: Ekkachai Srivichai

Main actor: Ekkachai Srivichai,Vinai Kraibutr
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Thai movie เทริด was released in year 2016 and lasts 1h39mn. A father Satta (Ekkachai Srivichai), almost blind, is a Manora teacher (ครู). He gives high respect to the Manora crown (เทริด). He has serious arguments with his son Sing as this one prefers guitar to Manora art (มโนราห์) and doesn't involve in heritage transmission. The son finally quits the home. Sing survives by playing music on the street and joins a group. He meets a young lady called Saithip, who is a Manora / Nora (โนราห์) dancer. Saithip's mother Mae Duangjai would like to marry her daughter to a rich man but she refuses. Meanwhile Sing also refuses to go back with his father. This causes a malaise and the father ends up at hospital. The father of the fiance Prap is Vinai Kraibutr. He is involved in dirty business. If everybody thinks same as Sing, only the name of Manora art will remain. Romance starts with Saithip but Sing gets punched by the father and slapped by mother as Saithip is going to marry soon Prap. The father Satta is getting sicker but still has to perform as the troupe is lacking money. Two ladies, part of his troupe, now are coyote dancers as it brings more money. Sing learns Thai boxing to be able to defend himself. Things get worse as Sing punches Prap trying to kidnap Saithip. A friend reminds Satta that a body can be raised but a heart cannot be raised (ตัวเลี้ยงได้ หัวใจเลี้ยงไม่ได้). As the father is very sick, Sing goes back home and accepts to be a Norah dancer (หนีโนราห์ไม่ได้). Prap and his father still chase Sing and Saithip. As Saithip is pregnant with Sing, the father Vinai accepts to cancel the wedding but his son Prap remains unhappy. A “Wat Takae” ceremony (crowning initiation ceremony) is happening with Sing to be certified as Manora leader by wearing the Manora crown. Satta is transmitting the power and knowledge of Manora tradition to his son Sing. Vinai is also watching proudly the ceremony. The movie ends up tragically with Prap, as a masked killer, shooting Sing, while he receives the crown. The father Vinai shoots Prap unaware that the man behind the mask is his own son. Vinai becomes a monk. A long story unifies Satta and Vinai. Satta married Vinai’s former girlfriend, a Nora dancer, who was pregnant. Sing was in fact Vinai’s son. Saithip transmits Nora traditional to her young son... Ekkachai Srivichai is a famous singer from the South of Thailand. His songs are often sad romances. His movie shows the great culture of Manora art and spirit possession.

Year: 2016

Thai title: วานรคู่ฟัด
English title: Monkey Twins

Rating: 4/5
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Thai movie วานรคู่ฟัด / Monkey Twins was released in year 2016 and lasts 1h43mn. Young man Neua is selling coconuts and is having a smart monkey. Neua has issues with local ruffians. He luckily gets help from a young lady called Lin. So has been released from prison thanks to the bad influence of his father, trying to become local deputy. So has an old debt against Neua and tries to have him killed a few times. Lin's father doesn't want Neua to meet his daughter. The father had two daughters, Lin and Apple. He believes Neua has some responsibilities in his eldest daughter's death. A friendly policeman always protecting Neua is seriously injured by ruffians. A friend recommends Neua and his grandfather (ปู่) to leave the place temporary. Lin's father wishes her to sing Chinese Opera like her elder sister Apple did but she likes martial arts much more (ร้องงิ้วไม่เป็น). Neua wishes to learn real Thai boxing from his grandfather but this latter is worried he cannot learn properly as he has always bad temper. Seeing that Chinese opera as no success, Lin’s father opens a restaurant featuring martial arts performance involving monkey fighters. Characters are played by Lin and Neua. During an accident in a pub a few years ago, Apple died. During fighting, Neua thrown alcohol bottle causing a disfiguration to So so he is still looking for revenge. During those shootings, Apple received a lost bullet. Ruffians try to kill the grandfather and also to disrupt business in the restaurant. This time, So kidnaps the grandfather and also Lin in order to attract Neua. Fierce fightings do happen between Neua, Lin and So's henchmen. So injures Neua and Lin but finally gets defeated. So ends up in jail again and his father's reputation is forever tarnished so getting him to commit suicide. Neua and Lin continue to do art martial shows in the restaurant.

Year: 2016

Thai title: กลัว
English title: The Story

Rating: 4/5
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Thai short film กลัว / The Story was released in year 2016 on YouTube and on Thai TV NBT ช่อง 11. It lasts 32 minutes and is based on a real story. Sa, a young Muslim teen living in Pattani, is in grade ม.6. Her mother is working in Malaysia. Sa needs to stop her study and to find a job as her family is poor. She was mainly raised by her grandparents. Due to insurrection in South of Thailand, insecurity and fear (กลัว) are always present. One day, she carries a small boy injured during a bombing. She finally gets a chance to go to university (ได้ทุน) in Nakhon Thammarat to study medicine. Fear (ความกลัว) is present in daily life through anti-intrusion barriers in front of Buddhist temples, Thai armed soldiers controlling circulation. The university includes Buddhist and Muslim students so they have to work together and to go beyond cultural issues. Friendship can be built through love (มิตรภาพยนตร์สร้างได้และ หล่อหลอมด้วยความรัก). Both Muslim (ไทยมุสลิม) and Buddhist (ไทยพุทธ) students love the same land. One day, one of her Muslim friend's father, is killed so misunderstanding does happen again between Muslim and Buddhist students. Finally friendship is stronger than misunderstanding as Fatima is back. Nobody understand Muslims as well as another Muslim, so Sa wishes to go back to her village to take care of people by being a doctor.

Year: 2016

Thai title: ธุดงควัตร
English title: Wandering

Rating: 4/5
Director: Boonsong Nakphoo

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Thai movie Wandering / ธุดงควัตร was released in year 2016 and lasts 2h01mn. The movie director is Boonsong Nakphoo. The movie was shot with a budget of only 1M Baht so film students were part of the crew. This movie was mainly shown in independent theaters. Boonsong Nakphoo has been monk for ten years so he wanted to make a movie showing the essence of Buddhism. Ngoh loses his job as rubber tapper. He keeps drinking alcohol. His wife has dumped him, and his son is dead. He seems in a negative spiral and nothing is going on well... He finally meets a monk, who asks if alcohol will really help him to solve his problems. Later, after found being beaten by thugs, the monk proposes him to visit his temple located inside a forest. Ngoh goes there and even borrows money from the temple to pay back some debts. Visiting his dead son's tomb, he promises to him to stop drinking. He finally goes back to the Buddhist temple to help the monk. After a while and deep thinking, he asks to become a monk. It takes time for him to adjust to new monk life, so he follows what the master (อาจารย์) is doing first. He ordained to bring merit for his dead son. The master brings him in the jungle in a remote meditation center. Many old venerable masters stayed there before. The master is not speaking a lot. Back in the meditation center, he hallucinates and see his son. A young lady starts to visit the temple, but he feels uneasy. She represents the temptation. The monk decides to go on the top of the mountain as he knows it is too high and too hard for the tempters. The movie ends up while the monk is meditating on the top of the mountain. Same as Buddha, he defeats the demon Mara pushing for temptation.

Year: 2016

Thai title: ป่า
English title: The Forest

Rating: 4/5
Director: Paul Spurrier

Main actor: Asanee Suwan
Main actress: Thidarat Kongkaew

Thai movie The Forest / ป่า was released in year 2016 and lasts 1h44mn. Isan language is used in this movie, which features Thai language subtitles. Movie director is Paul Spurrier. Pricha (Asanee Suwan) is a new teacher arriving in a remote school in Isan area. He just disrobed 7 months ago. One of his students is named Ja (จ๋า) and is mute. Other kids dislike her. The school has three teachers, i.e. the headmaster (ครูใหญ่), a female teacher named Nitaya (Thidarat Kongkaew) and Pricha. Ja's house is inside the forest. Her father is retarded (ปัญญาอ่อน). She meets a naked boy (บอย) in the forest and is able to talk to him. He claims to be the forest spirit. Pricha understands Ja as he had a difficult childhood also. Nitaya mentions many children are not educated by their parents, who left to work in cities. They are educated by grandparents and sad issues do occur. As three girls keep teasing Ja, teacher Pricha punish them. One of them, called Wan, is the daughter of local subdistrict headman so he comes to complain at school. Pricha has to apologize. Nitaya warns Pricha not to have too much compassion (เมตตา) here as he will suffer. Society here is different from the Buddhist temple society he is used to. The headmaster warns Nitaya not to be too close to Pricha as he believes he won't stay long. Pricha wishes to help children to become good citizen. Two men enter in the forest to cut illegally trees. One of them is killed by the young boy. Pricha and Nitaya become lovers during a stormy night. Boy comes to find Ja also. The three girls tease Ja again as they hear Ja calling Boy. She hits one of them with a stone to be able to flee. The subdistrict headman complains to the school and the headmaster punishes Ja (ลองโทษ) despite Pricha disagreeing. Ja decides not to go to school again and she spends time in the forest with Boy. Nitaya has decided to quit school as she wishes another life but Pricha wishes to stay to help children. He apologizes for that night… Beauty of the forest and importance of the forest are featured in this movie (ทำลายป่า). Knowing that Wan always teases Ja, Boy kills her at nighttime. Ja’s father tells her that Boy is her brother, who died many years ago while saving his sister from drowning. The father got mad as his wife got suicide. The subdistrict headman decides to burn the forest, where Ja is living, as a revenge. Pricha cannot prevent him. Ja and Boy spirits are seen walking away...

Year: 2015

Thai title: แสงสุดท้ายของอีเหี่ยน
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Rating: 3/5
Director: แก้ว สีเงิน

Main actor: Choomporn Theppitak
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Thai movie แสงสุดท้ายของอีเหี่ยน was released in year 2015 and lasts 1h33mn. Movie director is แก้ว สีเงิน. Thai actors and actresses are เอ พศิน , นรีรัตน์ สีหราชนิเวศน์ , เจเน็ต เขียว, อี๊ด โปงลาง, รุ้งลาวัลย์, Choomporn Theppitak. Isan language is used. Many movies are about young Isan ladies going to Bangkok. This time it is about a Bangkokian man living in Isan. Recently many Isan movies were done showing Isan people and Isan culture in Isan and no longer in Bangkok. A local ruffians' leader Loi (อี๊ด โปงลาง) likes young lady Yien (นรีรัตน์ สีหราชนิเวศน์) but it is not reciprocal. Lampran is Yien’s aunt. Yien leaves for Bangkok, but she has no money for the ticket. She bumps into the new District Permanent Secretary Likhit while trying to get rid of Loi. A transgender women (กะเทย) proposes a job to her. Yien works as a waitress in a club, but loses her job as she slaps a man for being incorrect with her. The transgender women finds a new job for Yien in a restaurant. Yien is very tired but needs to be strong. She meets again the new District Permanent Secretary (อําเภอปลัด) Likhit (เอ พศิน). The new District Permanent Secretary wishes to clean his territory and to eradicate corruption. Yien's aunt (เจเน็ต เขียว) warns him. Likhit meets young lady Bua, being the daughter of the local money lender. Local subdistrict headman Ming is upset that Bua likes Likhit. Sia Kalasin likes Yien, but he gets a kick punch from her. A beauty contest is happening in the village so Lampran and her mother ask Yien to come back. Strong colorful clothes are worn reminiscent of Mon Rak Luk Thung (มนต์รักลูกทุ่ง) and Yam Yasothon (แหยมยโสธร) movies. Meanwhile some local ruffians steal the local Buddha footprint (พระพุทธบาตร). Finally Yien is the one to win. Not because she is the most beautiful but because she helped the village community to look for the Buddha footprint. Romance happens between Yien and Likhit. Likhit invites Yien to visit Bangkok. Yien is kidnapped by the subdistrict headman’s men when buying goods in the market. Yien is released thanks to Bua, the mother, her aunt, Likhit’s efforts. Aware that the subdistrict headman Ming was involved in the robbery with Loi, Likhit warns him to help to recover the sacred item or to face jail. Bua promises her love if Ming becomes a good man. They chase Loi and successfully recover the Buddha footprint. Luang Pho (Choomporn Theppitak) thanks all of the protagonists for helping to recover the Buddha footprint.

Year: 2015

Thai title: เพื่อรักเธอ ภาค 3
English title: Yes or No 2.5

Rating: 3/5
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Thai movie Yes or No 2.5 (เพื่อรักเธอ ภาค 3) was released in year 2015. It lasts 1h43mn. Pii is roommate with Wine (Suppanad Jittaleela). Both are tomboys. Young girls called Fah and Pim are moving in front of Pii's flat. Fah is university student. Pim has a boyfriend called Jet. Wine cannot forget Pim. Pii tries to use Fah in order for Wine to forget Pim. But it looks like Pii falls for Fah. It is reciprocal. But Pii only wants to stay as friendship level (พี่น้อง). Both cry when alone. Back to home, Wine announces to Pii that she will follow her advice to ask Fah to become her girlfriend. Pii also blames Pim for being unfair and unclear with Wine. Previously Pim took care of Wine when she was sick and also declared being fond of Wine but still stayed with Jet as it was more natural to be with a boy. Pii tells her to follow what she likes and not what others like. As they are going to be graduated soon, Jet asks for Pim's hand. Confused, Pim accepts to follow her parents' wishes. Wine is getting sick again. Finally Wine and Fah splits together and Pii can be with Fah. Pii discovers that Pim is still wearing the ring that Wine gives her 3 years ago. Pim has to decide what she wants to do, be unhappy her whole life with Jet or follow her true nature. Pim flees from her engagement party. A few days Pim goes back to her home with Wine to explain the situation. The father is very upset (จะเอาหน้าไหวที่ไหน? เป็นผู้หญิงทั้งคู่) but the mum promises to talk to him. Wine asks they give them a chance. Wine may not be a man but can still bring happiness to Pim. The movie ends with same-sex marriages. Suppanad Jittaleela has become a teen heart-throb in China after the two first opus of "Yes or No". Part 3 is not a sequel to the original two movies. Thai gay movies are rare. Thai lesbian movies are even rarer.

Year: 2015

Thai title: ผีห่า อโยธยา
English title: The Black Death

Rating: 4/5
Director: Chalermchatri Adam Yugala

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Thai movie ผีห่า อโยธยา / The Black Death was released in year 2015 and lasts 1h20mn. It deals about Zombies during Ayutthaya period. A zombie disease is coming from Portugal through the caravelle boats. Dead people don't die, they become zombies. A noble refuses the love of his daughter Mien with a young man (เด็กวัด) called Kong. Bua, young lady, is an ironsmith. She gets help from strong fighter Thep as she is harassed by a rich man called Jun. Zombies arrive in the village. Bai, a mute prostitute, gets beaten with a whip. A man called Kwan supports her. People have to move to a fort. Mien tries to flee while her parents are moving to the fort. Rich but coward Jun is protected by two colossus. The villagers take finally refuge in the Buddhist temple but the zombies storm inside and all die. Only a small group succeed to get refuge in the house of the rich man Jun as it has strong walls and doors. Kwan is bitten by a zombie in the house. People bitten also become zombie (ผีห่า). Bai prevents Kong from cutting Kwan's head. Mien is sick. They finally all go their ways as zombies succeed to enter. Mien has been bitten by a zombie. As Kong refuses to kill her, she impales herself on his sword to avoid being a hindrance for him. Bai and Bua are killed. Only Thep and Kong remain to stop the zombies... The movie provided 3000 jobs and cost hundreds of thousands of hours. This statement is shown as a plea against piracy. Film director is Chalermchatri “Adam” Yugala is the son of famous movie director M.J. Chatrichalerm Yugala.

Year: 2015

Thai title: สยามยุทธ
English title: The Dawn Of The Kingdom

Rating: 3/5
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Main actor: Than Thanakorn
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Thai movie สยามยุทธ / The Dawn Of The Kingdom / Siam Yuth was released in year 2015 and lasts 1h25mn. Heavy FX effects are featured to make battles look bloody. It is a nationalist and historical movie. Old Thai language is used. Warlord (ขุนศึก) Ram, from Kamphaeng Phet, is behaving badly and is attacking emissary from the North. He then puts the blame on others such as his opponents. He also abuses his own people. Thap, fed up by Ram’s behavior, decide to stop him before he could jeopardize the whole Kingdom. Thap’s team delivers two ladies (แม่หญิง) captured by Kun Ram. Heavy politics among Kun Ram's men is happening. Thap’s men receive tattoos. Ram sends Thap’s old girlfriend to destabilize him. Battle between Thap’s soldiers and Ram’s troupes shall happen. Last dinner for Thap’s soldiers as they know that tomorrow they may all die. They finally attack Kamphaeng Phet prince. Thap’s old girlfriend finally fights back and sends dynamites on Ram's troupes and canons. There is dissension inside Ram’s team. Heavy fighting occurs as Ram’s troupes include bodybuilder giants and a Japanese samurai. Many Thap’s soldiers die. Kun Ram is captured and blamed as he caused Thai people to fight against Thai people. Remaining fighters are spared and after admitting their mistake, they join Thap’s team.

Year: 2015

Thai title: แม่เบี้ย
English title: Maebia

Rating: 4/5
Director: Pantewanop Tewakul

Main actor: Shahkrit Yamnarm,Ananda Everingham,Kriengkrai Unhanan
Main actress: Karnpithchar Katemanee

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Thai movie แม่เบี้ย was released in year 2015. It lasts 2h. Miss Thailand World 2009 second runner-up Karnpithchar "Oam" Katemanee was selected for the challenging role of Mekhala. Compared to previous versions in 1988 and 2001, this version is highlighted by a beautiful picture as usual with movies from director Pantewanop Tewakul and also an important dose of erotism with many love scenes. The elder brother khun Charachon (Shahkrit Yamnarm) wishes to buy an old house (เรือนโบราณ). The owner of the house is a beautiful lady called Mekhala. Charachon visits the house with his younger brother Prapoum. The house is showing traditional puppet events. While the elder brother enjoys the show and is attracted by the beautiful owner, the younger brother is having an affair with one of the dancers. Charachon wishes to meet Mae again. Charachon is married to Kaew and has a daughter. Mekhala is having a lover called Pot already but he dislikes a snake always around. Pot is the son of political party owner. Charachon wishes to have a diner with Mekhala but she prefers to organise it in her home... Pot cannot come that night as Mekhala is busy already. Pot sends some men to get rid of the snake (งูผี) but they die. Pot is also married. The snake ghost is jealous about men being close to Mekhala. Charachon has to meet again Mekhala as he fully attracted by her. While riddling on the river, they fall from the boat as the snake (งูเห่า) was about to attack. Charachon doesn't know how to swim. Charachon feels so well in Mekhala's old house that he forgets going home (ไม่เหมาะ) despite his wife waiting. The spirit has the appearance of a beautiful young lady at nighttime. Charachon has weird dreams and wishes to understand the significance. Charachon sees Mekhala talking to a big snake (ทีนี้ไม้ใช่ที่ของคุณ). They finally become lovers. Mekhala tells the story of the snake (คุณ), who was already protecting her mother. On his side, Charachon is an adoptive child. He doesn't know his biological parents. In the morning, while wandering with Mekhala, the cobra attacks Charachon again. Thanks to the spade (ดาบพิเศษ) given by Lung Tim, Charachon pushes back the snake. Lung Tim warns Charachon not to come back to this house. Pot is chased away by Mekhala as she has Charachon now. Aware of Charachon's outside activities with Mekhala, Charachon's wife, Kaew, asks her to stop taking her husband (แย่งผัวชาวบ้าน). Meanwhile Pot dies while trying to kill the snake. The house is damned (บ้านของบาป, บ้านมีกรรม) with lust and death. Charachon realises he is not the real son of Kriengkrai Unhanan. Perplex, he finds his own brother Prapoum in bed with his wife Kaew. Deceived by life, Charachon goes back to Mekhala’s home knowing she is not here and knowing that death is waiting for him there. A few months later, Prapoum brings his new boss (Ananda Everingham) to visit Mekhala...

Year: 2015

Thai title: บองสรันโอน
English title: Bong Srolanh Oun

Rating: 3/5
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Main actor: Ray McDonald
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Thai movie Bong Srolanh Oun / บองสรันโอน was released in year 2015. It lasts 1h45mn. Don (Ray McDonald) is a computer artist. A new young lady worker น้อง Jaem arrives in his office. Don is single (บ้างาน) and seems to have difficulties to forget his earlier girlfriend. It looks like somebody is always following Don. Jaem likes Don. Don has to see somebody at hospital so he misses job one day. His twin brother is at hospital. A lady seems to always be present in his flat. Worried that Don didn't come to office and cannot be contacted, Jaem heads to his home. On the following day, she is found dead having fallen from Don’s flat. Later, when his colleagues organize a party for him, heavy drinking happened in his flat. One of his female colleagues hides to play a peekaboo to him. Unaware of this, Don leaves the flat to bring back a drunken colleague at his home. When back, the female colleague is found dead. Believing something is wrong with his flat, Don inquiries regarding the previous owner. It was a girl coming from Cambodia, who disappeared suddenly. Don goes to Cambodia to see her mother in order to find the truth. The young lady had a Thai boyfriend. He dumps her so she had to find a job. Being pregnant and injured, she hid herself in a suitcase in the flat and died there. Don then stayed over in the flat. It seems that Don’s twin brother stayed in this flat before so the Cambodian spirit, believing it is the brother, keeps following Don. Don incinerates the dead body and sent back ashes to Cambodia. But the ghost stays in the flat...

Year: 2015

Thai title: อำมหิต
English title: Hidden Wrath

Rating: 3/5
Director: Moua Lee,Kao Chang

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Thai movie Hidden Wrath / อำมหิต was released in year 2015. It is the first Hmong horror movie released through DVD and later on on YouTube. The movie lasts 1h19mn. A couple is chased by three men in the jungle. They are savagely killed. Bua is mute (ใบ้). She is living with her mum as the father quit them for another woman. Yod, a young man, is her boyfriend but their love is disapproved by many people including his parents. Chang is a small lazy ruffian spending most of his time with two other drunkards instead of taking care of his pregnant wife. They are stealing fishes and even harass Yod and Bua. Later on, while they are catching fishes, Chang and his two thugs (Lek and Phet) rape Bua and kill both Yod and Bua. The parents suspect Chang but they have no proof. Later on while hunting in the forest, the thugs have visions and see spirits. At nighttime, while being drunk, they all see Bua as a ghost. They have all nightmares. Lek dies in the forest while fleeing Bua ghost. Phet wishes to tell the truth but Chang threatens him. Phet finally drowns while fishing. His father is the village’s leader (ผู้ใหญ่บ้าน) so he tries to get protection from his father. Anyway it is time to pay for his bad karma (กรรม). Chang hears strange noises at nighttime. While trying to stab the ghost, he kills his own pregnant wife. Finally Yod and Bua take their revenge against Chang...

Year: 2015

Thai title: รุ่นพี่
English title: Senior

Rating: 4/5
Director: Wisit Sasanatieng

Main actor: Sahat Piempongsan
Main actress: Piathip Kumwong

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Thai movie รุ่นพี่ / Senior was released in year 2015. The movie lasts 1h47mn. Movie director is Wisit Sasanatieng. Mon, student in a convent, is a lonely girl talking alone. Both her parents die 12 years ago. Since that time, she can see and feel spirit's presence. One young male spirit keeps asking for her help but she refuses. She sympathises with another girl called Ann. Both of them are always harassed by other school girls. Mon finally accepts to help the spirit Run Phi to resolve a murder and a burglary (มรดก). Mon is able to feel spirits (สัมพันธ์). Mon contacts people involved such as Doctor Saneu (Sahat Piempongsan) and Mrs Wipha (Piathip Kumwong) but they don’t appreciate that such old case is reopened 50 years after. The spirit needs her help as he is not able to go through walls or doors if the building mapping has changed. The murderer (ฆาตกร) is still unknown. Her friend Ann is pregnant. A teacher is her boyfriend but he refuses to take responsibility (ช่วยไม่ได้). Romance does happen between Mon and the spirit despite they cannot see each other. An evil spirit tries to prevent Mon to investigate. Ann gets suicide as she was harassed by other schoolmates and humiliated by the teacher uploading a naked picture of her on Facebook. Mon asks the spirit to help her. Frightened by ghost visions, the teacher goes to Police and unveils he is the one, who uploaded the picture. At the same time, Mon discovers who killed Run Phi. A Thai princess (ท่านหญิง) loved a common man, i.e. Doctor Saneu. Their daughter (หนู) Daeng was terrorized by the princess so she pushes her in the swimming pool. Daeng became the Catholic school headmistress. Doctor Saneu always wishes to protect his daughter Daeng so killing all who investigate this murder case. As the case is now resolved, Run Phi can now quit this world. This movie got a few Thai cinema awards such as Best director.

Year: 2015

Thai title: มอญซ่อนผี
English title: Ghost Ship

Rating: 3/5
Director: Phontharis Chotkijsadarsopon

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Thai horror comedy movie มอญซ่อนผี / Ghost Ship was released in year 2015 and lasts 1h30mn. It is a Five Star production. The movie director is Phontharis Chotkijsadarsopon. As often in modern Thai comedies, it features a flatulence scene in the toilets and also an exuberant gay character. Three young men including Lui, Suk and Nella (a funny gay character), are working on a cargo boat. Some crew men bring goods to the boat. The three young men find a dead young lady in a box. They are not willing to tell other members as they are worried to be killed. A woman can be heard crying. Weird events happen on the boat. They all have horrific ghost visions (โดนผีหลอก). The young lady body has disappeared (ศพหาย!). They suspect the son of the boat's owner as he was seen having arguments with his girlfriend, called Mia, and his hand is stained with blood. If they bring more troubles, the boat owner threatens to throw them in the deep sea. Finally the three friends find that Nit was hiding his wife Mia in his room (หนี). She was not dead but simulated to be a ghost to frighten the crew. The father is upset and jails his son and wife. Another crew Phi Bi is behaving weirdly. It seems there are real ghosts on the boat. A ceremony is organised to detect who the ghost is. Multiple ghosts are in fact present on the boat. The engine is now off. Phi Noon killed Phi Bi so Phi Bi is looking for revenge. His body is found. Ruffian Tao arrives by speed boat and threatens the father. Nit is found to be dead already. Shooting happens and Nella is injured. The father is shot. Suk has betrayed his friends with Tao. Tao gets lynched by the ghosts led by Nit. Through a final scene, Nit and Mia have to split as they belong to different worlds.

Year: 2015

Thai title: รด เขาชนผีที่เขาชนไก่
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Rating: 1/5
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Thai movie รด เขาชนผีที่เขาชนไก่ was released in year 2015 and lasts 1h20mn. It is a Phranakorn Film production. It is a ghost teen comedy taking place in an army background. It is a modern teen movie with sexual jokes, burp gags, flatulences, toilets jokes and using modern teen language. It was forbidden under 13 years old. Soldier comedy movies were very popular during 1980s decade, but they were family movies. In this movie, various characters are featured including one always bullied by others, gay characters... A group of young soldiers call for ghost. A dead instructor ghost (Somchai Kemglad) is seen (ผีหลอก). Some ghost appearances are in fact jokes done by some young soldiers, but some are linked to the instructor ghost... The instructor ghost is probably looking for justice. Some parts of the movie remind of the บ้านผีปอบ serie movies where villagers were trying to escape ghosts chasing them. This movie even features Boys band group music. Finally, another ghost is protecting the young soldiers against the instructor ghost (ครู), i.e. Dalai. A young soldier had heart disease and died as instructor Dalai forced him to do too much exercices. Being responsible, instructor Dalai got suicide.

Year: 2015

Thai title: อาปัติ
English title: Arbat

Rating: 5/5
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Main actor: Charlie Trairattana,Sorapong Chatree
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Thai movie อาปัติ was released in year 2015. It lasts 1h20mn. The movie อาบัติ was censored and finally renamed as อาปัติ after removing some controversial scenes. Thai movie "Arbat" (อาบัติ) was first banned in 2015. Thai Censorship Board objected to the movie not being respectful to Thai Buddhism (novice drinking alcohol, novices fighting, novice showing disrespect to the Buddha image, novice touching the face of a girl). Finally after cutting three minutes, the movie was unbanned and released under new name "Arpatti" (อาปัติ). The movie still shows young monks smoking and playing with their smartphone but those are typical scenes that can be seen nowadays in Buddhist temples. The movie director mentions it was a way to attract attention on issues happening in nowadays Thai Buddhism. Novice (เณร) San (Charlie Trairattana) just enters monkhood. San is back from prison after 2 years and his father still does not forgive him. In this Buddhist temple, they provide food and prayers for hungry ghosts (เปรต). Not everybody can see hungry ghost (One way to to see a ghost is to bend over, stick the head between legs and look behind). San still tries to contact his girlfriend through Line but she doesn't answer. Sorapong Chatree is playing a crazy guy. San meets a young teen girl called Fai. San has visions of ghosts in his room. San is upset as his girlfriend doesn't answer. She finally tells him that she wishes to break (เลิก). Upset San drinks alcohol and is discovered by other monks. He wishes to disrobe (สึก). Issues are happening with the crazy guy, who mentions a ghost is around San's cloister (กุฏิ) and is also stealing alms offering (บิณฑบาต) food. But as the abbot takes too long time to let him go, he wishes to remove the robe by himself (อย่าถอดผ้าเหลือง). He has often discussion with another Luang Phi, who had a sad childhood. His mother Pin hanged herself in the cloister, where San is now staying. Pin used to live in front of Fai's house. Pin used to love a monk but this love was impossible (บาป). Per local superstition, she should reincarnate in a hungry ghost. San decides to flee with Fai. The crazy guy was a Buddhist abbot and had an affair with Pin (อาบัติ - offence). As she hanged herself, the abbot buried her. He also killed Luang Phi, Pin's first son, to silence him. Following the crime, he becomes crazy being tormented by Pin's ghost. San needs to choose if he wants to be a holy man (นักบุญ) or a sinner (นักบาป). Luang Phi body is finally discovered and cremated properly. His half-brother is the now current abbot. San decides to stay in the monkhood.

Year: 2015

Thai title: พรหมจรรย์ สวยพันธ์สยอง
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Rating: 2/5
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Thai movie พรหมจรรย์ สวยพันธ์สยอง was released in year 2015 and lasts 1h17mn. This horror erotic was released by Phranakorn Film production. In year 1937, a man is chasing demon tiger lady spirits (เสือสมิง). Time flies to year 2015. Three ladies friends (Tida, Plaew and Neiya) go on weekend with male friends in North of Thailand. Neiya doesn't trust men. They go to a lake. Only Neiya is not swimming. She goes deep in the jungle and meets a demon tiger lady spirit despite the uncle warning her not to go inside the forest. As she gets lost, one of the young men, called Pim, hopefully finds her. Neiya finally sympathizes with Pim. Neiya recalls the time when she was raped so she didn’t trust men for long time. Seeing Pim making love with another girl in a car, she feels hurt again and leaves into the forest. She meets a demon tiger lady, who tattoos a tiger on her back. She accepts to be tattooed as she wishes to get revenge over men. After being tattooed, Neiya loses her inhibitions, remove her glasses, wear sexy clothes, dance languorously and tease all men. Wit, one of the young men, bloody body is found after he follows Neiya in the forest. The uncle feels confused. Something is bad in the forest... Another lady Plaew dies in the house. She was killed by Neiya, possessed by the demon tiger lady spirit. The movie ends up in a Bangkok club where two men hunt for the demon tiger lady spirits...

Year: 2014

Thai title: ความลับนางมารร้าย
English title: Call Me Bad Girl

Rating: 3/5
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Main actress: Penpak Sirikul,Pechaya Wattanamontree

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Thai movie ความลับนางมารร้าย / “Call Me Bad Girl” was released in year 2014 and it lasts 1h48mn. It is a romance comedy. Young lady Busaba (Pechaya Wattanamontree) meets young lad Neuasamut in a discotheque. Neuasamut (หนู) is very close to his mum (Penpak Sirikul). Other girls are interested in Neuasamut also. Busaba tests Neuasamut to see if he really loves her. As she likes partying with her friends (ใช้ชีวิตเป็นวันๆ), she is shocked by the wedding request from Neuasamut but accepts it. It is discovered that Busaba has a cancer in terminal phase. She cannot accept it and flees to party. She gives back her engagement ring to Neuasamut. She later regrets her decision. She has now to work hard and to convince Neuasamut that she really loves him...

Year: 2014

Thai title: แผลเก่า
English title: The Scar

Rating: 4/5
Director: Pantewanop Tewakul

Main actor: Phongphat Wachirabanjong,Krung Srivilai,Chaiyapol Pupart
Main actress: Davika Hoorne,Sinjai Hongthai

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Thai movie แผลเก่า (The Scar) was released multiple times over 50 years. This version was released on mother's day 2014. It really features a beautiful image. The movie action takes place in year 1936. Kwan loves Riem (Davika Hoorne), daughter of the local subdistrict headman called Somyong. Kwan's father (Phongphat Wachirabanjong), village headman, doesn't want his son to love Riem. Riem's father doesn't want Kwan to be around his daughter. Families are enemies. Riem is also in the interest of a Bangkokian young man called Choi. Fighting erupts during a temple fair between Kwan and Choi as Kwan is dancing with Riem. Krung Srivilai as Buddhist temple abbot stops them. Choi gives money to the subdistrict headman as corruption way. He wishes to marry Riem as soon as possible. Kwan and Riem promise to love each other forever in front of local spirit (ศาลเจ้า). Her father announces to Riem that she has to marry Choi. Choi already has many mistresses and children. So Riem and Kwan decide to flee. Choi and the subdistrict headman prevent them. Choi hits Kwan causing him a scar (แผลรักของเรา). Kwan promises revenge. While Kwan is still recovering from injury, Choi and the subdistrict headman bring Riem to Bangkok. Khun Ying (Sinjai Hongthai) buys Riem from the subdistrict headman for 500 baht but forbids her nephew Choi to touch her as he has already many wives and he doesn't care well about them! Kwan's father loved Riem's mother twenty years ago but finally she was forced to marry the subdistrict headman so antagonism stayed between both men. Riem has same face as the lost daughter of the aunt so she raises her same as her daughter to become a noble (ผู้ดี). Kwan goes to Bangkok to find Riem but he is too late as Khun Ying brings Riem overseas for three years. Choi is found injured in Bangkok with a scar... Kwan indulges in alcohol. Kwan promises to his father and to the local spirit shrine to stop drinking. He works hard to keep money, i.e. 500 baht to buy back Riem. Three years have passed. It is year 1939 and World war 2 is starting. Riem is back (ลูกชาวนา) and meets Somchai, member of Thai government. The aunt decides to visit Riem's birthplace again. Kwan meets Riem again. 500 baht is the cost of her shoes only (เจ้าเปลี่ยนไปแล้ว). Somchai (ผู้ชาย Bangkok) takes opportunity to have the aunt and subdistrict headman together to ask Riem's hand. She accepts. Somchai was engaged with the aunt's daughter since childhood. Back to Bangkok, Riem understands that Somchai has already another lover. The wedding is just for principles as she is only a farmer daughter. Only Riem's love was pure and sincere. Riem decides to go back to countryside. It is too late as her mother, Mae Ruay, died already. Kwan has promised to his father to ordain and after ordination he wishes to marry Riem. The Bangkok people try to get back Riem but she refuses. Fighting occurs and Kwan gets shot fatally. Wishing to die in the river, Riem joins him.

Year: 2014

Thai title: สมิง พรานล่าพราน
English title: Sming

Rating: 3/5
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Thai movie Sming / สมิง พรานล่าพราน was released in year 2014. It lasts 1h40mn. This movie features impressive Fx with the tigers. This Thai movie was also released in India. Pat is a killer of tiger spirits (สมิง). His wife is killed by a fierce tiger spirit. Lam Duan, his daughter, escapes to death as he brings her out of the burning house. He wishes to get revenge and tries to kill the tiger (เสือนรก) but he only succeeds to damage its eye and gets seriously injured. Many years have passed. A little boy comes to the Thai forest administration and asks for help against the tigers. A new worker Pamai is allocated to solve this issue happening in a remote village. Tigers keep attacking and killing villagers. Three heavily armed foreigners wishing to go to this village also join them. Pamai always takes pictures and looks useless to villagers looking for help. The village population is a mix of Chinese people, Cambodian and Thai people. Pamai discovers the reality of the tiger spirits. Pat is still looking for the tiger, which killed his wife. It is now half blind (ตาบอด). The foreigners are hunters. Saming / Tiger spirits can change their appearance so they can lie to people and fool them. Two foreigners are killed as the tiger spirit transforms itself in an attractive Thai young lady. Pamai saves the young boy from the tiger spirit. The Chinese guys including พี่ใหญ่ try to kill the tiger spirit by using special monkey dance but they fail and the villager leader dies. It is finally discovered that Pat is already dead. His daughter Lam Duan and Pamai succeed to kill the tiger thanks to Pat’s spirit.

Year: 2014

Thai title: ร่าง
English title: The Parallel

Rating: 4/5
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Main actress: Paula Taylor

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Thai movie The Parallel / ร่าง was released in year 2014. Mobai's mother dies in her shop while fighting against a robber. Amy's boyfriend drugs her to force an illegal abortion while she is not aware. Mobai's mother as a ghost continues to protect her daughter whenever she faces adversity. Mobai is mute since the murder. A nurse in the orphanage dies as she tries to slap Mobai. Amy (Paula Taylor) always calls her mum on the phone. Mobai only talks to her doll since her mother is dead. Finally Amy welcomes Mobai in her home. Both have been hurt by life. Police is also investigating on the mysterious deaths linked to Mobai's presence. Amy finds the illegal abortion clinic and realises that her former boyfriend Am brings another girl for abortion. He chases her away (เลิกยุ่ง). The same night he dies emasculated (ช้างน้อย). Amy has difficulties to have Mobai studying at home. Amy's friend brings a modern medium (หมอผี) to inspect her home. The house is full of anxiety (บ้านเต็มความห่วง). The abortion clinic doctor is also killed. Police inspector (หมด) finds strange that Amy's car is often seen around that clinic (อย่าจ้องเวรกับคนที่ทำร้ายคุณ). Will Amy be the one taking revenge? Finally it is discovered that \Amy's own mother, who also died tragically, was also still protecting her daughter... Mobai and Amy can finally live happily.

Year: 2014

Thai title: น้ำมันพราย
English title: Spell

Rating: 3/5
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Main actor: Kowit Wattanakul
Main actress: Wanida Termthanaporn

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Thai horror movie น้ำมันพราย (Spell) was released in 3D version in year 2014. A monk is coming from Cambodia bringing real oil corpse. A young lady called Phrae (Wanida Termthanaporn) is working in an office. The boss always tries to seduce her. Phrae's mother is at hospital and is paralysed. The uncle (Kowit Wattanakul) would like to sell the house but Phrae is not willing. A coworker called Lek is fond of Phrae but she treats him as a friend only. Somebody suggests him to try oil corpse (น้ำมันพราย) to attract Phrae. Lek tries it on Phrae but it ends up tragically as Phrae becomes a fearful spirit (พี่หลอก) without being aware. Lek dies and his body disappears. Police enquiries and is wary about Phrae as she is the last to have seen Lek. The boss lies about Phrae hoping to get favour (บุญคุณ) from her. He brings her to a restaurant and drugs her. The boss tries to rape her but Phrae becomes a fearful spirit again causing the boss to flee. Meanwhile her stepfather tries to sell the house and is having affair with a younger girl. Surprising her stepfather, he finally expels her. Phrae meets again a former friend Thana that she loved when being a student many years ago. Love happens again. The boss finally gets suicide in the police station. The Cambodian monk being in jail at the same time explains to the police inspector the origin of the corpse oil. The policeman informs Phrae that she is probably possessed (โดนของ). Lost, Phrae finally finds Thana in bed with another woman. Upset, the spirit causes Thana to die also. Phrae finally flees away asking the policeman to focus on more important cases than flirtatious men (ผู้ชายเจ้าชู้).

Year: 2014

Thai title: ฝากไว้...ในกายเธอ
English title: The Swimmers

Rating: 4/5
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Thai movie "The Swimmers" / ฝากไว้...ในกายเธอ was released in year 2014. It lasts 1h55mn. Tan and Perth are close friends. They are both joining swimming competitions. Ice was Tan's girlfriend. Ice jumped to death from the swimming pool high diving board. It looks like a suicide. Perth wins gold medal at the Thai national competition but Tan wasn't competing. Perth has a new girlfriend called Mint. It is almost Ice's 100th death commemoration. There is only one place left for the sport university. Tan is perturbed. He finds that Ice was pregnant. He wants to kill the one who caused Ice to commit suicide. There are movies flashbacks. Perth always liked Ice before. As Tan had no time to teach Ice how to swim, Perth did it. Perth loved Ice but it couldn't be reciprocal as Tan was already her boyfriend. Ice's mother lits a big incense stick to let Ice spirit find back her home. Finally as the story goes forward, it is found that Ice broke up with Tan. As it wasn't really official, Tan still wishes to enquiry and repair Ice's mobile phone to find data on her facebook account. Perth's mother is pregnant with Perth's swimming teacher. As Ice was pregnant, they finally resolved to abortion. Ice changed mind at last minute. To avoid being suspected by Tan, Perth puts the blame on another university student, who is beaten. Perth starts to have terrific visions and even to believe he is pregnant himself. Suspicion goes on Perth. Perth starts to believe Ice spirit wants to rebirth. Ice took a strong medicine to kill the fetus and Perth buried it. Finally it is understood that Ice wanted to go back with Tan. As Perth refused, a fighting happened and Ice broke accidentally her neck. Perth transformed this into a suicide. Perth doesn't join the Thai competition to defend his title as he knows he cannot defeat Tan. Tan is waiting Perth at the swimming for a final deadly confrontation... The movie made 67M Baht revenue.

Year: 2014

Thai title: รักเราเขย่าขวัญ
English title: She Devil

Rating: 3/5
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Thai movie รักเราเขย่าขวัญ / She Devil was released in year 2014. It lasts 1h39mn. This movie mixes horror and comedy similar to the 1990s movies but with a much higher budget. Four comic relief characters are part of the movie. A mother is trying to marry her son Veun, who is a nice simple guy but still single. His mother is very possessive. He finally married a young lady called Ploy but she never smiles. It is an arranged marriage. Ploy’s mother asks her to never remove her necklace (สายสิญจน์แม่). On the wedding day, she is crying at night time and mumbling mantra while holding the necklace. The bed is shaking and it seems there is somebody in the wardrobe. On following days, wishing to make a surprise to Ploy, Veun removes her necklace to replace it by a gold necklace. It causes a big mess as she asks it back immediately. Veun realises Ploy becomes a ghost at nighttime and hits her trying to escape the ghost. Ploy tells it started to happen when she visited Kalong waterfall a few years ago. Her own mother is aware but hid this to Veun’s family. Not willing to cause any more problems, Ploy decides to leave. She finally gets reunited with Veun. Ploy and Veun decide to see a monk and also a witch doctor (หมอผี) to get hints to get rid of ghost. The monk believes Ploy is facing double personality syndrome. A little monk is seen near Ploy when she faints near the river bank. Veun brings Ploy to honeymoon in order to find a solution far from his mother. While possessed, Ploy always says a weird sentence. Later on, a policeman identifies that it means “i want to go home” in Burmese language. Veun brings Ploy to Kalong waterfall and has to face the Burmese spirit wishing to bring Ploy with him. Thanks to the little monk’s support, the spirit is pushed back and finally leaves this world with the little monk. Ploy and Veun can be happy and have a child for the grandmother.

Year: 2014

Thai title: บ้านขังวิญญาณ
English title: My House

Rating: 3/5
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Main actor: Akara Amarttayakul
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Thai movie บ้านขังวิญญาณ / My House was released in year 2014 and it lasts 1h25mn. A man destroyed a house spirit (ศาลพระภูมิ) as the spirit didn't protect his family. His wife was having an affair. Upset and crazy, he drown his own child in the bathroom. Few years passed. Young lady Ann, married to In (Akara Amarttayakul), has nightmares (ฝันร้าย). They have a daughter called Cherry. They move to a new house with Ann's mother. The neighbour Pon is reluctant to go inside their new house. Problems at office start to happen for both of them. Food is suddenly rotten (เสีย). The grandmother ends up in hospital after seeing a hanged lady in a room. She finally dies. Ghost children always push Cherry to play in the bathroom. Both Ann and In lose their job. In becomes a taxi driver but nobody enters his taxi. Pon tells Ann the story about the previous families staying in the family but gets her tongue cut. They use a master (อาจารย์) to chase the bad spirit but to no avail. They decide to quit the house as it becomes too dangerous (ผีบ้า). Ann comes a last time and has horrible visions of the murders that occurred before. Another medium tells her that the spirit doesn't want a house spirit anymore but the whole house (บ้านกู) as his strength has been increased by the previous deaths. The movie ends tragically with Inn possessed by the spirit and hurting his own family...

Year: 2014

Thai title: ห้อง หลอก หลอน
English title: The Rooms

Rating: 3/5
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Thai horror movie “The Rooms” / ห้อง หลอก หลอน was released in year 2014. It lasts 1h47mn. It features three short stories. The first one is “Green Sonata”. Two people wishing to buy an old house are having ghosts vision. They ask the salesman to tell them the story of this house. Khun Luang was a musician having little time for his family. He was married to Anna. She was sick due to a specific rare syndrome that made her paralyzed. Phi Boonleu used young lady Phupan, whom he saved from fire, to pay back his debts. Phi Boonleu was disfigured due to that fire. A brothel owner used Phupan as domestic helper. Khun Luang started to be fed up to wait for improvement regarding Anna's health. Khun Luang visited the brothel and went with Phupan. Phupan accepted as she could pay back her debts in one time. When Boonleu learnt this, he chased Phupan away. Phupan had no choice but to go to Khun Luang's home. Anna was fully aware when they made love near her. Boonleu was aware that Phupan was now with Khun Luang. The love stories ended up tragically and bloodily... The second one is “Yesterday”. A ruffian leader stays in a hotel room with his bodyguard. Seeing a ghost, the bodyguard kills his boss by mistake. Unable to get rid properly of the body, he finally gets suicide as he keeps seeing the ghosts linked to previous deaths in this hotel room. This story mixes horror and comedy. The third one is “Honeymoon suite”. Three girl friends arrive in Bangkok and stay in a Honeymoon suite. One has been dropped by her boyfriend. While waiting for her friends doing shopping, she meets a young handsome man. There is immediate attraction between them. Following an old tale, the friends decide to cut apple skin at midnight in order to see their life mate in a mirror but it turns badly. Finally the young man doesn't come to the next date with her. Her friends learn that he dies during the day during a car accident. The young lady also realizes she died from a boat accident as she vomits sea water only...

Year: 2014

Thai title: เกมปลุกผี
English title: Ghost Coins

Rating: 4/5
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Thai movie Ghost Coins / เกมปลุกผี was released in year 2014 and it lasts 1h34mn. It is Five Star Production. It reminds a bit about Thai movie เงินปากผี released in year 1981 by Five Star Production also. Teens Ton and Jack like to play new games such as catching ghosts (ตกผี). The best school student Tor is brought forcibly by two other students, Ton and Jack, as he misbehaved with a young girl called Bi (ชดใช้ความผิด). Tor has to dig inside a cemetery (ป่าช้า) while Ton is filming him with his smartphone. Things get worse as Ton wakes up ghosts through his game as he steals a gold coin from a corpse (เงินปากผี). He ends up chained with Tor. Meanwhile Jack has disappeared looking for Bi. Ton and Tor take refuge in a remote Buddhist temple but Ton doesn't want to stay as he is looking for Jack. They see a man stealing gold teeth from corpses. Everybody has his karma to pay for (กรรมมัน กรรมใคร). Ton has horrific visions as he stole the gold coin. A lady visits the monk asking him to disrobe (ศึก) and to honour his promise to marry her. As he refuses, she intends to do whatever necessary to have him disrobed. Ton vomits a coin. Ton, Tor and Bi are linked together in a previous life (กรรมในอาทิตย์) through the father, the monk and the lady. They need to give back the coin. The father imprisoned the young lady as she refused to forget his son. He hit and raped her. He finally attached her to a drowning boat and the young monk didn't help her. During this life, it is time for Ton to pay for his bad karma from previous life. The ghost of the lady prevents him to escape from his car sinking in the river. Tor survives as he helps the lady in this life.

Year: 2014

Thai title: เร็วทะลุเร็ว
English title: Vengeance Of An Assassin

Rating: 3/5
Director: Panna Rittikrai

Main actor: Kowit Wattanakul,Dam Datsakorn
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Thai movie เร็วทะลุเร็ว / Vengeance Of An Assassin was released in year 2014. It is the last movie directed by Panna Rittikrai before his death. This movie lasts 1h30mn. A young boy called Phiti wishes to know what happened to his parents, who died earlier. The uncle has been raising the two children but refuses to disclose anything as it can only bring troubles to them. The uncle keeps indulging in beers to forget. He holds a key to a secret cabinet. It includes secret documents and VHS tapes featuring military trainings. Dam Datsakorn, now a monk, was former colleague of the father. Phiti wishing to know the truth leaves the uncle's home and goes to find Dam. Than, his younger brother stays with the uncle. Phiti meets also Athong, former friend of his father and now understands the truth. He gets revenge one by one through some impressive killings (in a restaurant with shootings happening at waist level, in a golf course...). The ruffians’ leader is traitor Kowit Wattanakul, who was also one of the father’s former friends. The boy helps a young lady wearing blond wig, in traditional costume (นางรำ) and chased by a killer. The girl was used as bait. Her teacher (ครู) is killed. Dam is also killed. The boy succeeds to defeat the ruffians but is severely injured. A doctor (หมอจีน) helps them and they take refuge in the uncle's house. Ruffians follow them there. The young lady is kidnapped and fightings happen on a moving train. Through daring final fightings, ruffians are defeated.

Year: 2014

Thai title: ผีโครตๆ
English title: The ghost father

Rating: 4/5
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Thai movie ผีโครตๆ / The ghost father was released in year 2014 and lasts 1h45mn. A painter and his pregnant wife are staying in a Buddhist temple as the husband has to decorate the main chapel for one month. They are not rich, so they cannot afford to rent a house inside the city. The abbot proposes to them to stay in an abandoned traditional house behind the temple. The house needs serious cleaning. Jong, a strange old temple boy (เด็กวัด) living in the temple, guides them. The house is located above an old cemetery (ป่าช้าเก่า) so an old aunt warns them. At night time, they hear strange noise. Meanwhile a young adult is trying to escape police as he stole a rare Buddha statue having a value of 2M Baht. While fleeing the police, he reaches the old house and hides it in a jar. He is then arrested by the Thai Police. He concludes a deal with the corrupted head of police to share the resale value 70%-30%. They go back to the house to get the statue. Meanwhile the husband has found the Buddha statue. As the police enters in the house, the husband and wife have to hide. Finally, there is no ghost in the house… but concurrent unfortunate events between the corrupted policemen looking for the Buddha statue and some illegal gamblers looking to get back the money they had to hide in the old house while fleeing the police...

Year: 2014

Thai title: เพลงของข้าว
English title: The songs of rice

Rating: 5/5
Director: Uruphong Raksasad

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Thai movie เพลงของข้าว / The songs of rice was released in year 2014 and lasts 1h15mn. This movie has also been registered as National Heritage per the 2016 list released by the Thai Film Archive. That is a big achievement as it was only released two years before. Director is Uruphong Raksasad. Two rice farmers see a procession from far away. A father and his two young sons are preparing the rice fields by using a buffalo. Farmers are working hard under the rain to plant the rice seedlings. Local festivals related to rice are then taking place during the year such as Chonburi buffalo race in east of Thailand or Nora dances in south of Thailand. Food preparation and dances always have a big part in Thai traditional festivals. Rice harvest and threshing do happen. Rats are caught up during harvest and are barbecued. Donation of money or rice bag is done during Buddhist festivals (ทำบุญ). There is even a rice goddess festival. Festivals do happen after the rice harvest period. Many festivals have fertility aspects related to man / woman, water / soil / rice. The movie shows the famous Rocket Festival featuring rockets launch in the clouds to bring rain to fertilize the fields. Donation to ancestors and food offering to monks are occurring during Buddhist festivals. Rice is always offered to monks as it is basis of Thai food. Rice is also offered to ancestors. The movie features great music composed by Thai composer วุฒิพงศ์ ลี้ ตระกูล. But wind going through rice fields is the real song of rice... It is the last part of a trilogy started with Stories from the North / เรื่องเล่าจากเมืองเหนือ (2005) and Agrarian Utopia. The third part of the trilogy is much shorter, i.e. 75 minutes but the movie picture remains as great as in the previous episodes.

Year: 2013

Thai title: จันดารา ปัจฉิมบท
English title: Jan Dara The Finale

Rating: 4/5
Director: Pantewanop Tewakul

Main actor: Mario Maurer,Chaiyapol Pupart,Kriengkrai Unhanan,Phongphat Wachirabanjong
Main actress: Bongkoj Kongmalai

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Thai movie จันดารา ปัจฉิมบท - The Finale was released in year 2013 and lasts 2 hours. Jan and Ken flee to Phichit. Back to Phichit, Jana identifies that he is not a child issued from a rape but through a common agreed relationship. He learns the truth through his grandmother and a former policeman. Twenty years ago, the grandmother had no choice but to accept the conditions given by Khun Luang (สัตว์นรก) in order to marry Dara. Ken gets married and has a child. Jan keeps sending letters to Aisin. In Bangkok, Kaew continues to misbehave with men. She also starts a relationship with Krajon, the son of Bee. When Bee and Khun Luang are back from Singapore, Kaew and Krajon announce to them that they want to get married as Kaew is 3 months pregnant. The wedding is impossible as Krajon is the hidden son of Khun Luang with Bee. Bee never told the truth to them. Khun Luang has a serious attack. To solve this mess, Khun Luang has no choice but to ask Jan to marry Kaew. Per his grandmother's orders, Jan accepts but Khun Luang has to give back all the family belongings (land, house, company) that he took 20 years ago. Jan visits Aisin but she just died from disease. Jan is heart broken. Kriengkrai Unhanan is invited to the wedding of Jan and Kaew. Kaew keeps calling him Ai Jan (ไอ้จัน). Bee and Jan become lovers. Kaew is about to deliver her child (เด็กอัปรีย์). Being older, the child is identified as retarded. Jan wishes to have a child with Bee but she is now sterile. Khun Luang, seeing Jan and Bee making love, has another attack and becomes fully paralyzed. Aunt Nawat goes back to Phichit. Bee refuses to make love to Jan anymore as she was doing it only to protect Khun Luang. There was no real love with Jan. Upset, using a mask to hide his face, Jan rapes Kaew and hits Khun Luang with a whip. Ken also decides to leave for Pichit as Jan has become unlivable. War happens in Bangkok. US planes send bombs. Khun Krajon saves Khun Jan's life and dies. Khun Luang also dies. Kaew becomes a Tom, following Jan's aggression. Bee decides to leave the house. Kaew is pregnant with Jan. Complaining that Bee leaves her with Jan, Kaew gets suicide by jumping from high floor as she doesn’t want to give a child to Jan. Jan ends up alone and never marries again.

Year: 2013

Thai title: ฟ้าต่ำแผ่นดินสูง
English title: Boundary

Rating: ?/5
Director: Nontawat Numbenchapol

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Thai movie ฟ้าต่ำแผ่นดินสูง / "Boundary" was temporarily banned in year 2013. An official movie trailer lasting three minutes can still be seen. Director Nontawat Numbenchapol made a documentary movie about the Preah Vihear temple and the Thai-Cambodian border dispute about it. The movie was banned as it could "persuade viewers to falsely believe” incorrect information. The director argued that the film shows the point of view of every side and so that his movie is neutral. After one week, the Thai censors have admitted they were wrong and removed the ban. The censors also asked the director to remove two seconds of ambient sound in an early scene of the movie. That scene was during the New Year’s celebration at the Ratchaprasong Intersection during which a master of ceremonies announces on stage: “Let’s countdown to celebrate HM the King’s 84th anniversary”. The censors expressed concerns that this might lead to misinterpretation. The movie background is related to Preah Vihear temple located at Thai Cambodian border and this issue has been dragging since decades. The International Court of Justice ruled in year 1962 that Preah Vihear temple belongs to Cambodia but disputes over ownership are still happening.

Year: 2013

Thai title: ยังบาว
English title: Young Bao

Rating: 3/5
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Main actor: Bom Tana
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The movie ยังบาว (Young Bao) relates the beginning of the famous Thai music group, the Carabao. In year 1977, key members Khiaw and Ed met each other in Philippines while being students there. They were also musicians and were playing in bars / nightclubs. They decided to form a band and Ed chose there the name of their band, i.e. Carabao, meaning buffalo, being a hard worker symbol. Once their studies finished, they went back to Thailand and arrived at a time of political instability due to 6th October 1976 students massacre. Ed supported the students insurrection by providing some clothes and necessities. Ed wrote some songs-for-life / engaged songs (เพลงเพื่อชีวิต). Their first tape was launched in 1980. Success was not coming as they were not as popular as other bands (not handsome or not wearing flashy clothes). Some bars or clubs only accepted foreign music (ห้ามเล่นเพลงไทย) as Thai music was a rebellion symbol. One of the member of famous group called President, Lek, quit his band to join Carabao as he hated commercial funk music. They were looking for additional members for their group Carabao. Thanks to Lek negotiating with the President band’s producer, they got their new tape released and a tour was organized. But they also needed to play in the orchestra of a Luk Thung star. A romance was starting with the singer but it didn't succeed due to the remembrance of an old love story of Ed that ended tragically. Commercial success finally happened. Ed liked big groups. Jealousy and misunderstanding happened inside the group made of seven musicians. They finally stayed together thanks to Ed and made famous songs still popular and played 30 years after. Some famous Carabao songs (Made in Thailand…) were created by Ed following real life events. A first movie about Carabao band was released in year 1985. This movie is part of the buzz around the 30th years anniversary of Carabao band. Ed's nephew was supposed to take his role but finally it ends up to Bom Tana. This movie will be appreciated by Carabao fans even if Ed's role is not as engaged as the real character.

Year: 2013

Thai title: สารวัตรหมาบ้า
English title: The Cop

Rating: 4/5
Director: MR Chalermchatri Yukol

Main actor: Note Chernyim
Main actress: Krystal Vee

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Thai movie สารวัตรหมาบ้า / The Cop was released in year 2013 and lasts 1h59mn. Movie director is MR Chalermchatri Yukol. He is the son of the famous Thai movie director MC Chatrichalerm Yukol. Behind the scene sequence. Wasan (สมชาย เข็มกลัด) is a Thai police inspector (สัรวัด). He drinks alcohol. His family relationship is very stressed. He is in conflict with another police inspector Chalad. Despite being an unusual police inspector, his boss still trusts him to solve a politician's teen daughter murder. He has three days to solve the case. Chalad (ชลัฏ ณ สงขลา) imposes a policewoman assistant, called Lin (Krystal Vee), to him. His team also includes Note Chernyim. Affected by a bad case a few years ago where children were shot by drugs traffickers, Wasan changed to become bad temper and impulsive. A man is suspected of kidnapping kids. After a failed attempt to catch him, Thai police catches him and Wasan shoots him. After doctor's investigation, the shot children kidnapper is not linked to the politician's daughter murder. Wasan and his team investigate on another man providing children for prostitution. The arrest in a bordel turns badly and two police assistants are killed. Wasan beats the shooter severely. Wasan is finally demoted due to excess of power usage. Meanwhile while sleeping at police station, his wife is killed, and his kids have disappeared. With a few colleagues, he storms ruffians' place, but his kids are not found. Wasan ends up in jail where he finds a disfigured ruffian, he caught himself many years ago. He thinks it is the ruffian's sadic revenge and Wasan has to beg him about information related to his children. Lin has a short relationship with Wasan. It is discovered that Lin has a double face, i.e. she is a hard-working policeman and she is also the daughter of a woman shot during a police case many years ago where Wasan and Chalad were involved. Lin traps Wasan and Note. Note is shot. About to shoot Wasan, Chalad shoots Lin and discloses he is the one who shot her mother as he wanted to keep her stolen money. Chalad is about to shoot Wasan to keep everything secret but...

Year: 2013

Thai title: พี่มาก..พระโขนง
English title: Pee Mak

Rating: 5/5
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Main actor: Mario Maurer
Main actress: Davika Hoorne

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While Phi Mak (Mario Maurer) is fighting as a soldier, his wife Nak dies during advanced pregnancy. Phi Mak is back with his four friends to Phra Khanong area. Mak doesn't know his wife is dead, neither his friends. People in the market refuses to sell to Mak anything. His friends understand the villagers are afraid of Nak, who is now a ghost. One of the friends, Chin, sees Nak extending her arm to catch a lemon fallen from the kitchen located on the first floor of the house. Mak's friends are trying to find stratagems to inform him without raising attention from Nak. Villagers who warned Mak are found dead. Upset by his friends behavior towards Nak, Mak is chasing them away. Friends want Mak to be aware. The four friends get confused and believe Mak is the ghost (ผี) and Nak is still an human. Finally realising their mistake, they end up in a Thai Buddhist temple but the monk is unable to protect them. Finally love is stronger (รักพี่มากมากๆ รักนากหนัก). Nak did nothing wrong as she just wants to stay with Mak but everybody tries to break their love. Nak and Mak stay together despite death showing that their love is stronger (รักไม่ธรรมดา). Thai movie Phi Mak (พี่มาก..พระโขนง) is a mix of light scary sequences, romance and comedy. It got the highest revenue in Thai movies history with more than 800M bath so making it the most ever popular Thai movie. It was even released in other Asian countries such as Hong Kong or Macau. Despite having been released for 15 times already, this new 2013 version features modern jokes, Mak as central character instead of Nak, Nak not being an evil spirit and a different ending. It is done as a movie for the whole family. The ending is more surprising and more romantic than the previous versions. Normally ghosts and humans cannot stay together so a monk always convinced Nak to rebirth in another life. Past reconstitution includes black teeth for actors.

Year: 2013

Thai title: โลงจำนำ
English title: Pawn Shop

Rating: 3/5
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Main actor: Krissada Sukosol
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Thai movie โลงจำนำ - Pawn Shop was released in year 2013. It is about spirit worshipping (การบูชาผี). The movie plays with the Thai words โลงจำนำ and โรงจำนำ (pawn shop). A middle age man owner of a pawn shop (โรงจำนำ) is having issues with his wife always complaining. Asking to become rich to his small spirit altar, the spirit accepts his request but he must kill his wife. Two young ladies including Som accept also to pay respect to ghost. They sell their soul (วิญญาณ) to the ghost (จำนำตัวเองกับผี). A lady customer looking to pawn her belongings accepts 1M baht if she also pays respect to the ghost. Dao and her boyfriend often argue. Many people including the boyfriend (Krissada Sukosol) accepts to pledge to the spirit versus 1M baht as they are in desperate need of money. Krissada boasts to be not afraid (ไม่กลัวมัน). They are put in a locked room and are facing their worst nightmares. The movie features beautiful graphics and sound. There is doubt if their scary visions are reality or nightmares. Krissada killed a young girl by accident by hurting her with his car at night time. He exchanges his life against the little girl's life (ปัญหาแห่งความตาย).

Year: 2013

Thai title: ต้มยำกุ้ง 2
English title: The Protector 2

Rating: 3/5
Director: Prachya Pinkaew

Main actor: Tony Jaa,Mum Jokmok
Main actress: Yanin Vismistananda

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Kham's (Tony Jaa) elephant is stolen as he refuses to sell it. His elephant is like a brother for him as they have been together since his youth. Kham follows the robbers up to Bangkok. He finds the leader but he has already been killed through a few severe hard punches. His two daughters (including Yanin Vismistananda), believing Kham killed their father, chase him. Kham meets again the Australian policeman (Mum Jokmok) but he lets him go knowing Kham is too nice to kill somebody. The ruffian having stolen the elephant is also an organiser of illegal fights. Through Bangkok, Kham is facing the ruffians through many thrilling fightings (against bikers on rooftop, in a factory, on metro railroad tracks, in a room on fire...). The ruffian leader is in fact working with some generals coming from a small kingdom. Following a rebellion in this Kingdom, a peace truce shall be signed in Phuket, Thailand. An elephant shall be given as a peace symbol. It is in fact Kham's elephant whose tusks have been filled with explosives. Many CGI are used in Tom Yam Koong 2 movie. A huge budget was spent but the box office sales were disappointing. Only 56M baht were reaped in Thailand. Even Tony Jaa didn't join the movie promotion in Thailand as he was already involved in “Fast and Furious” sequel 7. The movie was released in many other countries such as Hong Kong. Panna Rittikrai was also involved. Prachya Pinkaew was the director. It is a 1h44mn movie with non stop action. It took two years to be released.

Year: 2013

Thai title: แมรี่มีความสุข
English title: Mary is happy, Mary is happy

Rating: 2/5
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Main actor: Krissada Sukosol
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Thai drama movie Mary is happy / แมรี่มีความสุข was released in year 2013 and lasts 2h07mn. The movie got four Thai cinema awards, i.e. best actress, best supporting actress, best movie and best photography. The movie got listed as part of Thai heritage movie list in year 2016. It is based on 410 tweets sent by a Twitter user. It features two teens, Mary and Em, wondering about their future. Actor Krissada Sukosol is having a role as teacher. Each tweet is shown on the screen for reading and is linked to a short video sequence. The movie highlights teens problems such as love deception, exams, end of school year, questions on their future, first love, studies...

Year: 2013

Thai title: ตั้งวง
English title: Tang Wong

Rating: 5/5
Director: Kongdej Jaturanrasamee

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Thai film ตั้งวง (Tang Wong) was released in year 2013. The movie takes place during red shirts protests in Bangkok in year 2010. A boy has bad scores and has a dream to join a sport class. His girlfriend suggests him to ask a vow to a local deity but he doesn't believe in spirit belief that much. Another couple in love takes a vow (บน) to keep their love forever. Two students take vow also as they are not studying well. But there is a need to promise something to the spirit in order to fulfill the vow (แก้บน). Vows are now filled. They are all reunited by circumstances. They had promised to dance (รำ) so they have to do it. To hire a troupe costs 8000 bath so finally an uncle accepts to pay for their dance lessons as he believes they cannot make it. Nut is their teacher. She teaches them Tang Wong (ตั้งวง), which is a graceful dance gesture with fingers set at 90 degrees. After a while, the early motivation disappears. The students get blamed by their science teacher for believing in supernatural things. Everybody in the school makes fun of them (ตัวตลก). One of them go to fulfill (แก้บน) alone at night time but gets recorded on YouTube. Em, one of teen student, is now father but flees his responsibilities. Nut, a lady boy, is supposed to get married but it fails. The teens' issues happen in parallel with the political protests. There is corruption in real life and supernatural life. The shrine is burnt so no need to dance anymore. There is a parallel with Ratchaprasong district in Bangkok burning following the 2010 riots. Fiang's father, taking part in protests, is finally safe. This movie also contains critics on Thai education. This is much more than a standard teen movie and it is dealing with interesting thoughts about traditional beliefs evolution between generations.

Year: 2012

Thai title: รักสุดท้ายป้ายหน้า
English title: First Kiss

Rating: 2/5
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The movie รักสุดท้ายป้ายหน้า (First Kiss) was released in year 2012. The movie starts with some cliches, i.e. an ugly teen girl called Sa wearing big glasses and braces trying to seduce the top boy พี่ Ong in her school. She dreams about him since years but she is an eternal fool. Sa finally meets him when he is back from studying overseas. The movie features typical sub characters including the gay friend and elder bachelor friend. She dreams about first kiss (จูบแรก). She keeps mixing reality and dreams. She finally kisses accidentally a student called Benz in the bus and lost her mobile phone while hitting him with her bag. He doesn't know how to call her as she is older than him (ป้า or พี่). She gets the phone back from the school. But the boy keeps interfering in her love story with Ong. Benz reveals to Sa that Ong is going to marry soon with Pam. Benz steals her phone again to prevent Sa to contact Ong. Sa has no choice but to enter Benz's school as a student to get back her phone. Benz is also a musician (อยากเป็นแฟน). Sa is already 26 years old so her friends start to insinuate that Benz will not marry her before many years if he ever does. Age difference is too big as he is only 18 years old (ม.๖). The father is a violent guy and refuses that his son goes out instead of studying. Meanwhile Ong is back admitting his wedding with Pam was a mistake and try to go back with Sa. Sa has mixed feeling between her old boyfriend (แฟนเก่า) and potential new boyfriend (แฟนใหม่). Benz has to face his father's bodyguards as he wishes to send him to study abroad and Ong trying to get back Sa. Ong has a child from his wedding with Pam. Finally there is no need to force ourselves on unwanted love and Sa sends back Ong to Pam. Sa wishes to be back with Benz but his father sends him abroad. 5 years have passed. Benz finally comes back for Sa. This romantic school teen comedy includes a few modern songs. Few original surprises are featured in the scenario and the movies finishes with a classic ending.

Year: 2012

Thai title: รักเว้ยเฮ้ย
English title: Rak Wei Hei

Rating: 1/5
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This movie (รักเว้ยเฮ้ย - 2012) deals about a romance in a local radio station. A programmer called Luak loves secretly the DJ called Taoi. His uncle Na Ma has to teach him how to seduce girls as he is single (ผู้หญิงสมัยนี้ ชอบคนดี พบคนเลว แต่งงานก้บคนรวย). Gags featured are similar to TV shows with drum sounds to highlight funny moments. Na Ma first starts to analyze her rubbish, then offers a dog, provides restaurant advice and also suggests a movie invitation. Luak is shy and doesn't dare to talk. Na Ma’s advices are always a failure. Anyway Taoi starts to see the interest that Yuak has in her. They become boyfriend and girlfriend but jealousy happens as a young rich guy tries to seduce Taoi. Finally after speaking in a concert and declaring his love in front of a huge crowd, they reconcile. This romance comedy includes some katoeys (กะเทย) as stupid second roles as often seen in modern Thai romantic comedy movies (rom-com).

Year: 2012

Thai title: คุณนายโฮ
English title: Crazy crying lady

Rating: 2/5
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Main actor: Koeti Aramboy,Ray McDonald,Akom Preedakul
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Thai movie คุณนายโฮ / Crazy crying lady was released in year 2012 and lasts 1h43mn. This movie is a modern Thai romantic comedy film (rom-com). Young lady O (อารยา เอ ฮาร์เก็ต) is very emotive and is always crying very easily. Nana (Koeti Aramboy), her brother, is a katoey rejected by her father (เกลียดกะเทย). O’s father (Akom Preedakul) is always wearing military clothes and wishes to sacrifice himself for the Thai nation. Bol (Ray McDonald) is O's boyfriend. O has hard time with her family. Her father shoots by mistake her boyfriend in a paintball shooting game. Her brother hits severely another teenager mocking kathoey in a “takraw” ball game. It is hard for O to cope without her mother, who died already. Her boyfriend wants two separate worlds, i.e. one with her only and one with her family without him! She can always find comfort with her male friend Thiradet, being a doctor (คนที่จำเป็น vs คนสำคัญ). He is always listening and trying to find solutions for her. The doctor Thiradet (ธีรเดช เมธาวราวุธ) identifies O cannot have children soon due to high degenerence of her uterus. She needs to hurry up having a child. The doctor informs the father and his son. They put aside their differences and decide to help her. Her friends convince Boy to invite her in a resort. O is not yet ready as she is waiting for wedding first. She is not ready to enter into a relationship, so they split. Finally, the doctor and O enter into a relationship (แฟน). Unfortunately, it is not timely to have a child but they finally marry. O’s family is finally stable.

Year: 2012

Thai title: จันดารา ปฐมบท
English title: Jan Dara The Beginning

Rating: 4/5
Director: Pantewanop Tewakul

Main actor: Mario Maurer,Phongphat Wachirabanjong,Chaiyapol Pupart,Kriengkrai Unhanan
Main actress: Bongkoj Kongmalai

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Thai movie จันดารา ปฐมบท / Jan Dara The Beginning was released in year 2012 and lasts 2 hours. It features a beautiful picture as usual with director Pantewanop Tewakul. Khun Wang's wife, called Dara, just died during delivery. Khun Wang promises to remain single for the rest of his life. Nawat (Bongkoj Kongmalai) is the nurse hired to take care of the son. After 100 days of mourning, Khun Wang starts to behave very badly (สกปรก, ลามก) with women in his house. Nawat becomes his mistress. She is then pregnant. Khun Wang teaches his daughter Kaew to despise Jan (ไอ้จันทร์), who caused the death of Dara during pregnancy. Khun Wang hits him badly for this (ไม่ต้อง เที่ยง). Many years have passed. In year 1932, Jan (Mario Maurer) meets Aisin. Aisin has same face as his mother Dara. Ken (Chaiyapol Pupart) is Jan's close friend (เพื่อน รัก) and is a servant in their home. The movie happens same time as end of full monarchy in Thailand. Jan is a hard worker student and is not interested by girls. Since childhood, Jan and Ken have seen the father's depravation. Ken wishes to initiate Jan with women. He uses his girlfriend Soi (เปิดบริสุทธ์) to corrupt him. Aisin's father is played by Phongphat Wachirabanjong. Old lover Boonluang from Singapore comes to stay in Khun Wang's home. She has a handsome son, a young officer. Nawat is of course upset. Only Nawat protects Jan. Jan is looking for his sketch book so has to go to Boonluang room. She doesn't have the book anymore. It is with Kaew. Kaew, seeing the book, has dirty ideas so forces Ken to attach her and to make love to her. Jan misunderstands and believes it is a rape so he hits Ken. When Khun Wang goes home, he wishes to kill Ken. Jan opposes saying he is the one, who raped Kaew. Kaew also agrees this way. Khun Wang wishes to kill Jan and shouts that Jan is a son of robber (โจร) and not his own son. During the confusion, a domestic helper is killed as Nawat and Boonluang prevent Khun Wang to shoot Jan. Nawat is Jan's aunt and tells him the truth of her mother being raped by a robber many years ago. The mother, pregnant, had to marry with Khun Wang to hide the shame. Jan and Ken leave Khun Wang's home.

Year: 2012

Thai title: แม่นาค 3D
English title: Mae Nak 3D

Rating: 3/5
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Main actor: Doo Dook Kradon,Rith Luecha,Choomporn Theppitak
Main actress: Bongkoj Kongmalai

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Thai movie แม่นาค 3D was released in year 2012. Veteran actor comic Doo Dook Kradon is playing relief character. During a temple fair (งานวัด), Mak is participating to a Thai boxing match. His opponent is Pleung, son of the subdistrict headman (พ่อกำนัน) (Rith Luecha). Pleung loses to Mak as Mak has the support of young lady Nak (Bongkoj Kongmalai). Mak and Nak wedding happens in the subdistrict headman's house making Pleung very upset (ให้นาคเป็นเมีย). Pleung uses a magician (หมอผี) to make a love philtre (น้ำมันพราย). The philtre touches Ploy instead of Nak. Ploy kills herself in Pleung's bedroom. Pleung wishes to use teacher (อาจารย์) Kong, who requires a foetus from a pregnant dead woman in order to create a child spirit (กุมารทอง). Unfortunately Nak, pregnant, dies while Mak is away. She is upset with Kong hurting her dead baby (นาคมา). Finally Phi Mak is back after being soldier (ไปรับราชการ) one year in Bangkok. He is not aware that Nak died already. Nobody dares to tell him the truth. He finds his house in bad shape. Finally Nak comes at nighttime but strangely her body is cold and has a strong smell. The famous scene when catching a lemon is impressive in 3D. Veteran actor Choomporn Theppitak is playing a monk. Kong promises to get rid of Nak but he finally dies. Nak takes revenge (ผีนาคอาละวาด) over those, who hurt her baby. Pleung’s life is spared but he becomes crazy. During her body cremation, Nak looks for Mak. Mak asks her to stop her killings and to accept her death. Mak plans to ordain permanently as a monk (บวชไม่ศึกตลอดชีวิต). Nak finally leaves for heaven (พบกันทุกชาติ). Mak wishes a good departure (อนุโมทนาสาธุ).

Year: 2012

Thai title: วงจรปิด
English title: Heaven and Hell

Rating: 3/5
Director: Yuthlert Sippapak

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Heaven and Hell (วงจรปิด) was released in year 2012. It features three short films by two different directors. In the first story two teens get their grandfather's heritage following his sudden death. Strange events happen in the house. One of the girls’ boyfriend disappears. The gardener is accused. The governess suggests that the grandpa spirit won't let anybody get the heritage. The story is presented in a similar way as mute movies from decade 1920-1930s when dialogue was shown through some short text interludes. The lawyer tries to open the safe and finds four corpses inside. The owner's four daughters, who disappeared before... In another safe, the lawyer finds gold but he dies in the swimming pool. The policeman helping the teens is in fact interested by the gold also. They finally all die. The second story is about cashiers in a convenience store, who have all died tragically. Four deaths in two months happened. The owner's daughter accepts to help her father and takes care of the shop during daytime. There are some ghosts (ผี) cashier. She finds herself locked in the shop and is chased by spirits. In the third story a young lady gets killed by her boyfriend in the lift (นรกชั้น8). So her spirit starts to despise all men and gets revenge on those trying to repair the lift. Last episode mixes humor and reminds of movies previously directed by Yuthlert Sippapak such as Buppha Rahtree serie. All episodes have a common theme of getting footages through surveillance cameras.

Year: 2012

Thai title: ม้ง สงครามวีรบุรุษ
English title: Hmong, blood for freedom

Rating: 3/5
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Main actor: Sorapong Chatree,Nard Poowanai,Suchao Pongwilai,Rith Luecha,Bin Banleurit
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Thai movie ม้ง สงครามวีรบุรุษ (Hmong, blood for freedom) was released in year 2012. It is based on real facts in years 1962-1965. Mountain people (แมว / ชาวโมง) are harassed by ruffians (เจ้าหน้าที่). Their leader is Kamnan Saeng (Rith Luecha). Militaries (Sorapong Chatree,Nard Poowanai,Suchao Pongwilai) are worried by Communist influence. Thai soldiers attack a village believing there are communists inside (ใครเป็นชาวบ้านใครเป็นcommunist). For many soldiers, those mountain people have no value except for Sorapong. Bin Banleurit as soldier is shot by the mountain leader, who is also shot. Sorapong takes responsibility of the mountain leader's son. The mountain leader is only injured and joined the communist resistance (สหาย). His young daughter also joins him. Bin's helicopter is shot down. 15 years have passed. Keng (mountain leader’s son) and Aya (Bin’s daughter) are now adults. Ken asks Sorapong to perform his duty as Thai soldier in the mountains area. Sorapong is reluctant as he could face former former relatives. Which side would Keng choose (ทรยศแผ่นดินไทย)? Finally he lets him go. Aya and her students friends are captured while trying to find the remaining of her father's helicopter in the forest. While dispatched by helicopter on zone, Keng is captured. His real father remembers the pendant he gave him 15 years ago. Keng helps Aya to find the helicopter of his father and to perform proper Buddhist ceremony with the body remains. Keng's brother, who is a policeman, extracts him from the tribal village. Keng is back in Thai army. A government amnesty is given to all who joined the guerilla war. Hardcore communist members hesitate to surrender. Keng is looking for his father and sister. Other guerilla members don't trust Keng, who is a Thai soldier. Finally Thai soldiers attack the village. Keng's sister is killed and the father is injured. The guerilla is defeated. While raising the Thai flag, one Hmong tribe member shots Thai soldiers causing the Thai flag to fall. Keng prevents the Thai flag to hit the soil but gets deadly injured. He makes his father promises to stop fighting. This nationalist trend movie with many Thai stars from 1970s recalls movies from this era with stress on Monarchy and sacrifice to protect Thai Nation.

Year: 2012

Thai title: อันธพาล
English title: Gangster - Antapal

Rating: 5/5
Director: Kongkiat Khomsiri

Main actor: Krissada Sukosol,Phongphat Wachirabanjong
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Chot (Krissada Sukosol) defeats Saeng (Phongphat Wachirabanjong) in a one to one knife fighting. Dang and Chot take over Saeng's illegal business (นักเลง) such as drug, gambling, gold shop and prostitution. This movie offers a great 1950s atmosphere representation including old standalone theater (โรงหนังเก่า) with live dubbing. A few historical mistakes are present as posters of Sirikwan Nanthasiri (ภาพโฆษณาสุราไก่แดง)(1972) and movie poster of คนกินเมีย (1974) are used. Piak and Tong are working in the cinema and wish to become ruffians also. Four kings are holding the business. Poo (ดังใหญ่) wishes to extend his territory. Dang wishes to ordain for his mother (บวชให้แม่) but Poo is bringing trouble as he wants his own territory (ที่). Chot is the first to use a gun so the gangster period evolves from knife to gun (ยุคมีด / ยุคปืน). Chot tries to shot Poo but fails to reach his target as the gun is defective. Police arrests ruffians and jails them. Dang dies in a car accident while going to south of Thailand. Four years have passed. The movie highlights the booming industry of Thai cinema in 1950s / 1960s by showing big billboards advertising latest film releases. Police has taken over the mafia and being the one receiving protection fee. Chot is released from prison. Piak and Tong are waiting for him. Police is also waiting to put him back to jail. Chot keeps seeing the ghost of the woman he unfortunately killed while trying to shot Poo as his gun was built with poor quality. Chot has changed and is more receptive to small shop owners’ problems. Some scenes are shot in a cinema showing “Hao Dong” (เห่าดง - 1958) famous movie. Chot is not as inflexible as before. Despite kidnapping a ruffian leader for execution, Chot gives him a last chance to fight back. Oti is a new strong ruffian. Piak defects from Chot's group to join Oti. Oti is a bloody fighter. He even shots with rifle the police leader. Through final shootings, Chot and his team attack Oti and his boss. Nobody survives. The movie Gangster - Antapal (อันธพาล) was released in 2012. The movie Gangster – Antapal (อันธพาล) is based on similar characters previously used in 1997's Dang Bireley's and Young Gangsters (2499 อันธพาล ครองเมือง) but it is not a remake. The movie goes beyond Dang character and shows the real gangster era through Chot’s character. The movie includes past stories or souvenirs from elderly people.

Year: 2012

Thai title: ดุ ดวล ดิบ
English title: Fighting Fish

Rating: 3/5
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Main actor: Suchao Pongwilai
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Mike Thomas arrives in Bangkok for the first time and wants to discover Thai boxing (มวยไทย) at Lumpini stadium. On the way back, he gets robbed despite strong resistance. Out of money, he needs to sell his watch to a pawnshop. He meets Yo while fleeing police due to illegal betting. Yo has an handicapped girlfriend called Toon following a car accident. He needs money to cure her. Mike is a former Thai muay boxer, who quit his own country as he killed accidentally another boxer during a fight. Mike needs to find a job so asks Yo to help him. Yo brings him to a Thai boxing ring (สนามมวย) with no rules. Yo has to participate to get money. There are hidden heavy bets behind. Mike wishes to participate and wins his first match. Suchao (Suchao Pongwilai), mafia leader, likes his style. Mike's financial value in underground betting boxing world starts to go up after a few winning fights. Mike wishes to enter the fighting fish contest in order to gain 1.3M baht and help to cure Toon. The opponent is a strong fighter called Mad Dog. Same as Siamese fighting fishes contest, the rule is that the loser is killed after the fight is over. Yo asks to join to protect Mike as it is a deadly fight. He replaces Mike and gets defeated by Mad Dog. On the verge to be executed by the mafia thugs, he fights back and flees. Unfortunately Toon is kidnapped by the mafia. Mike and Yo has to rescue Toon from the mafia led by Suchao. Following impressive fightings, the mafia and its leader are defeated by Mike and Yo but Mike dies while protecting Yo and Toon.

Year: 2012

Thai title: วันที่รัก
English title: Together

Rating: 4/5
Director: ษรัณยู จิราลักษณ์

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Main actress: Ubolratana

Thai movie วันที่รัก - Together was released in year 2012 and lasts 1h52mn. Movie director is ษรัณยู จิราลักษณ์. Movie is about love, death through the butterfly symbol, crossed lives, good and bad memories. Thai princess Ubolratana is acting as character Oon. Oon's father is sick and forgets everything. He has Alzheimer's disease (โรคขี้ลืม). The family has to get used to this new life. Niphon (สหรัถ สังคปรีชา) is married to Oon. Another family has the father Chat becoming blind. The daughter is deaf already. The family has to get used to this new life also. Chat would like to divorce to allow his wife Nuan to have a happier life, but she refuses. Nuan meets Niphon. Nuan and Niphon, while being students, loved each other and had a child. It stressed their relationship. An uncle, Oon's father, helps the two youngsters. The two youngsters finally broke up. Nuan and Niphon meet again ten years later. They consider restarting their relationship, but time has passed and they have many family responsibilities so it is just impossible. Nuan finally is back with her husband Chat. Oon’s stepfather abandoned her on the road when she was 6 years old. So she is doing the same now as a revenge. Finally, Oon takes her father back from the road.

Year: 2012

Thai title: เชคสเปียร์ต้องตาย
English title: Shakespeare Must Die

Rating: ?/5
Director: Ing K

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Thai movie เชคสเปียร์ต้องตาย / “Shakespeare Must Die” was banned in year 2012. An official movie trailer lasting three minutes can still be seen. This movie was banned as a risk to cause unrest in Thai society. It is presented as the Thai version of Shakespeare's Macbeth. MacBeth wishes to take the place of the King and is wearing red clothes. The leader of the country is seen as megalomaniac, power crazy, besotted with sorcery. The movie got funding of Ministry of Culture (under PM Abhisit). The banning happened while the government of PM Yingluck Shinawatra was empowered. Former PM Thaksin is in trial with film director Ing K as the movie is accused of being propaganda attacking him. Ing K is the same director, who made previously the movie Citizen Juling (2008), where a young lady teacher died while teaching kids in South of Thailand, and also "My Teacher Eats Biscuits" banned in 1997. The movie “Shakespeare must die” also includes a scene from 06 October 1973 during student protests showing a lynching and causing society concerns by reopening old wounds.

Year: 2012

Thai title: มึง-กู เพื่อนกันจนวันตาย
English title: Friends never die

Rating: 4/5
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Main actor: Mario Maurer
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Friends never die - มึง-กู เพื่อนกันจนวันตาย is a 2012 movie about friendship and love. Kan (Mario Maurer) is the tough guy leader of a teen gang (ว่ายรุ่น) in Chiang Mai. He is the son of a rich businessman who is always in meeting and who believes love to his son is enough filled with money. His parents have never time for him. The movie features two couples, i.e. Song and Tidiu, Nem and Kan. They are all students. Song is accepted in Kan's group as he plays well football (เพื่อนกัน). Song has no friends. He went to Chiang Mai to avoid his mother dictatorship. A romance starts with Tidiu but it causes jealousy with other students. A misunderstanding happens between Song and Tidiu. Meanwhile Nem refuses to speak to Kan anymore as she still believes her brother died because of his friendship with Kan. She finally understands that Kan tried to help her brother involved in drug trafficking but it was too late. Kan has compensated his parents' lack of love with his friends. Following an argument with a daughter of a rich local notable, Kan's friend gets seriously beaten. Kan and his friends do their best to rescue him even if they are outnumbered. This increases their friendship. During New Year’s Eve, Kan is deadly stabbed but refuses to tell his friends as he has promised a date and refuses to break promise. Song remembers Kan's advice, i.e. boys shall win but not die so he doesn't slain the one who deadly injured Kan. Despite Kan’s departure, his inspiration stays with Song forever. This teen movie features heartthrob actor Mario Maurer and features feelings related to love / friendship (มีแฟนอย่าลืมเพื่อน).

Year: 2011

Thai title: 30 กำลังแจ๋ว
English title: Fabulous 30

Rating: 3/5
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Main actress: Patcharapa Chaichua

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Jae (Patcharapa Chaichua) celebrates her 31th birthday. Thai ladies unmarried after 30 years are often discriminated as old stuff in Thai society. During her birthday party she meets Por (รูปหล่อ), a younger man being 24 years old. He calls her as elder sister (พี่สาว). Jae has gone through a 7 years relationship with a pilot but it ends up abruptly. Por is following Jae to her office. He loves her but faces discrimination from society and his friends as she is older than him (แก่ / ไม่เหมาะสม). Even Jae is confused as she knows she is older than him and also feels badly remarks from others. She doesn't trust him at the beginning (ไม่ชอบเด็ก) but his endless efforts finally convince her. Her former pilot boyfriend comes back and asks for forgiveness. She presents Por as a neighbour (น้องข้างบ้าน). Por feels hurt as his love is genuine. She realizes that the pilot is a real egoist always pushing back wedding as he is meeting other girls. She ends up with him definitely. Disappointed by Jae, Por goes to work on a remote oil rig in the middle of ocean. He accuses Jae not to have the courage to live her love and to face adversity. Finally they declare their love to each other just before Por leaves for a few months mission on the ocean. Movie "30 กำลังแจ๋ว" (Fabulous 30) was released in year 2011.

Year: 2011

Thai title: คนโขน
English title: Kon Khon

Rating: 5/5
Director: Saranyu Wongkrachang

Main actor: Sorapong Chatree,Nirut Sirijanya
Main actress: Penpak Sirikul

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Three kids, two boys and a girl, are close friends and have a dream. The girl, Raem, wants to be a theater actress (นางเอกลิเก), the second one wants to be painter, the third one, Chat, wants to have a high position. Children are now grown-up teens. The two boys love Raem. Chat is an orphan. Chat is working in Master (ครู) Yot's masked-dance Khon troupe. Khon (โขน) is a Thai classic masked play enacting scenes from the Ramakian (รามเกียรติ์). Lamphai is master Yot's mistress. She wishes to become a famous dancer (นางรำ). Chat has a fierce enemy, Khom, since childhood following a Thai boxing match which degenerated. Teachers Yot and Sek have strong dislike. During a 7 days festival (งานเปิดละคร), taking advantage that the actor playing the monkey Hanuman is injured, Chat replaces him and defies Khom playing the evil Thotsakan. Their animosity appears on the stage. Lamphai likes Chat a lot but Chat refuses Lamphai's advances so causing her ire. He is punished by Yot for playing Khon without being authorized. Lamphai promises him revenge as she felt humiliated. Yot's team will have a representation at Wat Ang Thong. But Sek proposes also to do a representation there so Yot's team is relegated to a smaller temple Ang Kaew with much less space. Lamphai will play Sida. Chat will be Hanuman. In Ramakian traditional epic, Sida is Phra Ram’s wife, Hanuman is the monkey general and the evil character is Thotsakan. It is nice to see old traditional Likay advertisement with huge painted billboards. Sek has a huge truck to do advertisement but Yot has only a small boat. Sek defies Yot and recommends Yot to cancel his representation to avoid tarnishing his troupe name by playing in a small temple. Khom promises a fight to Chat and threatens Raem if Chat refuses to come. Before the representation, Chat is beaten severely by Khom and his ruffians. His injuries prevent him to perform correctly and the representation is a disaster. Yot's name is tarnished and the teacher decides to stop Khon. It is time for “pay respect to teacher” ceremony (ไหว้ครูใหญ่) to take place. Yot respected his teacher many years ago but Sek didn't. Their destiny was different while Sek was having big name, big stage on city side and Yot was staying in the shade in countryside. Lamphai teases and provokes Chat. Teacher Yot finds Chat and Lamphai sleeping together so he is chasing Chat away and having a heart attack. He is now paralyzed. Chat and Raem declare their love causing their third friend’s despair. This causes the three friends to split apart. Chat is back following Narin’s request. Chat has always been considered as his son by Yot so the short adventure with Lamphai was seen as a betrayal. Khom betrays his master Sek the same way Sek betrayed his own master 40 years ago. But Khom is punished immediately. A fire occurs in master Yot's house. Lamphai decides to die with him. Chat cannot save them due to the fierce fire. He becomes crazy. It was his karma despite him. All protagonists pay their past actions due to Karmic retribution. This movie reminds of other cultural Thai movies such as “The overture” and “Nora” with a great focus on dying traditional arts. Movie "Kon Khon" (คนโขน) was Thailand's submission to 2012 Academy Awards. It was a controversial choice because of lack of critical acclaim and box-office success. Critics complain about its one-dimensional characters, heavy-handed melodrama and an unfocused plot. The movie was a flop earning just around 8 millions baht. This movie was directed by Saranyu Wongkrachang, famous Thai actor, director and also PAD leader! In year 2011 he wrote a message on Facebook to make an emotional request for viewers to watch his movie "Kon Khon". "Kon Khon" movie sponsors were Thai Life Insurance and the Government Housing Bank. The Cultural Ministry arranged for special screenings to around 20 schools.

Year: 2011

Thai title: พุ่มพวง
English title: The Moon

Rating: 5/5
Director: Bandit Thongdee

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Main actress: Paowalee Pornpimol

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This movie relates the story of famous Thai country folk singer Pumpuang Duangchan (พุ่มพวง ดวงจันทร์) and is commemorating her death 20 years ago in 1992. The movie starts in 1972. The 11 years old young girl Pheung is coming from a poor farmer family (รับจ้าง) with numerous children in Suphanburi. She didn't have chance to study. Since being a child, she takes part to song contests. She comes to Bangkok in 1975 hoping to become a singer. Teacher (ครู) Pot, head of a country folk troupe (วงการลูกทุ่ง), takes her as a novice (เด็กใหม่). Pheung starts as a dancer. Ponthet, saxophone player, tries to seduce Pheung. The teacher starts to notice her beautiful voice. She studied up to ป.2 so she cannot read properly. Then she needs to remember the whole song by heart. As one of the female singer is fired from the group for breaking the rule, she has opportunity to demonstrate her singing skills. Finally she records her first song but is also fired for having a relationship with Ponthet. Ponthet finds a dancer job for Pheung's in a club but he cannot succeed to have her accepted in another Thai country folk (luuk thung - ลูกทุ่ง) band due to the story with teacher Pot. She is finally released by teacher Pot and can enter another band managed by teacher Mun. She is renamed Pumpuang Duangchan. She starts to have some success and appears in luuk thung magazines. She can now support her family and gives them a better life. A first tour is a failure with tickets reduced to 5 baht to attract audience. Pumpuang is the orchestra leader and Ponthet is the family leader (หัวหน้าวง / หัวหน้าบ้าน). They run out of money. A businessman signs a contract with Pumpuang and launches her new orchestra. Success is here but they take over everything. Pumpuang agrees as she has not a business mind but Ponthet is very upset. Wan is Pumpuang's old friend and helps on many matters such as answering to fans letters. The businessman and Pumpuang agree to enter Bangkok with their luuk thung songs despite Ponthet who prefers to focus on provinces. Pumpuang wishes to become the luuk thung queen (ราชินีลูกทุ่ง). She works hard to prepare a concert in Dusit Thani hotel, hiso symbol in Bangkok. Ponthet feels neglected. Success is phenomenal. Pumpuang even plays in movies. But she doesn't rest enough. She collapses on the stage while performing in Bangkok. Meanwhile Ponthet and Wan become lovers and flee away. Pumpuang starts to be weaker and weaker. She stops singing. Finally missing her fans too much, she decides to come back. She finally dies in 1992 at 31 years old. She has sung 500 songs. She was wearing 60 costumes per concert. This movie focus on Pumpuang's love for her job and fans. There is no strong focus on her two bad husbands like in the 1992 movie version. All Pumpuang songs are sung by a modern singer Paowalee Pornpimol in the movie except the final song "nak rong baan nok" (นักร้องบ้านนอก) during the movie final credits.

Year: 2011

Thai title: บ้านผีปอบ REFORMATION
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Rating: 3/5
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Main actress: Natanee Sitthisaman

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Thai movie บ้านผีปอบ / Reformation was released in year 2012. It lasts 1h34mn. It is another sequel of the famous บ้านผีปอบ movies series in decade 1990s. As usual, it is mixing scary horror sequences and comedy sequences. Its famous funny chase sequences remain the series trademark. Twenty years have passed, aunt Yip is back as ogre (ผีปอบ) again. Students, doing excavation archaeological study, have to flee as one of them is found dead. Some of them take refuge in an adjacent village. In the morning, three additional corpses without intestines are found. The village leader (ผู้ใหญ่บ้าน) welcomes the students in his home. His wife, young and beautiful, is always looking for young men. Pa Yip (Natanee Sitthisaman) is suspected despite she takes herbal medicine (สมุนไพร) since years in order to lose her appetite for intestines. She is fed up of eating vegetables. Villagers believe she is dead. Another student is found dead. Villagers call a master (อาจารย์) to chase the evil ogre spirit. Kwan’s grandmother is accused by the village leader. He fails as young lady Kwan chase all those crazy people harming her grandma. Later the master and his two assistants are found dead. The village leader tries to get rid of Kwan as she protects her grandma and wishes to get their land. The village leader and his wife are finally both identified to be ogres but they succeed to flee.

Year: 2011

Thai title: ลัดดาแลนด์
English title: Laddaland

Rating: 5/5
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Main actor: Saharat Sangkapreecha
Main actress: Piyathida Woramuksik

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A four members family (Kit the husband, Pan the wife, Nat and Nen the kids) are moving to new home located in Chiang Mai province. Their new house is inside a modern village made of individual houses called Lalana land. The teen daughter didn't want to quit Bangkok and his friends. No traditional welcoming ceremony for a new house (ไม่ได้ทำบุญ / บ้านใหม่) is done. Strange neighbours with an infirm mother are living here. It looks like the husband is very violent as the wife has bruises and the kid is often slapped by him. A Burmese domestic helper is found dead in a fridge in a neighboring house (บ้านฝรั่ง). In front of that house while jogging, Kit saw a young lady watering flowers the day before... The following day, another lady neighbour is taken away by an ambulance as she is screaming crazily. During a Buddhist ceremony to honour the dead memory, one of the monks collapses following a frightening vision. The ghost of the Burmese lady is around. Kit buys a gun as they got burglary by a young man with a ghost mask. The family starts to have financial problems. Family is stressed. The mother-in-law brings nuisance and Kit has issues with his teen daughter. Kit loses his job but doesn't dare to tell his wife Pan and has to accept a job as sweeper in a 7eleven. He even starts to doubt about his wife. He starts to believe in ghost stories after seeing it also (ผีลอก). His daughter finds that her father is working in the 7Eleven. Pan decides to go back to work causing Kit to be unhappy as her previous boss was always pushy. The violent neighbour kills his whole family following a factory failure. Pan doesn't want to stay in Ladaland anymore. The dead family ghosts can also be seen. Most of the people have quit the village. There is even no guard. The couple is on verge to split. The wife Pan decides to go back to Bangkok to stay with her mother. Nen is back but sent to hospital following a crisis seeing a ghost. Being alone with his son while his wife is at hospital, ghosts trap Kit. Finally following a trick of the ghosts, Kit believes he has shot his own son. He shoots himself. Tragical end for one of the biggest Thai box office success in 2011 with 110M Baht. This movie also got 6 awards during Subhanahongsa Awards ceremony 2012.

Year: 2011

Thai title: ศพเด็ก 2002
English title: The Unborn Child

Rating: 3/5
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Main actor: Krailat Kriengkrai
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Thai movie ศพเด็ก 2002 (The Unborn Child) lasts 1h32mn. A lady aborts in an illegal abortion centre. The doctor puts all the dead foetuses in a dirty storage area. A young couple is having a 5 years old daughter called Yinmai. The small daughter always sees an invisible little sister (น้อง). Both Yinmai's parents start to have frightening visions. Bom makes his teenage girlfriend, called Kwan, pregnant. Kwan has to think about various ways to get rid of the foetus as Bom is worried about his future if he has a child so early. Being pregnant, she risks to be fired from the school. She asks a friend for help. The teenager Kwan decides to use an illegal abortionist. Through a scary sequence, the teenager aborts. Once the job is finished, the abortionist gives the dead foetuses to the temple caretaker. Veteran actor Krailat Kriengkrai is playing the temple caretaker. Kwan and Bom's teacher is Yinmai's mother. She is informed by other students and sends Kwan in hospital. The little invisible sister spirit starts to invite Yinmai to play dangerous games causing fear to her parents. The husband puts an infrared camera in the bedroom. Strange pictures are captured. At evening time, the temple caretaker burns bags containing foetuses in the crematorium. As the crematorium mysteriously stops working, the caretaker has to stock the numerous dead foetuses in a filthy place. The abortionist sees herself as helping the society. The spirit gets revenge over the abortionist as it prevented the spirit to rebirth through the baby. The abortionist knows it is a sin (เป็นบาป) but she does it for money (เงิน). Abortionist and temple caretaker are arrested by the police. The mother is also possessed by the spirit. Both Yinmai and her mother disappear. The father finds them in the Buddhist temple but he is overwhelmed by dead foetuses spirits. The husband stays in coma as a karmic consequence of his bad actions. In fact, he forced his mistress to abort as she was getting pregnant. This movie is based on a real story. Abortion in Thailand is illegal. In year 2010, 2002 dead foetuses, wrapped in plastic bags, have been found in a Buddhist Temple's mortuary rooms. The discoveries made big noise in Thailand and shown the huge scale of illegal abortions. In Thailand, the abortion procedure is only allowed when delivery would endanger the mother or if the pregnancy is due to a rape.

Year: 2011

Thai title: วอนโดนเตะ
English title: The Kick

Rating: 3/5
Director: Prachya Pinkaew

Main actor: Mum Jokmok
Main actress: Yanin Vismistananda

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A Korean couple (อาจารย์ Moon) was participating to Taekwondo events during Olympic games. The wife won her final but the husband failed. Twenty years have passed and they have now three kids. Two of them are now two grown up teenagers, i.e. Tayang and Tae Mi. The father Moon is having a Taekwondo school in Thailand and still trains them to excel in Taekwondo. A mysterious business man from Korea wishes to steal an old Thai blade (สมบัติของชาติ). Tayang sees the robbers and intervenes. The parents are also involved with the robbers’ driver. The blade is taken back but the robbers succeed to flee. Ruffians are looking for revenge and storm the Korean couple’s house. Tayang wishes to be a dancer and not a Taekwondo champion as requested by his father. The father failed to get a gold medal 20 years ago and wishes his son to get one. Uncle Bom (Mum Jokmok) brings the children outside Bangkok as it starts to be dangerous for them. They meet Wawa (Yanin Vismistananda), who is a Thai boxing champion (มวยไทย). Korean Taekwondo is meeting Thai boxing! Tayang flees at nighttime to join the last audition to become a dancer (dream project). While he is away, the campement is attacked. He helps on time but cannot prevent his youngest brother to be kidnapped. To get back his son, the father needs to exchange him with the precious blade to be stolen during an exhibition. Despite getting the blade, the head of the ruffians refuses to honor his promise. Final fights happen in Bangkok zoo. As often in modern Thai martial arts movies, fightings involve elephants. The movie director is Prachya Pinkaew, who directed Ong Bak. Panna Rittikrai is used again as action supervisor. The Kick (วอนโดนเตะ) was released in year 2011.

Year: 2011

Thai title: บางกอกกังฟู
English title: Bangkok Kung Fu

Rating: 3/5
Director: Yuthlert Sippapak

Main actor: Arak Amornsupasiri,Mario Maurer
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Thai movie บางกอกกังฟู / Bangkok Kung Fu / Bangkok Assassins lasts 1h40mn and was released in year 2011. Child trafficking happens and some children are used as beggar. As children rebel, one of them is made blind (ตาบอด), another gets his tongue cut, another one becomes retarded as his head is hit severely, one of them is made deaf. An old Chinese man (อาจารย์) helps them to flee. 15 years have passed. They took refuge in Wat Tham Seua in Kanchanaburi. Pong (Arak Amornsupasiri), who is mute (ใบ้), left them 3 years ago. He is now a hitman. He has a girlfriend but Pong cannot speak properly as his tongue was cut. Kaya, rescued before by the teacher, still loves Pong since childhood but this love is not reciprocal. Some ruffians are looking to take revenge over the Chinese master. Jit is blind but he is a serious fighter as all of them have been trained by the Chinese master. Even Na (Mario Maurer) wishes to be trained but the master is reluctant as he is afraid he will not be able to master his skills as he is retarded. The teacher is killed by a mysterious man wearing a monkey mask. Na is hurt also. All of them wish to revenge their master (รังแกอาจารย์). They finally find the thugs, who are using children as beggars, and kill them. Meanwhile the ruffians’ leader captures Kaya and plans to eat her heart to get her special power transmitted by the Chinese master. The four friends succeed to defeat the ruffians’ leader but Jit loses their life.

Year: 2011

Thai title: ฝนตกขึ้นฟ้า
English title: Headshot

Rating: 4/5
Director: Pen-Ek Ratanaruang

Main actor: Nopachai Chaiyanam,Saranyu Wongkrachang
Main actress: Sirin Horwang

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A hitman (Nopachai Chaiyanam), called Ton, shaves his head and wears monk clothes. During the alms round ceremony, he guns down his target. He is also shot and injured by body guards. He wakes up at hospital still alive after three months. 7 years ago Ton was a former policeman and working closely with Saranyu. During a drug traffic case, Saranyu was shot. Corrupted lawyer tried to buy Ton in order to drop the drug traffic case. Ton despised evil (ความชั่ว) and refused. Ton met Soi, a gorgeous lady. After a wild night together, he woke up finding the girl's bloody body in the hotel room. He fled. It was a trick from the mafia as pictures with him and the girl were taken. Ton still refused to bend to the lawyer and was sent to jail after hurting him. The movie is going back and forth between present and past. Ton is released from hospital but following injuries he sees everything bottom up. After his injury, he is not able to kill properly, feels fed up and wishes to stop. But karma (กรรม) will not let him go... Ton was released from prison after three years. Ton was extracted from the prison and used by a mysterious doctor to be a hitman killing people with bad influence (อิทธิพล). Soi was not dead. Soi or Teewa, her real name, was waiting for him. Ton proposed to marry Teewa (ผมไม่ชอบคนดี. ตายเร็ว). Ton is finally captured by ruffians who use torture to know who orders the killings. He doesn't reveal any name and succeeds to escape. He hijacks a car going to Chumphon. A young lady called Lin (Sirin Horwang) is driving. He sympathizes with the driver. Ton takes refuge in a Buddhist temple as he feels lost in his heart and mind. Teewa has earlier died of an overdose. There is no rightful in this world (ยุติธรรม). It needs to be built by ourselves. Ton finally becomes a monk. Peace of mind doesn't last long as ruffians find him. He needs to disrobe. While fleeing from the temple, he hijacks a car with Lin inside again! It was part of a trick to make Ton lead to the mysterious doctor. During shootings, ruffians are killed and the doctor badly injured. Ton terminates the doctor as he caused Teewa to die earlier. After spending a few years again in prison, he ordains again. One day, he gets shot in the back while wandering for alms... The movie Headshot (ฝนตกขึ้นฟ้า) was selected as Thailand representative movie for Oscar submissions for the Academy Awards. In Thailand movie Headshot got four Golden Swan at the subhanahongsa Awards in 2012. Compared to his previous movies, director Pen-Ek Ratanaruang has done a movie closer to mainstream but still having his own touch. It also highlights corruption presence in Thailand.

Year: 2011

Thai title: หมาแก่อันตราย
English title: Friday killer

Rating: 4/5
Director: Yuthlert Sippapak

Main actor: Thep Po-ngam,Kowit Wattanakul,Sithao Petcharoen,Choomporn Theppitak
Main actress: Wiyada Umarin,Ploy Jindachot

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P Uzi (Thep Po-ngam) is released from prison and injured by a blade expert (มือมีด). Dao (Ploy Jindachot) visits her dying mother Deuan (Wiyada Umarin) at the hospital. She announces to her daughter that her father is a hitman (มือปืน) just released from prison. Deuan accepted to be a hitman's wife but didn't want her daughter to be a hitman's daughter. While recovering at the hospital, P Uzi receives also a letter from the mother announcing his real paternity. Dao's stepfather (Kowit Wattanakul) tries to rape her sister Phet. P Uzi, trying to contact Dao, helps to prevent the rape by hitting strongly the stepfather but finally gets accused of the murder. Dao is a policewoman and wishes to revenge her stepfather. P Uzi's house in Chantaburi is occupied by a small man wearing same clothes as "Kill Bill" movie and acting very weirdly so he has to retreat. Ong (Choomporn Theppitak) is P Uzi's former boss. While withdrawing money from ATM machine, P Uzi is threatened by 5 gangsters with deformed face reminding of famous actor Songthong and promoting a politician who believes he can buy all Thai people (ซองเงิน) to be elected and then gets back his money through overpriced commissions during public tenders. Hitman myth is demystified in Yuthlert Sippapak’s movies. P Uzi has even vision problems. Dao arrives in Chantaburi to look for P Uzi but finally arrests the blade expert and crazy "Kill Bill". P Uzi is recruited to get rid of one corrupted politician's helper. Meng, a corrupted politician, is looking for P Uzi’s head. Reusi does an eye chirurgical operation but the doctor, friend of Meng, makes it a failure on purpose. P Uzi wishes to kill Meng. Ed Carabao is even having a small cameo role. Meng is still not dead so P Uzi continues to chase him as Meng's men have butchered his old friend Ong. Dao chases P Uzi and shoots him while he was trying to get something from his jacket. It was not a gun but a letter. At the last minute, he finally replaces the touching letter with full explanations by a laconic letter asking for funerals. Sometimes it is better not disclose the truth. Movie "Friday Killer" (2011 ~ 3M baht revenue) is part of a trilogy including "Sunday Killer" and "Saturday Killer" (2010 ~ 15M baht revenue). "Sunday Killer" was not released in 2012. Maybe due to bad revenue results of "Friday Killer"? As usual there is a great soundtrack. This Yuthlert Sippapak movie mixes action, social messages and great humor. This movie has won the best cinematography and jury awards at the Shanghai International Film Festival.

Year: 2011

Thai title: หอแต๋วแตก 3 แหวกชิมิ
English title: Hor Taew Tak 3 - Wak Shimi

Rating: 2/5
Director: พจน์ อานนท์

Main actor: Koeti Aramboy,Jaturong Mokjok,Ekkachai Srivichai
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Thai movie หอแต๋วแตก 3 แหวกชิมิ - / Hor Taew Tak 3 - Wak Shimi was released in year 2011 and lasts 1h43mn. The movie poster has to be updated before the release as the poster was considered as culturally incorrect. A tight male swimming suit was replaced by pants. The movie made a gross revenue of 34M THB. The usual ladyboys team (Koeti Aramboy (แพนเค้ก), Jaturong Mokjok (เจ๊แต๋ว), Ekkachai Srivichai (มดดำ)...) is moving to a new dormitory (หอใหม่) but it is a haunted dormitory. Red building is forbidden to access. A female ghost is seen. Another male ghost is seen in the swimming pool. Pancake tries to keep others far from the swimmer ghost, named Teng Thong, as he is very handsome. Dan is the dorm responsible. There is a secret within the red building. Teng Thong died in the swimming pool due to a short circuit. The movie trended on modern topics such as Blackberry BB. Jealousy happens between friends regarding Teng Thong. Teng Tong is finally a vampire. Dan hires some vampire hunters, Plat Phi and โจอี้ เชิญยิ้ม, to catch Teng Tong but they fail to find his coffin. The team realizes that Dan is having a secret. They enquire to identify who killed Teng Tong. Final sequences include werewolves, usage of giant phallus as a rocket and so on… As usual with Hor Taew Tak movies series, there is an excess in language, flashy clothes, salacious jokes. Pancake and Teng Tong get finally married.

Year: 2011

Thai title: ปัญญาเรณู
English title: Panya Raenu

Rating: 5/5
Director: Bin Banleurit

Main actor: Kowit Wattanakul,Mum Jokmok,Bin Banleurit
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Panya (ปัญญา), young boy, and Raenu (เรณู), young girl, are school children in an Isan village. While studying, they have issues with another student who is cheating during exams. Raenu is protecting Panya against this student! It looks like Panya and Raenu will marry together when they will be adults. This movie nicely depicts Isan village life (วัฒนธรรมอีสาน). Panya steals fish in a neighbour rice field but gets punished by catching a disagreeable worm. The teachers are preparing school performances with molam music. Panya is the school molam singer. But they are not doing well due to lack of dancers and equipment. Panya secretly promises to ordain if his school wins. The bus of a Bangkokian school is damaged near the village. They have to stay overnight in the village school. Bangkok girls (เด็กกรุงเทพฯ) have difficulties to get used to Isan food. There is a contrast between Isan boys with dark skin versus Bangkok girls with white skin. They discover Isan village life (วีถีชีวิตของชาวอีสาน) and help on some tasks such as planting rice, bugs, snakes and lizards catching. As a puppy love starts between Panya and a Bangkok girl called Miu, Raenu is very upset with Panya (คนหลายใจ). Five husbands die the same night in the village. A Shaman (แม่หมอ) is called to understand what is going on. The shaman claims a ghost is around (ผีแม่ม่าย) so all men have to wear women clothes a few days in order to fool the ghost. Raenu claims to be possessed also in order to ask Panya to love Raenu only. Ghost belief is still strongly present in Isan. The school needs to find 100 000 baht to buy music instrument to be able to join the village Molam competition. Panya dreams to be a singer. Even the Buddhist abbot doesn't have such amount of money. Hopefully a layman donates 300 000 baht to the temple so the abbot can help the school. Monks are very close to the community. The village can then participate to the contest. Miu helps to bring a Bangkok teacher to help the students to dance properly. Panya's Bangkok friends even promise to join. There is then great molam performances with dozens of dancers and very entertaining songs at the contest (วงมอลำ). Thanks to late arrival of the Bangkok friends on a tractor, Panya's team wins. Even the member of Parliament (ส.ส.) dances! After the victory, some robbers enter in his parents' home. Panya gets shot and ends up at the hospital. Panya is finally saved as he is ordained by the abbot at the last minute. The power of faith in Buddha saves him as he could fulfil his earlier promise. This movie got 13M bath revenue in 2011. A version 2 (ภาค2) was released in 2012. Lao / Isan language is used with Thai subtitles. This movie reminds of “Mon rak luk thung” (มนต์รักลูกทุ่ง) and “Luuk Isan” (ลูกอีสาน). This movie is a great homage to Isan region and features a few famous Isan actors such as comic Mum Jokmok.

Year: 2011

Thai title: เหลือแหล่
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Rating: 3/5
Director: Note Chernyim

Main actor: Note Chernyim
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Thai movie เหลือแหล่ was released in year 2011. It lasts 1h26mn. A music band disbands due to lack of success. Four friends are left and decide to play music on the street. They have no success except from an old uncle wishing to play with them. The uncle has a heart attack. They borrow his car and have an accident after seeing a ghost so they get dispersed. The Thai Ghanaian comic actor Johi (โจอี้ เชิญยิ้ม) ends up in teacher Dam's home. Teacher Dam (Note Chernyim) is being in conflict with teacher Feuang (โย่ง เชิญยิ้ม) regarding folk music. Teacher (ครู) Feuang is looking for disciples (ลูกศิษย์). The three other young men agree to stay as teacher Feuang has three beautiful daughters and they are out of money. Modernism is opposed to tradition. Teacher Feuang teaches folksongs (เพลงพื้นบ้าน). Competition occurs between the two teachers. Love stories also happen. Finally the competition ends up in friendship as the two teachers see the value of each other. The four young men wake up in the present. Everything was a dream… They finally make a successful band mixing old and new style music. They also meet again the three ladies...

Year: 2011

Thai title: รักตะลอนออนเดอะบีช
English title: Love Summer

Rating: 2/5
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Main actor: Akom Preedakul
Main actress: Pimchanok Leuwisetpaiboon,Yui Tasumi

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Two friends, Jack and George, are meeting at the airport and they are involved with Bob a foreigner. They finally end up for a road trip to Phuket. Bob likes to defy people such as the owner of a Thai boxing ring (Akom Preedakul). Khai Muk, the Thai boxing ring owner’s daughter (Pimchanok Leuwisetpaiboon), accompanies them to Phuket as she wishes to join a Bikini contest in Phuket. His father has never been proud of her as he wanted a boy to take over the Thai boxing school. So participating to the bikini competition is a way for her to show she can win something also. The movie themes are about the transition friend to boyfriend, the need for many friends versus good friends. Many adventures happen on the way to Phuket and it tests their real friendship. A Japanese sexy tourist Yui joins them. Typical modern Thai humor includes farts happening in a haunted hotel bathroom. The movie is also an hymn to Phuket beauty. Romances start to happen between Jack and the Japanese tourist, between George and Khai Muk. Love is tested around by the presence of a rich handsome young man. Following a misunderstanding, the two girls believe the feelings of the two boys are fake and that they only want to sleep with them. Finally issues are solved and Jack convinces Khai Muk not to join the Bikini contest. Friendship is renewed. รักตะลอนออนเดอะบีช or Love Summer was released in year 2011. This movie makes the buzz in year 2011 as a Japanese AV star called Yui Tasumi was used.

Year: 2011

Thai title: แต่เพียงผู้เดียว
English title: P-047

Rating: 3/5
Director: Kongdej Jaturanrasamee

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Thai movie P-047 / แต่เพียงผู้เดียว, directed by Kongdej Jaturanrasamee, was released in year 2011. Two men with gloves are entering homes but do not steal anything. They are also involving themselves in life of people by checking their personal items. One of them is a locksmith (ช่างกุญแจ) called Lek and the other is called Kong, newspapers stand owner. Nook's previous girlfriend was called Nook; Lek seems to never have a girlfriend. One day in a big flat, the owner comes back earlier than expected. Following a break up situation, he wishes to get suicide. This is due to wrong messages sent by Kong by using the owner's computer. Hearing Lek and his friend, a fighting happens in which Lek is injured. The flat owner, a gay man, dies through unfortunate shooting and Lek disguises this as a suicide. Due to his injury, Lek ends up at hospital. He meets Oi, a half crazy lady, who likes to smell old boxes to remind her of the past. One morning, they find a peacock on the roof. Oi tells an old Thai story about the peacock. The movie is going back and forth. Lek falls from a cliff. There is some analogy between past life and current life of Lek. The old Thai movie เสน่ห์บางกอก (1966) is even shown as a testimony to the past. Lek finally meets a lady with whom he feels strong connection. This beautifully shot movie questions how much of other people's lives we can really borrow. Similar to Apichatpong Weerasethakul’s movies, the story is not always easy to follow but the slow pace and the beautiful image make it worth seeing.

Year: 2011

Thai title: ศพไม่เงียบ
English title: Mindfulness and Murder

Rating: 5/5
Director: Tom Waller

Main actor: Sithao Petcharoen
Main actress: Natalie Glebova

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An expensive Mercedes car driven by a young couple hits a motorbike causing the driver death. A call of the father to the police inspector makes him to release the son. Police inspector seems disillusioned. A dead body is found in the temple with a carrot in the mouth. Police is called. The same police inspector is coming. The police inspector doesn't want to investigate on such case as it is only a poor temple boy (เด็กวัดยากจน) who died. A senior monk called Ananda (หลวงพ่อ), who is a former policeman, decides to investigate why this young man called Noi died. Some monks are smoking in the temple and look like ruffians with their numerous tattoos. Luang Pho Ananda gets Noi’s remaining belongings and finds a note with a name. Some monks believe Noi was involved in drugs (ติดยา) as he has an expensive brand new phone. Luang Pho Ananda finds Noi’s aunt and discovers Noi had a sad life with a mother who hang herself. The temple abbot is giving advice on lottery numbers. Luang Pho Ananda has to investigate while continuing performing his duties (prayers, morning alms round). Luang Pho Ananda finds that one of the monks has left suddenly the Buddhist temple. So this monk called Bandit Tho becomes a suspect. Luang Pho Ananda also meets a Bangkokpost journalist investigating on drug traffic in his temple. Inquiry is also going on foot prints found near the dead body and a hand writing style. Luang Pho Ananda questions many monks including a monk smoking, another monk from Chiang Rai who slept with naked Noi as he felt lonely. There is difficulty to investigate in the Buddhist temple as the secret tradition remains strong. Luang Pho Ananda has to chase from the temple compound some youngsters selling drugs. It is found that Bandit Tho was an uncovered policeman investigating on drugs traffic in the temple. The expensive Buddhist amulet found on Noi's body is coming from Chiang Rai. It is weird as Noi was coming from Isan area. The abbot was aware of drug selling but kept the secret to avoid bad publicity to his temple. Noi's body has cigarette butt scars so it looks like he has been tortured before being killed. During Noi’s body creation it is found that it is not Noi’s corpse but Bandit Tho’s body, i.e. the monk who disappeared! Noi’s body is found inside the crematorium. it looks like somebody wished to burn incognito the two bodies at same time. Luang Pho Ananda is always accompanied with a young disabled temple boy called Jek. Luang Pho Ananda discovers that Bandit Tho was not a real policeman so causing ire to the local police head who threatens the abbot to stop donations to the temple. A dangerous snake is put in Luang Pho Ananda’s room. Despite all these threats, Luang Pho Ananda identifies the killer. His life is saved thanks to the young temple boy’s dedication. It is a great thriller Buddhist movie very realistic regarding life in a temple by showing bad things but also good things. It is good that the movie was not censored despite showing bad monks behavior. It got a 15-plus rating. It is a sign that Thai movies censorship is evolving. In 2006, Thai movie “Syndromes and a Century” (แสงศตวรรษ) was censored for much less controversial parts!

Year: 2011

Thai title: อุโมงค์ผาเมือง นางยั่วสวาท
English title: The Outrage

Rating: 5/5
Director: Pantewanop Tewakul

Main actor: Ananda Everingham,Phongphat Wachirabanjong,Mum Jokmok,Dom Hetrakul,Mario Maurer
Main actress: Chermarn Boonyasak

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A young monk Anoon goes to visit his father as wandering monk (พระธุดงค์). He recalls his life while walking home. He remembers his twin brother, Anan, whose wife died while delivering a baby. He wishes to disrobe (สึก) as he lost abilities to find answers to people regarding life. While wandering in the forest, he meets a noble couple on horse and palanquin. The husband is found later dead in the forest. Bandit Singkham is caught. Before being sentenced, he narrates the story. Bandit (โจรป้า) Singkham, seeing the beautiful lady in the palanquin, wishes to have her becoming his wife so he needs to get rid of the husband Khun Seuk (Ananda Everingham). He claims to have some golden swords to sell. It is a trick to knock out the husband and then kills all guards. He rapes her in front of the husband and she takes pleasure at it. He doesn't kill them but the lady complains the bandit doesn't give credit to their rank (เกียรติ). Singkham finally releases the husband and offers him a duel to avenge his honor. Despite being a strong swordsman, the husband is defeated by the smart forest bandit. During the trial, the wife also narrates her story. She was the daughter of a domestic servant. Khun Seuk was fond of her because of her beauty and married her four years ago. Following the rape, Khun Seuk desigrates his wife. She is no longer worth causing her heart to broken as she is not responsible of this event. Did she kill her own husband as she claims? The tribunal uses a medium to know the truth from the spirit (ผี). Khun Seuk's wife asks bandit Singkham to take her with him and to kill Khun Seuk also (ใจดำ). Singkham refuses to do so. The wife flees. Singkham releases Khun Seuk but he cannot stop crying knowing his wife treachery. He finally kills himself. Who is telling the truth? A domestic helper Prasok passing by during the event finally tells the truth. The wife denigrates Singkham refusing to go either him or glare him. To proof his worthiness, the wife Sampai asks him to defeat Khun Seuk in a fight. Khun Seuk refuses to fight with Singkham as it is below his status. He complains his wife still remains a low level woman (ลูกคนครัว) as she accepted the rape instead of killing herself avoid him to lose face (ขายหน้า). Sampai remains alone as both men refuse to take her anymore. Both of them are not real men (ไม่ใช่ลูกผู้ชาย). Following a duel, Khun Seuk impales himself. The one getting the blade was Prasok himself to sell it to get money for his poor family. Prasok and the beggar teach the young monk a lot on humanity. The young monk finally stays in the monkhood. Movie "Kon Khon" (คนโขน) was Thailand's submission to 2012 Academy Awards. It was a controversial choice because of lack of critical acclaim and box-office success. Movie อุโมงค์ผาเมือง นางยั่วสวาท / The Outrage was not chosen as it is a remake of Akira Kurosawa's award-winning "Rashomon" (1950). “Rashomon" was translated into Thai by the statesman MR Kukrit Pramoj. The movie includes Buddhist themes related to jealousy, greed for women or for jewels, lies, human behaving like animal (สัตว์), hatred, ire, lie, lazy, simulation, cowardliness, weakness towards women cries, death, unhappiness (ความทุกข์), status of high people (ผู้ดี). Greed causes to lose finally everything.

Year: 2011

Thai title: เท่ง โหน่ง จีวรบิน
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Rating: 3/5
Director: Pongsak Pongsuwan

Main actor: Pongsak Pongsuwan,Chusak Aiemsuk,Mum Jokmok,Somchai Sakdikul,Akom Preedakul
Main actress: Tukkie

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Thai movie เท่ง โหน่ง จีวรบิน was released in year 2011. It lasts 1h26mn. Sia Nong (Chusak Aiemsuk) welcomes a Thai monk (Pongsak Pongsuwan) coming to Tibet by plane. A TV program announced that ruffians’ leader Somchai Sakdikul has escaped from prison. Inside the plane, there are also Tukkie (ตุ๊กกี้ ชิงร้อย) as air hostess, Mum Jokmok as pilot, Amina (อมีนา พินิจ) as secretary. They board in the plane but it is hijacked by Somchai (สมชาย เข็มกลัด). He forces all the men to jump from the plane except the monk and the secretary. The robbers target a safe belonging to Sia Nong. The plane lands in the Golden Triangle but the robbers are unable to open the safe. Thanks to coded sentences, the monk succeeds to find the first code. As a comic interlude, Akom Preedakul comes to buy drugs and weapons. A second code is needed to open the safe but the secretary Amina asks for guarantee for her and the monk. By saving a child having fever, the monk gets reconnaissance from the villagers as they believed the kid was possessed (ผีเข้า). The monk gets mystic power recognition (บรามีหลวงพี่). He succeeds to change the villagers’ mentality but Somchai is still his enemy. Somchai rebels against Sadikul. Sadikul lets them flee by plane. Fighting happens in the plane and the monk has to use a lingam (ลิงค์) to prevent petrol leaking. As a monk cannot touch a woman, he is unable to reenter in the plane… The plane finally succeeds to land miraculously. Sadikul goes to jail for 5 years and humbly recognised that having sacred amulets cannot help when you misbehave. Right behavior is inside the heart. This comedy still delivers a few key Buddhist messages.

Year: 2011

Thai title: วัยรุ่นพันล้าน
English title: Top Secret

Rating: 4/5
Director:

Main actor: Pachorn Jirathiwat,Piak Poster
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Thai movie วัยรุ่นพันล้าน / Top Secret was released in year 2011 and last 1h54mn. A teenager, named Top, wishes to borrow 10M Baht from a Thai bank. He has to explain his story to the salesman. Piak Poster, the famous Thai movie director, is playing his uncle. He gets money from gaming. He buys an expensive car. His parents are upset and concerned about his studies and time spent on gaming. Top tries to get money from DVD business but it fails as he bought cheap DVD players from China (จีนแดง) so he ends up losing money. His gaming activities are also stopped when his account gets deleted. His father is very upset with him. His mother is upset but still protects him. He refuses any money from his father and will find money to pay for university fees. At nighttime, he steals a Buddha amulet from his father to sell it for 100 000 baht to finance his studies. He needs to find business activities to buy it back for his father. Top meets his friend Lin playing in a theater troupe. some learn business at school. Top is doing real business trying to sell chestnuts (เกาลัด). Top observes merchants in a market in order to get ideas for his business to blossom. But it is still failing. His parents leave for overseas but Top stays behind. He has a new idea to do fried seaweed (สาหร่ายทอด). He finally succeeds to find a right formula and business is booming. His parents' home is on sales. His father has a debt of 40M baht, so they left Thailand. Top needs to find a great idea to get such amount of money. He decides to promote his snacks to 7 Eleven HQ. They finally accept and ask for 72000 packets! The bank refuses to lend him money as he is too young. He borrows 1M baht at risk to build a factory. QA inspection done by 7 Eleven is successful. In two years he made 40M baht and is able to pay back his father’s debts. It is based on a real story, i.e. the life of young businessman อิทธิพัทธ์ กุลพงษ์วณิชย์ around year 2004.

Year: 2010

Thai title: แล้วรัก...ก็หมุนรอบตัวเรา
English title: My Valentine

Rating: 3/5
Director:

Main actor: Note Chernyim,Akom Preedakul,Jaturong Mokjok
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Many romantic movies related to Valentine day are released recently in Thailand. This one is “My valentine”. This movie is based on Mai’s different three love stories. Mai, a young modern woman, has no boyfriend. Valentine day is coming and she is desperate as she is still alone. Working in a life assurance company, she finally meets Mike, who is involved in charitable associations. As she needs to go to a family diner, she uses Mike to simulate her boyfriend. He requests to take care of her heart (ดูแลหัวใจ). Mike (มิค) is a busy man. He never has time in his busy agenda to meet Mai except through Skype. Flowers or dolls are sent as gifts but Mike has never time even for her birthday. He is the perfect bachelor and match but he has just no time available. Finally on New Year’s Eve he throws away his phone to have time with her. Another story pops up. A new assurance customer, Art (อาร์ท), becomes her boyfriend. He is very funny but he is very direct, is not romantic, is a cheapskate, is selfish, loves himself much more, never brings her to shopping, never holds her hand, shares bills. Her boyfriend is acting this way as he has a deception in a previous love story. The third encounter is with an old friend, Kong (ก้อง), working in highway toll booth. She dumped him four years ago. She breaks his arm by accident so she has to take care of him again. Love finally emerges as she realizes that Kong is a very nice and caring young man. Kong disappears after a while. She finally knows that he has a cancer. So all potential three boyfriends have some good qualities but each of them has also drawbacks. Who shall Mai choose? Through a final reversal she chooses Kong. This modern movie is even mixed with some Thai Japanese cartoon. The movie slogan is “Love is same as a flatulence. You cannot see it but still can feel it”. It is the same team who made the 2009 movie “Before Valentine” (ก่อนรัก หมุนรอบตัวเรา).

Year: 2010

Thai title: อยากได้ยินว่ารักกัน
English title: Best Supporting Actor

Rating: 4/5
Director:

Main actor: Phairoj Jaising
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Song (สอง) is playing music in wedding concerts. He wishes to be a rock star so goes to Bangkok to try his luck. But his friends let him down as they have no success. He finally takes refuge in an old friend’s home. His name is Kao (ก้าว). Song was always number 2 behind Kao since birth. He is even born 5 minutes later. Song cannot go back home as he told his parents he is studying in Bangkok. Kao studies painting. Song finds a job in a local shop selling music CD. He notices a beautiful lady called Nor selling goods in front of his CD shop. She is heartbroken (อกหัก) and is looking for a way to forget. A friendship happens as Song is somebody with a very easy character (คนสบายๆ). There is a misunderstanding with Nor regarding Song as she believes he is gay. Song doesn't know how to seduce girls so Kao and the CD shop owner give him advices. Nor sees him as a friend only but Song loves her fondly. Friendship develops between them. Nor's birthday is coming. Song has prepared a song. It is finally discovered that Kao was Nor's former boyfriend! Kao made a painting of Nor and steals Song's music also. Kao gets all benefits and resumes a relationship with Nor. Song gets the torment to see their happiness. He is still the number 2 (แพ้) behind Kao. The cake prepared by Nor is not for him but for Kao's birthday. The movie features nice Thai modern songs from วงเอ็นโดรฟิน (Endorphine) and แคลอรี่ส์ บลาห์ บลาห์ (Calories Blah Blah). The relationship is becoming impossible with Kao, so Song leaves. Kao is upset with Nor as he believes Nor and Song are cheating him. Wishing to take a break, Song brings Nor to rest at his parents’ home. As Nor is pregnant, Song helps for their reconciliation. Kao and Nor finally wed. Song remains alone also but he is very proud to have brought happiness to Nor. This is true love.

Year: 2010

Thai title: ชั่วฟ้าดินสลาย
English title: Eternity

Rating: 5/5
Director: Pantewanop Tewakul

Main actor: Ananda Everingham
Main actress: Chermarn Boonyasak

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The story is taking place in an old palace close to Burma. The Northern house offers a beautiful setting for the shooting. It is based on Malai Choopinij’s classic 1943 novel. A visitor is coming and hears a very sad human crying at nighttime. It is an old man, who is crying in front of a grave. The intendant of the palace tells the visitor about the sad story behind. In 1933 Sammong, stepson of the the palace owner, was back from studies done abroad. His father was Nai Hang. Nai Hang met Yupadee, a beautiful sexy modern and independent young lady and they finally married. She met Sammong. Yupadee loved freedom, always spoke directly and without any taboo. She didn’t want to be linked by any ties to Thai society. She gave Sammong books "doll house" and "the prophet" that reflected her mindset. Sammong was still single and never had any girlfriend. He enjoyed the nature only. Yupadee always teased him. They started to be closer and closer (สนิท). Nai Hang realized this. He invited some important guests, who had an eighteen years old daughter, Panthip. Yupadee was expert at creating jealousy in Sammong’s heart to test his love. The mother tried to push Panthip towards Sammong’s heart but Panthip had already a love in her heart (ต้องใช้ชีวิตของนตัวเอง). Sammong caught a malaria fever (ไข้ป้า) but Yupadee took care about him and even wiped his body (อย่าบังคับความรู้สึกของตัวเอง). Nai Hang needed to go to the city to arrange for Sammong’s wedding. Yupadee simulated to be pregnant to avoid going with him so that she could stay. At the waterfall she teased Sammong utmost so that they finally became lovers (ชู้). Sammong had become lover with his stepfather's wife (เป็นเวรเป็นกรรม). They couldn’t stand to be separated anymore and always hid. Intendant Thip and servants were aware of their relationship. Nai Hang refused to believe this extramarital story or maybe expected that Sammong's own wedding would put back everything to normal. Nai Hang went for a trip again but came back at nighttime to find the lovers. They promised to each other not to be separated until end of eternity (ชั่วฟ้าดินสลาย). Nai Hang summoned them and put them a chain linking them. It was his bad karma that his wife and son loved each other. Due to the chain the love was slowly becoming hate as they were chained together all the time. Nai Hang refused to forgive as they had done a big sin. They tried to flee but it failed as Yupadee was afraid that Sammong would dump her once they were free. Love had become hatred. Nai Hang refused to give the chain key but gave one pistol. Yupadee was now pregnant. Sammong wished to kill himself so that Nai Hang forgave Yupadee and took care of his child. But finally Yupadee shot herself. Sammong became crazy and cries every night on Yupadee’s grave. A director's cut running for 3 hours and 10 minutes, one hour longer than the theatrical version, was released end of 2010. Two other Thai movies based on the same story were done in 1956 and 1980.

Year: 2010

Thai title: อยากรัก ก็รักเลย
English title: Yes or No

Rating: 3/5
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Main actress: Suppanad Jittaleela

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A new girl student Pai arrives to university. She is not sure if her new roommate, Kaem, is a tomboy or a girl (ผู้หญิง). She would like to change the room but it is not possible. Cohabitation is not easy. Jane, another student, likes Kaem a lot. Kaem tries to win friendship from Pai. Various characters such as a ladyboy are also featured. Through her kindness, Kaem succeeds to become Pai's close friend. Both Jane and Pai start to be close to Kaem. Finally Kaem discovers that Pai has already a boyfriend called Wen (ผู้ชายมารับ). But it is more a friend than a boyfriend (แฟน) according to Pai. Some jealousy happens between Jane and Pai regarding Kaem as Pai believes Jane is boygirl with Kaem. Wen despises tomboys (ผิดธรรมชาติ). Love emerges between Kaem and Pai but Wen tries to push away Kaem as such love is not natural. Lesbian love is a rare theme in Thai movies (เรื่องของเรา). Pai is not ready to announce it widely. She is still a bit shameful. She hides all pictures when her mum visits her flat. Her mother denigrates Kaem without knowing she is Pai's closest friend. A misunderstanding between Kaem and Jane makes Pai believes Jane and Kaem are cheating her. Finally being in despair, Kaem goes to Pai's home and a difficult discussion happens with the mother. Pai rejects this relationship as she doesn't feel comfortable towards her mum, towards her friends, towards society. But finally as love is being stronger, Pai goes to Kaem's home town to be reunited with her. This romantic comedy "Yes or no" (อยากรัก ก็รักเลย) was released in year 2010. "Yes or No" Opus 2 was released in year 2012. 'Yes or No' first opus was a box office flop in Thailand. Film production cost 15M baht and box office revenue was only 15.3M baht (cinemas takes a 50% cut). In China it had a limited release. In Indonesia it was banned immediately. The movie did make lucrative business elsewhere (DVD sales, T-shirts, posters, CD soundtracks). It became a hit with regional audiences in places like Taiwan, Macau, Vietnam, Cambodia and Indonesia despite the ban. "Yes or No" movie received awards such as Special Jury Mention Award at Festival MIX in Milan, Italy.

Year: 2010

Thai title: ซามูไร อโยธยา
English title: Yamada The Samurai Of Ayothaya

Rating: 4/5
Director:

Main actor: Sorapong Chatree,Vinai Kraibutr,Bin Banleurit
Main actress: Kanokkorn Jaichuen

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Yamada is a Japanese samurai living in Thailand during Ayutthaya period. This movie praises the diplomatic relationships between Thailand and Japan. Some Japanese and Thai soldiers assure the protection of King Naresuan. Yamada, following a feast in Ayutthaya former Japanese village (หมู่บ้านของชาวญี่ปุ่น), is betrayed and attacked by some Japanese ninjas led by traitor Kaito. He was about to be killed when Siamese warriors rescue him. Japanese sword skills are not enough versus Thai boxing skills! Injured, Yamada is cured in Phitsanulok. Traditional medicine, done by the local abbot (Sorapong Chatree), helps him to recover fast. Kaito sends his ninjas to find him as Yamada knows his betrayal. Local Thai people call Yamada as “white face” (หน้าขาว) or "I jipun" (ญี่ปุ่น)! The local abbot is very active to protect Ayutthaya and teaches to Thai soldiers the art (ศิลปะ) of Thai boxing (มวยไทย) with the support of strong warrior Aikham. Champa is the young lady taking care of Yamada during his recovery. Old Thai traditions are nicely shown such as eat betel, big protective tattoos on the body, charming scenes with boats and rivers (คลอง), representation of old traditions and old games. Yamada is very thankful for the cure received. So he wishes to help Ayutthaya kingdom to pay his debt back. A love story also starts with Champa. The Japanese ninjas finally find him but fail to kill him. The villagers now understand Yamada must have an important secret. Yamada wishes to learn Thai boxing but it is an art dedicated to Thai people only. He wish to become the abbot disciple (ลูกศิษย์) and convinces him by proving he is now an Ayutthaya citizen in his heart also. The training starts and despite difficulties, he is finally accepted by other Thai boxing fighters and wins their friendship. Nation love is not only for born citizen but for everybody who has it in his heart. He offers his samurai sword to Aikham (พี่น้อกัน). Following a sacred tattoo session, Yamada has now Ayutthaya blood in his veins. He is accepted inside the King’s private guards. 200 Burmese soldiers enter the Thai Kingdom. The King sends ten of his best fighters including Yamada to neutralize them. They succeed. Thematic regarding “Love the King, love the nation” is highlighted. Nationalism is often seen in Thai movies with historical theme. Yamada has to leave the Thai village and to go back to Japan but in fact he wishes to get revenge over Kaito. Yamada has to fight against 100 warriors to reach Kaito but hopefully Aikham helps him. Kaito uses a gun to shoot Yamada but Aikham is the one injured and dies. Yamada takes revenge over Kaito and stays in Thailand. It is based on the real historical character Yamada Nagamasa, who was a Japanese adventurer who gained considerable influence in Thailand at the beginning of the 17th century and became the governor of the Nakhon Si Thammarat province in southern Thailand. This movie uses many strong CGI effects to show the bloody fights. Buakaw Por Pramuk (บัวขาว ป. ประมุข), real Thai kickboxer, starred as a Thai soldier. The movie was also shown in Japan.

Year: 2010

Thai title: บางระจัน 2
English title: Bang Rajan 2

Rating: 3/5
Director: Thanit Jitnukul

Main actor: Chatchai Plengpanich,Vinai Kraibutr,Choomporn Theppitak,Bin Banleurit,Paradorn Srichaphan
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After the fall of Bang Rajan, a group of Thai warriors is left and settle a remote hidden village. With the help of a charismatic Buddhist abbot (หลวงพ่อ), they decide to fight back. Burmese army is looking for them. It results in embuscades. Bloody sequences with CGI similar to US movie “300”, head cuts, blood splitting on the screen are featured. This is a nationalist trend movie as Thai people cannot let Burmese army occupies their land (แผ่นดินของเรา). They all think about their life when the war will be over. Currently food is not enough in the village (ชุม) as many people take refuge there (คนเยอะ). Chatchai Plengpanich is playing a soldier (ทหาร), i.e. Phaya. His group is overwhelmed by Burmese soldiers in the forest but he gets help from the former Bang Rajan soldiers. Ayutthaya capital (กรุงศรีอยุธยา) is burning in the background. Tensions happen between soldiers and villagers (ชาวบ้าน). Burmese use some villagers through coercion to try to kill the Buddhist abbot (บารมีหลวงพ่อ). As they fail, all their relatives are killed by Burmese. Phaya asks for a revolt to end the everyday deaths. They have to choose between hide or fight. Two profiles of collaborators with Burmese are shown, a woman (being a courtesan with the Burmese leader in order to get food for her captive mother) and a slave (being passive in front of Burmese soldiers in order to save his life). The Burmese soldiers steal a huge Buddha statue from Ayutthaya to bring it back home. Thai warriors defeat the Burmese soldiers and succeed to save the Buddha statue (so huge that CGI effects have to be used). The courtesan and the slave being deceived by the Burmese change side. The spirits of Bang Rajan fighters (veteran actors from Bang Rajan movie part 1 : Vinai Kraibutr, Choomporn Theppitak, Bin Banleurit) give to the fighters additional strength. A bigger army comes. The abbot accepts to surrender to spare the villagers lives. The monk announces to the Burmese general that they will never win as long as there are warriors like Bang Rajan villagers in Thailand. The abbot is sentenced to death. The Thai warriors seem to face a too big army to be able to win. But Bang Rajan spirit is on forever. Former Thai tennis star Paradorn Srichaphan played in this movie. The movie lasts 2h02mn.

Year: 2010

Thai title: ใคร.....ในห้อง
English title: Who Are You?

Rating: 4/5
Director:

Main actor:
Main actress: Sinjai Hongthai

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Nida is single forty years old mum. She is selling VCD at a night market. One night she brings a customer (ลูกค้า) to her home. She tells him that her teenager son, Ton, is staying in his room for 5 years without going out. On the other side of the street, a young teenager girl, Parn, is living with her mother. The mother has never time for Parn as she has a new boyfriend. Nida often visits a mystic medium (อาจารย์), who helps people to discover who they are through meditation (สมาธิ). She convinces her followers to believe in their inner force (ดูพลัง) and to think positively. Her followers shall believe that things can become true though the power of the mind (อำนาจพลังจิต). Teen are living in their world with games and internet. Nida's customer believes Ton has a Japanese own world syndrome (โลกของเขา). The customer, who is working for a TV program, wishes to meet Ton and to have him go out of his room. Ton only talks to his mother through small papers slipped under his room's door. He wishes to kill himself if somebody enters in his room. The customer is killed savagely by Ton. Ton's head cannot be seen. Parn cannot easily go out also as she cannot stand external bacteria (แพ้อากาศ). One day Nida meets Parn and convinces her to use her mind power to fight her allergy. Nida's husband died already. Ton's father was a hunter. Ton only played games. The father didn't want to hinder his son. The father was having an affair and hit Nida. Following a fight she shot him. She still has visions. The mystery about Ton erupts curiosity from the street (ซอย). A man trying to peep in his room is killed. At same time Parn assists to the death but cannot see who is in the room. The next day Parn has to go out to get her cat, which is trapped inside Ton's house. She escalates the gate and enters inside. The reality is then discovered. Nida's husband is not dead. They fought about Ton's custody (ลูกต้องอยู่กับกู). A lost bullet was shot. Ton was hit and died. Ton was only alive through Nida's power of the mind. This thriller movie has a strong influence from Japanese manga.

Year: 2010

Thai title: ดวงอันตราย
English title: Pop Star

Rating: 2/5
Director:

Main actor: Nirut Sirijanya
Main actress: Bongkoj Kongmalai

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Thai movie ดวงอันตราย Pop Star was released in year 2010. It is available under VCD format. The movie lasts 81 mn. Nirut Sirijanya is the father and manager of a famous Thai singer called Jay. Noui (Bongkoj Kongmalai) is the assistant and the father's mistress. Noui has a child with Jay's father. Jay stopped his career for two years as his mother got suicide. He is now back to Thailand with an album full of English songs. His father always pushes him. Jay still didn't fully recover from the shock and keeps eating medicine for sleeping and crisis management. His father is very happy that they secure a 1M Baht deal. He is less worried about his son's sickness... The medicine causes Jay to have visions and nightmares. Hearing noise in his room, he is about to hit with a baseball bat an intruder. This intruder is his father coming home drunk. Before he can hit anybody, his father falls by himself from the stairs and breaks his neck. Jay falls asleep. In the morning, he believes he kills his own father. Hiding the corpse, he decides to lie to everybody. He seals the room's door, puts flowers in the room, increases the air conditioning cold temperature to prevent any bad smell. Started being out of medicine, Jay has difficulty to control himself. Noui is also under strong pressure from her mother as she keeps asking for money. The mother pushes her daughter to divorce as anyway Jay's father never took good care of her and her child. น้อง Pae is in fact Jay’s daughter. Jay kills both Pae and Noui as they found the body of the father in the hotel room. In fact, Noui was aware of the father’s death but looking for her daughter caused her demise. A หมอดู told her to be careful… Jay tries to continue his professional life same as usual, but he is finally arrested as a domestic helper finds the bodies while cleaning the room.

Year: 2010

Thai title: อินทรีแดง
English title: The Red Eagle

Rating: 5/5
Director: Wisit Sasanatieng

Main actor: Ananda Everingham
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In 2013 a nuclear plant construction is ongoing in Chumphon. Elections will happen soon. The candidate to be prime minister promises to stop the plant. The Thai society is getting worst and worst with many aggression and drug trafficking. As government cannot stop this, it is time for citizen to handle by themselves. Three years have passed. The nuclear plant construction is almost finished and nuclear opponents have been chased away. Young lady Wassana tries to convince her former boyfriend, now prime minister, to do something but he refuses. He argues that destruction of country side (เสียสละ) is needed for the welfare of the whole country (ประโยชน์ชาติ). He also acknowledges that he lied to be elected. Meanwhile police is investigating on a mysterious man called "Insee Daeng" as a group of drug dealers have been found violently butchered. Insee Daeng also enters in a senator house and kills him violently. The senator was always bringing underage girls to his home. If the Thai police and the law cannot perform properly their duty, then Insee Daeng will have to intervene. Insee Daeng is a modern justiciary hero fighting against corrupted men. A policeman called Chat wishes to catch him. Rom, young man, is “Insee Daeng”. He got a bullet in the brain and needs to take morphine often to ease the pain. Wassana knows him as she helped him to escape before. A mysterious organisation, a group of masked men (การเมืองเลว), want to get rid of Insee Daeng and recruits a dangerous assassin to kill him. Chat, the policeman, is assigned to protect a corrupted businessman. It turns bad in a nightclub. There is impressive shooting in Bangkok, dark and modern city and an epic fight with the assassin on a billboard and inside a department store. On top of this Chat and SAWT forces are chasing him. The corrupted prime minister, who got his campaign paid by the nuclear plant company, needs to prevent any stop of the construction by getting rid of the opponents to the project including his former girlfriend Wassana. Rom and Chat know each other as Rom was previously a policeman but Chat is unaware that Rom and Insee Daeng are the same man. A team of bikers try to kill Wassana but Insee Daeng helps her on time. The prime minister is the head of the cabal. Despite being a violent gory bloody and modern movie, there are still funny moments such as the car chases between a taxi and ice cream motorbike. He needs to finish the job against the Prime Minister and get rid of the punisher (ปีศาจดำ). Through an epic final the punisher is defeated. In Chumphon, the peaceful demonstration is crushed by the police. Wassana is in danger. Can Insee Daeng help her on time? This movie got disillusions at box office with only 13M baht. It was released on October 07 2010, one day before the 40th anniversary of the death of Mitr Chaibancha following the tragic deadly accident in Golden Eagle (อินทรีทอง) movie. It is still unlikely if the second part of the movie will be produced. Wisit Sasanatieng had issues when directing the film as he had to juggle between his artistic wishes and the commercial producer wishes. Some contemporary political elements could easily be interpreted as the movie casts politicians as the villains.

Year: 2010

Thai title: นางตะเคียน
English title: Takien : The Haunted Tree

Rating: 3/5
Director:

Main actor: Sahat Piempongsan
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Bua, young female factoring worker, has a boyfriend, Pichan, who takes a video with his phone while they are making love. He shows it to his friends. One of them makes a copy while Pichan is not aware. He threathens Bua to release widely the movie if she doesn't give him some favors. Following a dispute with her boyfriend, they stop seeing each other. Bua loses her job as the bad friend shares widely the video. Disappointed by her boyfriend's behavior, Bua goes back to her village. Her parents' house is empty. They both died following a train accident. A villager called Samrit is having strong interest into Bua and tries to use a local sorcerer (หมอผี) to seduce her. Bua decides to kill herself as she has no hope after losing her parents, her job and boyfriend. She hangs herself under a Takien tree (ตะเคียน). She is reunited with her family and learns that their death is not accidental... A burying ceremony is performed. A few days later Bua ghost is back and frightens villagers. She kills one of the ruffians responsible of her parents' death. The Buddhist abbot is contacted for help. The sorcerer would like to control Bua in order to create powerful filters (ยาเสน่ห์), which could be even more powerful than corpse oil (น้ำมันพราย). Bua's boyfriend comes back to her village to find her and excuse himself (คนกรุงเทพใจแห้ง,). Same as Nang Nak ghost story he stays with her. She eats food offering laid down in front of spirit house. Pichan can see her but not the villagers. The friend who shared the video on internet is also here. One of the friends is killed as they try to abuse Bua. The other stays in the temple chapel (โบสถ์) and refuses to exit. Pichan still refuses to believe that Bua is a ghost already. Finally confronted to proofs he acknowledges. But it is late to flee. Bua doesn't want to let him go anymore. Bua is upset with the monk and Samrit who revealed her death to Pichan. Bua killed both Pichan and the friend, who released the video. The sorcerer decides to fight Bua despite the abbot request. He tortures the Takien tree and uses voodoo pupet to force her to be his slave (เป็นขี้ข้า). Pichan breaks the charm and the sorcerer finally dies due to his greed. Bua finally listens to the monk and accepts her death (ต้องยอมรับความตาย). Bua (บัว) means lotus, i.e. the Buddhism symbol. This movie reminds of 1990s Thai horror movies scenario but it features a more beautiful picture shooting (many wide angle shootings are used). The scenario is also inspired of Nang Nak (นางนาก) famous story.

Year: 2010

Thai title: ตายโหง
English title: Tai Hong

Rating: 3/5
Director:

Main actor:
Main actress: Mai Charoeunpura

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This movie is based on four real sensational and lurid stories. It is surfing on the Phobia movies serie (5 แพร่ง / สี่แพร่ง) success. It is featuring four small episodes with different directors. ตายโหง (Tai Hong) are spirits who died following a violent death. 1) On New Year's Eve a party is taking place in a disco. A fire happens. A young man, called Em, survives to the fire and has vision of dead people that haunts him. His girlfriend died during the fire as she was was stuck in the restrooms. There was only one exit. Finally both of them already died during the fire... It is based on real event that occurred on December 31, 2008 in the Santika Club nightclub in Bangkok where 66 people died. 2) A young man is sent to prison. He has visions and hears voice. It is a scary prison with frequent suicides. He was sent to jail because he raped and killed a young lady. Finally unable to withstand the horrible visions pressure, he suicides himself. 3) A mute young man receives a visit from a young girl. A financial transaction happens between both of them. She dies in his flat. He hides the corpse inside the building water tank. Then he has visions of her dead body. As the body starts to putrefy, people living in the building start to drink or shower with the water from the tank and finds body residues. One young lady investigates but the mute young man tries to drown her in the water tank. He is finally the one to get sunk by the ghost... 4) A prostitute (Mai Charoeunpura) brings two men in a motel room. While they are taking a shower, she talks to the old caretaker, who mentions presence of Phi Tai Hong (ผีตายโหง) in the motel. A corpse is found in the motel room. This episode is the most comic one. It mixes real and fake ghosts.

Year: 2010

Thai title: เงา
English title: Ngao

Rating: 3/5
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This movie is divided in 4 scary small stories related to consequences of past bad actions (เวรกรรม). When bad actions are performed, sooner or later, Thai people need to pay back (ต้องชดใช้)! The movie slogan is "กรรมใครกรรมมัน" so having a reference to the popular Thai expression "ตัวใครตัวมัน" (devil take the hindmost). * First story is about a young couple Som and Nat. A little girl is following Som. She calls Som as 'mum'. She is in fact a ghost. The little girl also frightens Nat. She is the child that Nat decided to abort as boring dury (เป็นภาระ) as Nat was only thinking about his own future. She now comes to take revenge on her ungrateful parents... * Second story is about teens riding motorbikes and launching rocks on cars driver to cause accidents so they steal easily their jewels and money. They finally get punished the same way they treat the others. * Third story is about a teen having a girlfriend. They confirm their love through red sacred threads (สายสิญจน์). Their love makes another teen unhappy. As the girlfriend is finally being dumped, she tried to hang herself. Instead of helping her the other teen just strangled her and disguise the crime as a suicide. The ghost is back for revenge on both of them. * The fourth story has a more comic twist as the action is taking place in a lousy hotel where people come for short time happiness. A female ghost is roaming there. The fourth episode reminds of the movie Buppha Rahtree mixing horror and laughters including stupid policemen and ladyboy characters.

Year: 2010

Thai title: แฟนใหม่
English title: Fan Mai

Rating: 4/5
Director: Piyaphan Chuphet

Main actor: Pete Thongjure,Ananda Everingham
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A young lady called Sree sees her boyfriend Oof going to cinema with another girl called Ying. Oof is a rich young playboy and also a liar. Hearing Oof speaking to Sree that she has no value for him, Ying, sad and disappointed, gets suicide. Oof and Sree start to have many frightening visions and see Ying ghost. Mo, Sree’s sister, helps her to find a role in a horror movie. The film producer (played by Pete Thongjure) likes Sree a lot. Meanwhile Oof still tries to resume relationship with Sree as he feels lonely. To have a break, Mo brings Sree and her friends on a remote island accessible by a ferry carrying cars. The horror movie will be shot there. A bad omen is welcoming them as police is just extracting a dead body from the sea. Their hotel resort is quite empty as it is low season. The film producer is also the owner of the resort. The friends leave the hotel after seeing a ghost at nighttime. Going back, they inform Sree that they read in a newspaper that Oof jumps to his death from a building! Once the movie is shot, a romance starts between Sree and the film producer. Back to her room, Oof is waiting for her. They have arguments as Sree was in fact the one having pushed Ying from the roof. It was not a suicide. But Oof didn't stop or prevent Sree to push Ying. Following a fight, Sree stabs Oof. When her sister is back to the room, Sree also kills her. Sree always had animosity against her beloved sister as she loves stealing things from her such as her doll many years ago or recently the resort owner... Having another ghostly vision, she stabs the resort owner trying to help her. While putting the bodies inside a big hole, she falls inside due to the sloppy soil caused by heavy rain. She gets crushed by a spirit house. Ananda Everingham appears after the credits. He was a former boyfriend of Sree. The same director made the movie “My Ex” (แฟนเก่า) in 2009 related also to a former girlfriend coming from grave and looking for revenge.

Year: 2010

Thai title: ตายทั้งกลม
English title: The Snow White

Rating: 3/5
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O is a nurse. Her boyfriend is Koff, who is also working in the hospital. Yong is a medicine student having poor academic results. His girlfriend tries to push him (ตั้งใจเรียน). Yong's mother believes his poor results are linked to his girlfriend so if he doesn't pass the next exams, she will send him abroad. Yong needs to find a solution. Tong, Yong’s friend, is very shy with girls and is humiliated by his friends. After reading a book about black magic, Yong proposes to help Tong. Knowing that a pregnant woman without relatives died recently, Yong takes its dead baby and oil from her chin at the morgue. Koff sees them but keeps it secret per Ying's request. Yong makes a baby spirit or “kuman thong” (กุมารทอง) and love philter. Tong starts to have success with girls thanks to the love filter. Yong uses the “kuman thong” to help him passing the exams. He gets the highest grade. But there is nothing free in this world, so sooner or later Tong and Yong will have to pay back... Yong's food starts to be filled of foetus parts. Tong starts to seduce many girls at the same time but he starts to see them as dead spirits. While trying to axe them, he is shot dead by the police. Koff gets his legs and arms broken by the spirit. Doctor and his girlfriend O believes it is an accident. After getting the truth from Yong, O finally believes in this ghost story. Yong dies in the same fire he burnt the “kuman thong” doll. O finds the man that makes the dead lady pregnant. He dropped her as he was married already. She died by accident when falling from the stairs following an argument. The spirit then takes revenge on Koff as he didn't help her when she was missing oxygen and even had necrophilia with her. O is then stabbed by a crazy guy in the hospital as she didn't help when Koff was endangered. All people involved in this sad story die. Only Koff survives but he becomes crazy.

Year: 2010

Thai title: โคตรสู้ โคตรโส
English title: Bangkok Knockout

Rating: 3/5
Director: Panna Rittikrai

Main actor: Panna Rittikrai,Sorapong Chatree
Main actress: Supaksorn Chaimongkol,Pimchanok Leuwisetpaiboon

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Mr Sneed, a despising foreigner, and Dr Dachanon, head of arts performing department, are organizing a fight contest. Pod is the leader of one team called “Fighting Club” (Ao, Ed, Pom, Lerm, Ko, James). Two teams fight for a ring. The winning team will go to Hollywood. Pod's team celebrates their victory. But due to strong alcohol flooding during the celebration party, they have arguments with the waiters. They wake up with no phones, no cars, no motorized vehicles. They have been drugged. Some ruggedised cars try to smash them. Meanwhile Joy is kidnapped. Joy is Ram's daughter (Sorapong Chatree). Two men loves Joy, i.e. Pod and Pom. Kidnappers are masked and wear ninja clothes. They are led by Parina (Panna Rittikrai), an old art martial expert. In fact it is a wargame organised by Dr Dachanon to test the team and verify if they are really true friends. Mr Sneed is getting international gamblers to bet big money on the best fighters to win. It is game up to death. The action takes place in a disaffected factory. Ao and Ed win against three opponents. James and Pom move to the wrong side due to money matters. Strong group fights take place and finally the “Fighting Club” team wins. A final fight against master Parina happens. Pod's mum is held captured to influence him negatively. Anyway they defeat the master as he needs some respiratory medicine. A final epic fight happens on moving trucks. Gamblers are also punished. Panna Rittikrai trained actor Tony Jaa so fights are always intense and real. Some acrobatic jumps on motorbikes or high jumps from buildings are really impressive. The movie scenario is simple but Panna Rittikrai’s fans want to see true fights only. This movie is similar to video game concept.

Year: 2010

Thai title: องค์บาก 3
English title: Ong Bak 3

Rating: 3/5
Director: Tony Jaa,Panna Rittikrai

Main actor: Tony Jaa,Mum Jokmok,Nirut Sirijanya,Choomporn Theppitak,Saranyu Wongkrachang
Main actress: Patama Panthong

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Ong Bak 3 movie is a follow up of Ong Bak version 2 where Tien was defeated and captured by King Jom Rachan soldiers. Tien (Tony Jaa) is condemned to death by the King Jom Rachan (Saranyu Wongkrachang). His body is broken and beaten harshly. Insurrection is ongoing against the King Jom Rachan (พระองค์) but this latter eliminates all his opponents (Choomporn Theppitak). On the execution day, Tien is saved at last minute and sent to Ayutthaya. Bad omens are seen by the King. To try to influence the future, he sends some ninjas to kill Tien in Ayutthaya. They fail thanks to some courageous Ayutthaya soldiers. Thanks to Buddhist prayers, offerings, casting of a Buddha statue, dances and Buddhist monk's (Nirut Sirijanya) healing skills, Tien is cured. But full recovery is difficult. He considers suicide as he is almost infirmed. Through inner peace, meditation and efforts (ฝึก), he starts to recover management of his limbs. A new fighter take over the King Jom Rachan looking for power only (อำนาจ). Aware of Tien recovery, the new King sends soldiers to catch him and burns his village. Tien is wearing white clothes (purity) while the new King is wearing dark clothes (evil). Tien has no choice but to go to the King palace to defy him in order to release the villagers and his love. Following epic fights including jumping from one elephant to another or using real elephant tusks to fly, Tien defeats the evil King. As usual in Tony Jaa’s movies, actor Mum Jokmok is played a relief character. In Ong Bak 2 there was an action scene with two elephants. In Ong Bak 3, the actors were among more than 20 elephants. Tony Jaa introduces Nattayut in Ong Bak 3. It is a dharma martial art that can protect soul from bad deeds. It is a kind of meditation that can heal heart and soul.

Year: 2010

Thai title: มือปืน/ดาว/พระ/เสาร์
English title: Saturday killer

Rating: 4/5
Director: Yuthlert Sippapak

Main actor: Suchao Pongwilai,Chusak Aiemsuk
Main actress: Sirin Horwang

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Tee Rifle is a hitman. He is shy with ladies. He likes to walk or run around Bangkok even passing by the Red Shirts barricades! As he is a hitman, he likes to wear wick to change his appearance. He has some sexual control issues with his little bird (ลูกพ่อ) when a beautiful woman touches him such as the gym dance teacher, Chris, whom he loves her secretly. He visits a doctor to get medicine but as the medicine fails and the doctor refuses to give back the money, he takes revenge over the doctor. The gym dance teacher has arguments with her father regarding green and purple clothes colors. Her father is the political leader of the Green Shirts. There is sarcastic irony and allusion from director Yuthlert Sippapak regarding the Yellow and Red Shirts fights in Thai modern politics. With Tee Rifle, the hitman symbol is demystified as he feels guilty each time (รู้สึกผิดทุกที่). Tee Rifle meets Chris in a bar and presents himself as Mark. Tee Rifle is hired for a new job. He shall shoot all the green leaders including Chris’ father. A second medicine fails to recover his little bird (ฉันไม่ใช่กะเทยแต่ผู้ชายโชคร้าย). Political leaders use violence. Win hatred with hatred. Is it the solution to political problems? Brown, purple, green political parties. All leaders are shot by Tee Rifle. The next job is to shoot Chris! The hirer is the wife of Chris' boyfriend. Chris was not aware that her boyfriend was married already! She still meets Mark at the same usual bar and a friendship starts. Tee Rifle shots Chris’ boyfriend to close the dispute! Thanks to a good friend, Chris is aware that Tee Rifle shot her father so she wishes to take revenge. Tee Rifle is recruited for a new contract. The target has rent a hotel for his birthday. Chris knowing that the hitman will act and so she enrolls herself as a coyote dancer to be able to catch him. Seeing Chris dancing lively, Tee Rifle has a control crisis and cannot execute his job. Chris now knows that Tee rifle and Mark are the same man. Following some shooting into impressive unfinished 1997 villas, Mark succeed to escape from Chris. Chris finally catches him in a Christian church. She spares his life not because of love but because Thai politicians are the real responsible. Thailand would be a better place without politicians so as a hitman, she shoots all Thai politicians leaders! This movie mixes comedy and action. It also gives a strong social message regarding politicians that are judged responsible of the current mess in Thailand (Yellow Shirts versus Red Shirts). It features a funky soundtrack. “Saturday killer” is part of a trilogy including “Sunday Killer” and “Friday Killer”.

Year: 2010

Thai title: น้ำ ผีนองสยองขวัญ
English title: H2-OH

Rating: 3/5
Director:

Main actor: Koeti Aramboy,Akom Preedakul
Main actress: Intira Jaroenpura

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Mook disappears in a swimming pool. Somebody drags her under the water. Charlie is a rescuer. One evening while driving carelessly and arguing with his girlfriend over the phone, he hits a passerby. It is Mook! Hopefully she is not dead but has lost her memory. At nighttime a ghost (ผีตามมา) tries to kill her. Charlie has to help her to recover her memory and thoughts. The ghost is coming through the water that is leaking in the hospital. Every time Mook swims, such as rescuing a young girl, ghosts try to drown her (ผีหลอก). Charlie starts to get more information. Mook is a sport student who disappeared two years ago. She starts to remember and meets her former gym teacher, who is now blind. On that tragic night he was driving the mini bus of the students. They have many medals and always promise to stay together. Being drunk, the driver hit a big truck coming in opposite direction. The mini bus falls in the river. Mook succeeds to escape but the other students die. A promise can be given but it can withdraw also (สบาญถอดได้). Finally to ask the spirits regarding the promise withdraw, they need to go back to the former swimming pool which is now closed. Their policeman friend, nicknamed officer (ผู้กอง) despite being only a first grade staff, helps them to enter. Through touching words, Mook convinces the ghosts to stop their quest for applying the former promise. This movie features Intira Jaroenpura, who played in many horror movies, and Koeti Aramboy, young comic actor. This movie includes a popular mix of two kinds of favorite movies by Thai audience, i.e. comedy and horror.

Year: 2010

Thai title: สาระแนเห็นผี
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Rating: 3/5
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Main actor: Mario Maurer,Mum Jokmok,Suchao Pongwilai
Main actress: Patcharapa Chaichua

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Thai Horror comedy movie สาระแนเห็นผี was released in year 2010 and lasts 1h47mn. Doo (Mario Maurer) and his friend are out for fun in a discotheque in Bangkok. Following a misunderstanding, mafia leader Suchao Pongwilai is shot dead during an accident in the discotheque. Doo and his friend must flee. They kidnap young lady Ratree (Patcharapa Chaichua) to use her car. Ratree keeps drinking so it looks like she is heartbroken. They take refuge in a Buddhist temple. Thai Police is chasing them. Local undertaker (สัปเหร่อ) takes care of them and indicates a refuge where to go. Seua Pop (Mum Jokmok) is living there. The undertaker is a professional former hitman, so he is impressed by the young men, who dared to shoot a famous mafia leader! They receive bone powder in the eyes so they all can see ghosts now. Thai singer ศุภักษร ไชยมงคล has a small cameo role. Pop has also a strange family. They get shot at night time by an angry man. Pop and his family were in fact already dead. Surrounded by ghosts, Ratree and the two boys must flee again. Ratree meets her boyfriend (ไปกับพี่ / ไปกับผี). He is already dead also. Following an accident, his head hurt a pillar while Ratree was driving. She had hidden the body inside the car trunk. Her boyfriend, wishing to take her back, causes her car to have an accident. All are dead. Being ghosts, Ratree is now Doo’s girlfriend.

Year: 2010

Thai title: โป๊ะแตก
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Rating: 1/5
Director: Mum Jokmok

Main actor: Mum Jokmok,Pongsak Pongsuwan,Akom Preedakul,Thep Po-ngam,Chusak Aiemsuk
Main actress: Tukkie

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This movie is a comedy that explores the lives in front and behind the camera of Thai's film industry. Mum Jokmok has invited all the comic actors from decade 2000s such as Tukkie, Pongsak Pongsuwan, Akom Preedakul, Thep Po-ngam... Certainly not a 100 millions baht movie, which is the new mark for box-office hit for decade 2000s movies. Thep Po-ngam is Mum Jokmok's mentor. In 2009, the Court of Justice of Thailand affirmed Thep Po-ngam bankrupt so there is self irony when he visits Mum Jokmok to produce a movie. He finally only gets a role as actor. Mum Jokmok is responsible of a company making movies. Same as comic TV programs, there is a funny noise at each gag. Mum Jokmok is the director (ผู้กำกับ) and faces many comic issues to have the movie shot. It includes the ceremony (งานเลี้ยงปิดกลอง) for the blessing of a new movie. Various comic sequences happing during shooting and behind the stage. This movies looks like more a succession of sketchs linked with a Thai movie shooting background. It looks like more a TV comic program put on a movie stage. There is no real story.

Year: 2010

Thai title: ตุ๊กกี้ เจ้าหญิงขายกบ
English title: Tukky

Rating: 3/5
Director:

Main actor: Akom Preedakul,Pongsak Pongsuwan
Main actress: Tukkie

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Tukky is selling frogs on a market and has always arguments with other vendors (แม่ค้า) or the local mafia asking for their monthly extorsion fee. Tukky is always kissing her frogs and is hoping that one day, one frog will become a prince. One day a prince really comes and Tukky gets kidnapped. She wakes up dressed like a princess. She is now the princess (เจ้าหญิง) of a small kingdom called Padangrawee. She takes revenge on the market mafia and other market vendors who oppressed her before. Finally Tukky is not the real princess of the kingdom but she is used as a replacement due to political reasons. She needs to do her best (ตั้งใจให้เป็นเจ้าหญิงดีที่สุด) to act as a princess. She needs to take urgent lessons to increase her skills. Those lessons include horse riding, wine tasting, society dances. The crazy teachers are famous comic actors Akom Preedakul, Pongsak Pongsuwan who are giving a very good performance as usual. Tukky is also relooked. She is finally successfully presented to the press. She gets her motivation through her love to her main bodyguard (หมวกบังตาแต่ความรักไม่บังหัวใจ). Her presence causes the ire of a mysterious lobbying group sending a ninja to get rid of her. During a diner with the prime minister, she gets drunk and defeats the ninja thanks to flatulence and vomit. Flatulence and vomit don't have the same taboo as westerner movies. She is thinking to stop playing the princess as the risks are very high but she is the hope (ความหวัง) of the kingdom so she cannot stop. The real princess is finally uncovered. Both the real princess and Tukky are kidnapped. Finally thanks to the bodyguards, they are released and the ruffians are defeated. There is great fun during the first part of the movie but the second part is more conventional.

Year: 2010

Thai title: 3 ย่าน
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Rating: 3/5
Director: Yuthlert Sippapak,Ping Lumpraploeng,Jaroenporn Onlama,Koeti Aramboy

Main actor: Akom Preedakul
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This movie contains three short stories shot by different Thai directors. First story is directed by Yuthlert Sippapak. A pregnant young lady dies in a coach while trying to give birth. The bus company owner decides to hide the death. The body is hidden inside a big Moo Yo (หมูยอ) or local sausage. Funny characters include a bus driver, a middle age bus company owner who speaks unclearly Thai and a sexy bus hostess. The pregnant woman, who dies during pregnancy, becomes a fearful ghost (ผีตายโหงทองกลม). The ghost starts to appear in the bus. More problems arise when a policeman is joining the bus trip. How can they rid of the ghost without catch the policeman's attention? Finally the troubles are over when the sausage is grilled... Second story is directed by Ping Lumpraploeng. Maan is selling car assurance. He is married to a lady called Pancake. He has no respect for her and even has a mistress. He believes Pancake has a lover (มีกิ๊ก) and engages a hitman (มือปืน) to get rid of her. As he mixes her identity papers with his own papers, the hitman needs to kill him! The hitman is in fact his best friend (เพื่อนใช่ไหม). Will his friend reminds friendship or execute his hitman job? Last story is directed by Jaroenporn Onlama. It is about a film director, played by Koeti Aramboy, who discovers that his girlfriend Peui, leading actress, is pregnant with the leading actor. She drinks a medicine to kill the baby as he is not ready to be a father privileged his career (ยังไม่พร้อม).

Year: 2010

Thai title: ผู้ชายลัลล้า
English title: Lunla Man

Rating: 1/5
Director:

Main actor: Akom Preedakul,Note Chernyim,Shahkrit Yamnarm,Mum Jokmok,Jaturong Mokjok
Main actress: Passorn Boonyakiat

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It is a comedy about three men unfaithful to their wives. They always need to find excuses for their wives as they are coming back home late. Up to now their lies succeeded to convince their wives. Teng (actor Shahkrit Yamnarm) needs to find a new model. He finds a beautiful woman in a mall and takes pictures of her but forget to ask her contact references. Teng finally meets her in a bar. Her name is Sosi. Teng is expert to play the liar (สบายๆ) but Sosi is also lying. Her husband is called Sia. Finally Teng's two friends are uncovered by their wives as their lies were getting bigger and bigger (working late - OT, late meetings, fight against ruffians...). Proofs were stored in their blackBerry smartphones. To make him stop, one of the wife sings in a pub he often frequents and she accepts tips from customers (ทำประชด). Teng has a lovely wife called Bow but a love story is really starting between Sosi and Teng. Finally the male stratagems are discovered. They have to stay home and bring their wives to a holidays resort. But they cannot stop trying seducing other women. They use sedative drugs to make their wives fall asleep (ยานอนหลับ). The drugs don’t last enough and the three men are caught being with girls again by their wives. A final last chance is given. Sia is upset by Sosi’s behavior and wishes to punish her. Sosi’s brother calls Teng for help but Teng has promised to his wife to stop seeing Sosi. Teng and his friends try to rescue Sosi but are captured. Their wives, following them, are also captured. Sia forces them to play silly and humiliating games (mud game, paint game...) to save their husbands. Mum Jokmok, as a guest star apparition, makes them all released. Bow and Teng reconcile once again. But the three men cannot stop flirting (หลายใจ) when seeing beautiful women. Morality is kept as the husbands stays with their wife. There is a few comic guest stars apparition, i.e. Akom Preedakul, Note Chernyim, Mum Jokmok, Jaturong Mokjok. Former Miss Photogenic International Passorn Boonyakiat is playing one of the wives. There is a succession of gags similar to Thai TV comedy shows. This movie is about the old chauvinist Thai tradition to have minor wives (เมียน้อย). Gags are often over exaggerated with easy references such as the shy timid wife wearing glasses.

Year: 2010

Thai title: ยายสั่งมาใหญ่
English title: I Am Grandmother

Rating: 3/5
Director:

Main actor: Mum Jokmok,Jaturong Mokjok,Akom Preedakul
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ยายสั่งมาใหญ่ is a Thai movie released in year 2010. Chai's grandmother has gambling debts, i.e. 560 000 bath. Chai has to find solutions as the mafia is looking to get back their money. Chai identifies thanks to an old picture that Khuat (Jaturong Mokjok), a serious gambler, is his brother. Khuat is always involved in casino games (การพนัน). Khuat loves secretly Nong Muay. If he wins lottery, Khuat promises to do good deeds (ทำบุญ). Chai has supernatural skills since he falls in the river while being a novice. He can transform small items or make wishes to happen. Chai wishes Khuat to help to find money for his grandmother but he is more obsessed by Nong Muay. Khuat uses Chai to win while playing card games. Nong Muay is also indebted of 200 000 bath. Khuat pays it but the casino owner Sia asks for interest also! Khuat has promised to stop playing cards. Both Chai and Khuat are recruited as guards as they helped Mr Mongkol who had issues with casino owner Sia. His daughter called Lin is a bit plum and is keen of Chai. As Mongkol is always losing card games against Sia, he hires a champion from Hong Kong. A final game between Mongkol and the casino owner Sia shall happen and involves their whole fortune. As the Hong Kong champion has a deadly accident, Khuat needs to replace him. The daughter Lin and Nong Muay are kidnapped by the casino owner Sia. They succeed to escape. Finally Sia is defeated despite using a medium to change the cards and is losing all his fortune. The grandmother gambling debts were fake. It was a game in order to be reunited as a family with Khuat and Chai. Moralist end as all the money gains are given to charity.

Year: 2010

Thai title: 8E88 แฟนลั้ลลา
English title: 8E88 Fan Lalla

Rating: 3/5
Director:

Main actor: Note Chernyim,Jaturong Mokjok
Main actress:

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Busaba and Khun are preparing their wedding. Following a misunderstanding, Khun is accused of killing a member of Parliament. He is given a DVD by this member of Parliament before his death. The DVD is hidden inside the cover of Thai movie "แอบคนข้างบ้าน". Khun is sent to jail. Some ruffians try to force him to give back the DVD but to no avail. There is a comical representation of the jail environment. He is sent with his inmates to famous and harsh prison called 8E88. There are some references to famous Thai carceral movie "ขั้ง 8" (Butterfly grey). The ruffians threaten his fiancee so Khun has no choice but escape from 8E88 prison in order to help her. He succeeds to do so as the guardians are very lenient as they receive orders to let him go. It is a trick from the ruffians leader in order to exchange the DVD versus Khun's girlfriend. All classical Thai comic topics are here, i.e. lady boy, flatulence, police being fools, ghosts... Busaba is hurt by the ruffians and dies. Busaba ghost still wishes to help her fiance Khun. Khun searches for the DVD inside a DVD rental company's stock. The ruffians arrive at the DVD company. The police follows up. Khun cannot see his girlfriend Busaba (ตายแล้ว) as he has an amulet (ของ) around the neck. Busaba tries to protect Khun against the ruffians. Thanks to a video recording Khun demonstrates his innocence as the DVD contains proofs regarding the illegal activities of the ruffians leader. Khun forces the police to shoot him so that he can be with Busaba in the ghost world. Busaba finally wakes up so Khun made the wrong decision to die!

Year: 2010

Thai title: ลุงบุญมีระลึกชาติ
English title: Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives

Rating: 3/5
Director: Apichatpong Weerasethakul

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As usual, Apichatpong Weerasethakul’s movies are not easy to understand. “Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives” is no exception. On top of this, most of this movie is narrated in Lao language so it makes it more difficult to understand. A family, aunt Jane and her son Tom, arrive from Bangkok into a Isan village. The car is passing by Isan villages through long sequences without any dialogs. They are visiting Uncle Boonmee. The uncle is seriously sick and needs to receive caring and medication. At evening time during a diner, a spirit is visiting them. It is Uncle Boonmee’s former wife. She is happy to receive good deeds from donations made to Buddhist temple. Then another spirit comes also. It is a half man half monkey with red eyes (ผีลิง). It is Uncle Boonmee’s son. His son, photographer, had been trying to shoot a weird spirit in the forest since a long time. They are looking at old pictures together. Many following sequences in the movie are about Uncle Boonmee recalling his previous incarnations. It is a film about recollection and death, about death and rebirth. Many sequences are beautifully shot especially night photography scenes but the sequences meaning is not easy to understand. Various sequences include 1) a buffalo is tied to a tree. He succeeds to break the rope and flees away. His owner is looking for it and finally finds it 2) weird spirit with red eyes seen in the jungle 3) A mysterious old woman is carried in a palanquin by a whole troupe. She is then talking to the waterfalls spirit. There is a love sequence with a fish. There are many spirit beliefs around Isan countryside. Discussion between uncle Boonmee and his wife about after life happen. The aunt and his son are going inside the jungle and a cave looking for the spirit with red eyes. Uncle Boonmee is finally found in the cave. He has finished to recall his past lives and dies. A Buddhist ceremony for his funeral is organised. The nephew Tom is a monk. He decides to disrobe not able to withstand quiet life in the Buddhist temple. It seems that everybody is back to a normal life. This movie won Cannes 2010 festival palme d'or. Apichatpong Weerasethakul became the first Thai director to receive such award. The movie was shot in 16mm format. It seems to also be an homage to the dying film cinema replaced by digital cinema. People often hate or like Apichatpong Weerasethakul’s movies but they are worth seeing as offering a refreshing breath outside the modern Thai cinema stream.

Year: 2010

Thai title: อินเซค อิน เดอะ แบ็กยาร์ด
English title: Insects in the Backyard

Rating: ?/5
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Thai movie อินเซค อิน เดอะ แบ็กยาร์ด / “Insects in the Backyard” was banned in year 2010. An official movie trailer lasting 2mn30s can still be seen. The trailer is mute except for a background music. Rating the movie as “20 years old” only was seen as not enough. This movie was banned due to immorality. Both children hate their transgender father and resort to prostitution. The daughter even keeps her school uniform. Some sex scenes are deemed too hard with genital seen. There is even a dream of patricide. Two main messages say “They are insects. They live in the Backyard called world” and “They are human. Who live in a Cage called ‘sex’”.

Year: 2010

Thai title: นาคปรก
English title: In the shadow of Naga

Rating: 5/5
Director: Pawat Pawangkasiri

Main actor: Ray McDonald,Sahat Piempongsan,Somchai Khemklad
Main actress: Intira Jaroenpura

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7 millions of baht have been hidden following a robbery. One of the robber is called Sing. His girlfriend is a prostitute. The police raids the illegal casino (บ่อน) she is staying in. They are looking for Sing but she doesn't know where he is hiding. The money has been hidden in a Buddhist temple. The three robbers come back to the temple but a chapel (โบสถ์) has been constructed on the top of the cache. They need to dig (ต้องขุด) but as it takes time, the only way is to become monk (ต้องบวช) in order to be able to stay in the temple. Sing points his gun to the abbot to force the ordination. Sing and Dang ordinate (เป็นพระ). Pong prefers to remain as a temple boy. Sing and Pong behave badly as monk, i.e. chase dog with feet, say bad words, don't follow closely the temple rules (ระเบียบของวัด), smoke, hit novice (เณร), don't pray before eating. Sing is atheist and calls the abbot as 'boss' instead of เจ้าอาวาส. At night time, they dig. The morning arrives earlier than expected. They need to hit the temple gong (ระฆัง), need to say blessings. The abbot has to justify their inexperience by mentioning they are new monks (พระบวชใหม่) from Thudong order (พระธุดงค์). Sing cannot support the food at lunch time made of alms donation (ฉันเพื่ออยู่ไม่ใช้อยู่เพื่อฉัน). The abbot is also doing tatoos. Pong asks for tatoos also (ศาสนาพุทธศักดิ์สิทธิ์เกิน ดีกว่าคุณทำร้ายได้). Sing is still complaining. His feet hurt as he is not used to walk bare foot. Life prison was easier. Food is not good. Earlier they promised to share 50% of the money with a fourth unknown man. The abbot has money on him and doesn't hesitate to touch a woman bitten by a snake. Dang and Sing hit badly robbers who were trying to steal Buddha statues in order to protect their secret digging activities inside the chapel. They lie to villagers (หลอกชาวบ้าน). They know they are wrong but still do wrong (รู้ว่าทำผิดแต่ยังทำผิด). Sing misses his girlfriend Nam Peung so he invites her to join him to Wat Pa Lom but she refuses believing it is another bad joke from Sing (ช่วยตัวเองก็แล้วกัน). Believing it can be good for her karma, she finally visits the temple and finds Sing as a monk (หลวงพี่). Sings removes his monk robe to make love to Nam Peung. Sing breaches all Buddhist precepts and brings trouble to the temple community. Pong is a good guy and explains to the abbot what happens before. They did a bank robbery (ปล้นเงิน) and hide the money inside the temple's chapel. Pong wanted to help his blind mother. He has lengthy discussion with the abbot about Buddhism (It is possible to teach some people to be good, it is more difficult with some others สอนให้เป็นคนดีบางคนสอนได้บางคนสอนยาก - Badness is easier to do than goodness / ความชั่วทำง่ายความดียทำยาก). Being discovered by other monks, Sing and Dang threathen to kill the monks if they don't help to dig. At morning time, they need to go for alms (เป็นเวลาบิณฑบาตร). If they don't go, they will have nothing to eat. Today is Makabucha day so local people are coming for offerings (บูชา) and listen to sermon (ฟังเทศน์). Dang decides to give them a poignant sermon regarding children working far away from parents to send them money and encourage parents to teach well their kids (สอนลูกดีดี - กตัญญู) to avoid becoming bad guy like him. While digging, they find a cache but no money. Sing starts to break the main Buddha statue. There is a small golden statue inside. A police inspector enters the chapel. Nam Peung was keeping the police inspector informed. He is a corrupted cop asking for his share. They shot at each other. The police inspector is hit. Dang is hit also. Nam Peung hits Sing, who was going to shoot the abbot. Nam Peung finds the money bag in the base of the Buddha statue but it is empty. She prefers to suicide herself instead of surrending to the police. The abbot takes the responsability on him (ผิดเอง). Pong is arrested. 4 years passed. Pong is doing ordination for his blind mother, who cries when holding the yellow robes (ผ้าเหลือง). The former abbot has defrocked. He has now a wife and a child. He is driving a Mercedes car. He comes back to get the golden Buddha statue. He was the one who kept the money. He is finally arrested and the statue is restituted to the temple. After 3 years waiting for the new film law to avoid a ban, this movie was finally released uncut with a Rate 18+. Making a story with bad monks is strong for the local Thai audience as faith and crime are always taboo in Thai films. There is a comparison between the four characters and the four types of lotus in Buddhism (บัวประเภทไหน).

Year: 2010

Thai title: 9 วัด
English title: Secret Sunday

Rating: 5/5
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Main actress: Penpak Sirikul

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Nat has a blondish girlfriend Poon. She has often ghosts visions. They get an invitation to go to Chiang Mai. On the way, they stop to visit Nat's mother. Nat's mother has a bad dream. She frequently visits temples and would like her son to make merit (ทำบุญ) in nine temples (9 วัด). Nat needs to clean his karma by doing merit. There is a strong opposition between the old style mum (แม่โบราณ) and the young modern woman, Poon. Nat finally accepts his mother's request. He meets a monk, who was a childhood friend. The monk goes with them for the nine temples visit. Nat and Poon are young and modern youngsters, who don't know religion and how to show respect to monks (They always call him 'phra' - พระ - instead of 'Luang Phi' - หลวงพี่). Nat doesn't give respect to Buddha images (ไม่ไหว้พระใหญ่). They don't understand why the young man is going for the forest way of life (ธุดง) and how he can sleep in cemeteries (ป่าช้า). Nat is always hot tempered (ใจร้อน). Many warnings are given to them through visions and through the monk's remarks (ช่วยไม่ทันยิ่งทรมานเปล่าๆ). They face death, face accidents, see dead people and ghosts. Those are warnings to them. It is linked to their karma (กรรม) and they cannot escape it. Poon asks the monk's help but Nat refuses to believe up to the point they break up. They are followed up by terrible actions linked to her past. In previous life, they were linked to a young disfigured boy set prisoner in a remote forest hut by his mum as he killed her lover fearing to lose his mother. They finally get reunited and bring the monk to destination. Nat, Poon and Nat's mother share the same past and all come to the same house where the young boy was held prisoner. They need to do more merit (กุศล). The monk and Nat are born the same day. The mother tried to deceive the karma (หลอกกรรม) by interchanging the babies. Her real son is the monk. But the karma cannot be escaped. However it can be altered (กรรมเปลี่ยนไม่ได้แต่แก้ไขได้). Karma is following us (กรรมตาม). The monk is protected from karma by his yellow robe (ผ้าเหลือง) but not Nat. So he is the one to suffer. The monk pays for the past sins through redemption (ชดใช้) by giving his own life so the karma is over. Nat, Poon and the mother are being reunited as a family. The movie features a nice fresh soundtrack.

Year: 2010

Thai title: หลวงพี่เท่ง 3
English title: The Holy man 3

Rating: 3/5
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Main actor: Krissada Sukosol,Note Chernyim,Akom Preedakul,Koeti Aramboy,Der Doksadao
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Noi decides to enter the monkhood (บวช) and rejects his rock star attitude. He is looking for calm (เอาความสงบ) as he is a stressed man. The abbot reminds him the analogy between a hose splashing randomly due to water pressure and the spirit always wandering. Funny gags happen when monks are going out for alms (บิณฑบาตร) due to small size comic actor Koeti Aramboy trying to offer food to a giant monk or when a man is still jealous that his wife has a sweet spot for the abbot since decades. As usual there are flatulence jokes when spicy and sour food is given to monks. Robbers steal the temple bell (ระฆัง). Later they come to steal the Buddha head (มาขโมยพระ). Monks are all drugged but hopefully the main Buddha statue (หลวงพ่อ) is not stolen as it is too heavy! The gang leader is a burlesque Chinese vendor. He uses false claims regarding the monks that they enter monkhood while leaving pregnant women behind them. Noi is smart enough to counter their lies. Actor Akom Preedakul is playing a funny Thai boxing trainer bringing coyote dancers to the temple! Similar to 1980s-1990s decade comedy ghost movies, there is an sequence about villagers fleeing ghosts. Unfortunately the Buddha statue head is cut and stolen by the Chinese gang. The giant monk disguises himself as soft real Bouddha statue (Luang Pho Nim - หลวงพ่อนิ่ม) as a trick to find their cache. Then Noi asks his former bikers friends for help. They are led by Ed carabao, real leader of famous Thai band Carabao. The robbers are captured and the Buddha head recovered.

Year: 2010

Thai title: คนจน ผู้ยิ่งใหญ่
English title: Poor people

Rating: 4/5
Director: Boonsong Nakphoo

Main actor: Boonsong Nakphoo
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Thai movie คนจน ผู้ยิ่งใหญ่ / Poor people the great was released in year 2010 and lasts 1h16mn. Movie director is Boonsong Nakphoo. It is a movie released by Plapen Wai Thuan Nam Film Studio. Boonsong Nakphoo is also acting in his own movies. He made it after discovering that he could not make the film in his own way in the mainstream. This film was shot by a Canon 7D camera and acted by all non-actors and teamwork with almost no experience in filmmaking. Villager Choo has 20,000 THB debts and is in trouble. He travels by using an old bicycle. He has to use a phone booth to contact relatives. He complains his teen son Sorn is always out with his friends. His wife left him. Choo tries to find a job, but there is no small job available. The local carpenter or the local Buddhist temple have no job to offer. Choo is not willing to go to Bangkok as expenses are high and benefits are less. He prefers to stay in the village even if salaries are lower because expenses are lower. His old mum prays the local ancestors (ปู่) and is wishing good fortune to her family. Some people owe money to Choo, but they have no money to give back. It is an endless cycle. Other villagers push him to go to Bangkok as there is no job in the village. Kids are selling beer bottles to the local recycler (Boonsong Nakphoo) to get some pocket money. The man has to pay a fee to the local policeman to close his eyes. He is checking that the kids are not addicted (เล่นยา). One villager is back from overseas. He invites Choo and recommends him to work overseas but as Choo is poor, nobody will lend him money. Choo tries to grab Nop, who owes him money, but Nop has fled away. Choo goes up to Sukhothai, but Nop has been fired as he was stealing from the cash register. Choo has issues with his son as kids have nothing to do and indulge in cheap drugs. As they are sons of poor people, they see themselves having no future. Boonsong Nakphoo encourages the youngsters to become singers as they like to play music. Being darked skinned, poor, ugly, they don't see how they could achieve their dreams. Poor people have a good heart as there is always water to drink when visitors are coming. It is a vicious cycle as Choo tries to borrow money to pay his debts, but nobody wants to lend him money. The youngsters sing the Carabao song คนจน. Boonsong Nakphoo recommends them to do a demo tape. The youngsters steal some steel at nighttime to resell it to the recycler Boonsong Nakphoo, believing it belongs to their parents. Choo wishes to mortgage his land, but the mother is reluctant. Sorn is arrested for theft. Choo finally borrows 30,000 THB and has to give back 36,000 THB in 4 months. Choo bails his son. The mother Toy is back from Bangkok for one day. She brings some gifts, but the son is upset that she didn't visit for many years. She claims she didn't have enough money. She tells Choo to contact her if anything occurs, but she never answered when Choo called her from the phone booth... Boonsong Nakphoo visits Sorn but he is not here. The grandmother mentions he is gone to Bangkok with his father.

Year: 2010

Thai title: ครูบ้านนอก
English title: To Sir, With Love

Rating: 4/5
Director: Surasee Phatham

Main actor: Mum Jokmok,Panna Rittikrai
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Surasee Phatham has directed a remake of his own movie in 2009 as he was never happy with the number of details that were edited out. In “Rural Teacher” movie remake, most of the actors speak Isan / Lao language. The story is the same but many details have been changed. For the complete story, please read the above 1978 “Rural teacher” movie review. The village name has changed from Baan Nong Ma Wo (บ้านหนองหมาว้อ) to Baan Nong Hi Yai (บ้านหนองฮีใหญ่). The movie features many Isan country side ceremonies and customs such as lying by a fire after a child birth (to purify of all poisons and influences from ghosts), food (frog, snake, rice alcohol - เหล้าขาว). It reminds a bit of "A Child of the Northeast" ("LUK ISAN" - ลูกอีสาน) movie. Teacher Piya is now called Teacher Pichet. Teacher Pichit is now called Teacher Somchat. The headmaster is more funny and is played by actor Mum Jokmok. Famous action director Panna Rittikrai is also having a role as a strange man living away from the village. The headmaster plays lottery while teaching pupils. The children often miss school as they need to work for their parents or parents have no money to buy school uniforms for them. There are no chairs for children to sit. The headmaster and teacher Somchat need to ride horse to go to city. They need to buy their own teacher clothes. Pichet has pushed for the school modernization. New clothes offered by the local influential man owning the illegal logging concession. The main actor, Pichet Kongkarn, is a singer. He is singing a few songs related to Isan people leaving their village to go to work in cities and leaving behind grandparents to take care of babies, related to forest kindness (บุญคุณของป่า) or related to knowledge (ความรู้) and kindness (ความดี). Ruffians wear mask to frighten the villagers (ผีหลอก) so that they don't mingle inside the forest. Pichet finds poison in the forest. It is used by ruffians for people to get sick. Pichet finds the huge logging concession. The journalist head doesn't dare publishing the news and pictures. Pichet and the headmaster motivate the villagers to fight against the ruffians. A young journalist finally dares editing the news. Villagers fight with ruffians and one villager is shot. Panna Rittikrai can even show his fighting skills. The movie ends tragically for the teacher. The new version was released 2 days before National Teachers Day (วันครู) in 2010. The Culture Ministry, regarded "Kru Baan Nok" as a promotional tool and provided some support. As expected the movie didn’t raise as much interest as 31 years ago as Thai society has evolved. Thai film industry has become more and more centralized with a Bangkok mindset. Politics and social commentary are now divorced from pure entertainment movies. Students and young people are not concerned about politics as they used to be. The movie might have been more successful if the remake was taking place in 2010 and talked about modern issues as corruption and hitmen are still present nowadays. In 1978, teacher Thim Bun-ing was shot after denouncing a bribery at the school construction of his village in Satuek District (Buriram). A teacher and activist, Khru Thim fought hard to see that Isan children had more educational opportunities and more efficient educational programmes. A group of teachers in Isan, wanting to keep his ideology alive, established the Foundation in his memory in 1983. Maybe "The Rural Teacher" movie was based on this real story.

Year: 2010

Thai title: บิ๊กบอย
English title: Big Boy

Rating: 3/5
Director:

Main actor: Settha Sirachaya
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Po, a rich young man (วัยรุ่น), loves hip hop dances but his skills are not very good. Taking opportunity to visit his modern and fit grandfather (ปู่) in Bangkok, he wishes to learn dances skills. He goes to Siam Square to find good hip hop dancers. He meets Niew, a young dancer he saw on Youtube. When realizing that Niew is a girl (ไม่เอาผู้หญิงสอน), he refuses to have her as a teacher. But even his grandfather dances better than him (สู้คนแก่ไม่ได้). Po always complains so his grandfather needs to push him. He finally accepts Niew but needs to exercise his body first. He finally learns well. The grandfather didn't dance tango with anybody since his wife died ten years ago. He doesn't like to lose (แพ้) and wishes his grandson to be the same. Po finds that Niew has to perform club dance at nighttime as she is not wealthy. This doesn't break their friendship and a romance story starts between Po and Niew. Teens confront each other through dances competition. Po fails and flees instead of facing the competition. The grandfather wants to achieve his dreams through his grandson. He couldn't win an international dance title 30 years ago. Another dance confrontation turns bad and the grandfather needs to rescue Po. During a car accident, Po breaks his leg and the grandfather is in coma. They all finally recover and understand that dances are for fun, for love but not for winning. The movie shows beautiful shooting sequences of Tango dances and Break dances. It highlights the knowledge transmission between generations. Through hard work, people can achieve their dreams. Settha Sirachaya delivers a neat performance and it seems that his wife, legendary veteran actress Aranya Namwong, can be seen shortly in one sequence.

Year: 2010

Thai title: สิ่งเล็กๆที่เรียกว่ารัก
English title: First love

Rating: 4/5
Director:

Main actor: Mario Maurer
Main actress: Tukkie,Pimchanok Leuwisetpaiboon

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Mother Pim stays with her two teen daughters Nam and Paeng. The father is in USA and is taking care of a restaurant business. They didn't see their father for five years. The one that will get first grade in her classroom will get a ticket to New York. Nam often discusses about puppy love with her friends. Nam particularly likes Chon, a student from grade Matthayom 4 (มัธยมศึกษาปีที่ 4), who is a good photographer. Nam needs inspiration through love and uses a book to find hints to get a boyfriend. She even thinks about having a colored brace as it is a teen fashion in Thailand. Nam and her best friends try to find romantic ways in order than Chon gets interest in her but Nam has to face other secondary girl students, such as sweet girl called Mamuang (มะมว่ง) that looks more mature. A funny teacher character, Inn, is played by Tukkie as a small size teacher getting interest into another male teacher but having to face other beautiful female teachers (ไม่เคยแพ้ใคร). There is similitude between Nam and her teacher, who have difficulties to find true love. Her friends decide to relook her but she looks now yellowish (ลอเล่น). Nam has to play Snow White character (เวทีละคร). She is shocked as she had a dark complexion but the make-up lady really transforms her into a really cute young lady. The show is not a success as most pupils prefer to watch the Thai traditional dance performance done by Mamuang. Anyway the teacher keeps high spirit in the performing team. Nam is nominated as major cheerleader to handle and throw the walking stick. She needs to be beautiful and agile. As first she fails but as she is challenged by other girls she fights back and succeeds. Despite her achievement, Chon still has no interest in her. Worst than that, Chon's best friend, Top, tries to seduce her. Nam has to accept him in order to be close to Chon. Finally she alienates her old friends. She finally tells Top that she doesn't love him. Nam finishes her exams at the first rank. During the last day of the school year, students sign each other shirts. Finally Nam tells Chon how much she loves him but it is too late as Chon has already a new girlfriend. Chon is selected to play football in a Thai club. Nam goes to USA to stay with her father. It is discovered that Chon loved Nam but never dares to tell her. Nine years have passed. Nam has become a successful designer. They finally become reunited on a TV show. The movie end is quite basic and without surprise as they finally get reunited. It is anyway a sweet and enjoyable movie in the range of Thai popular teen romantic movies in recent years. This movie won the award in the audience-chosen Laugh category at the Okinawa International Movie Festival. “First Love” (สิ่งเล็กๆที่เรียกว่ารัก) movie also reaps 80M Baht in 2010 in second position behind another romantic comedy “Hello Stranger” (กวน มึน โฮ).

Year: 2010

Thai title: บุญชู จะอยู่ในใจเสมอ
English title: Boonchoo 10

Rating: 4/5
Director: Kiet Kijcharouen

Main actor: Santisuk Promsiri,Kiet Kijcharouen
Main actress: Jintara Sookkapat

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It is opus 10 regarding Boonchu saga. Unfortunately director Bandit Ritthakol just died in 2009 when doing the movie pre-production so Kiet Kijcharouen has directed this movie. Boonchoke is going to Chiang Mai to study to university. His parents, Boonchu and Mo, let him go alone so that he can acquire more independence. He meets a lovely girl called Khun Chahom. He is sharing a flat with a new friend called Mor. Mor teaches Boonchoke what is correct or not when talking to ladies. Mo is two months pregnant but doesn't say to Boonchu as she is afraid he will not let her visit their son in Chiang Mai. Meanwhile Boonchu and his friends head to Chiang Mai. On the way they meet the same restaurant owner present in all previous movies opus. Director Kiet Kijcharouen’s talent is to handle well the gags and they are not seen as a patchwork of assembled jokes often seen in some other modern Thai comedies. Boonchu visits Chiang Mai night market with his friends but his wallet is stolen. The owner has some “Ong Bak” skills so he can avoid being caught. Finally a young and mysterious lady helps to catch him and gives back his wallet to Boonchu. Boonchu and Mo cannot meet Boonchoke on the following day as he has gone hiking in the forest with his friend Mor. They face some wild animal smugglers. Luckily a young lady called Champa help them. They release the animals. She is Chahom's sister and is also the one who helped Boonchu. Captured by the smugglers, they succeed to escape and meet again Boonchoke’s parents. On the following day Champa learns that the smugglers plan to cut an one hundred years tree in the forest. She decide to oppose again. Boonchu and his son go also as Champa helped them before. During the arguments (Thai generations heritage protection versus immediate money) with the ruffians, Boonchu is shot in the chest. A sad song of life is played (คนดีของไทย) as Boonchu is seriously injured. The movie finally ends happily, i.e. the tree is saved, ruffians captured, Boonchu recovers and is very happy to learn that he is going to be a father a second time. As usual with Boonchu movies, there are many good feelings and messages regarding environment in this last opus.

Year: 2010

Thai title: ผู้หญิง 5 บาป 2
English title: Sin Sisters 2

Rating: 2/5
Director:

Main actor: Akom Preedakul
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Five lady sinners are sent to purgatory. They have to be judged to decide which one will be condemned to hell. Who has done the biggest sin (ใครบาปกว่า)? * Seing another colleague seducing her boss, Nen decides to act similarly (ไปสวรรน). Her sin is to use sex to get favors from her boss, a married man, who has already a pregnant wife. * Oi, intalented singer, and her lesbian manager use all ways to become famous such as threats by using a sex video. Her sin is to use sex as a way to get what she wishes. * Soi is a TV serie (ลาคร) actress with sexy shapes but bad acting skills so she uses her sex skills to ease the director. She lies to her boyfriend, cheats him and refuses to marry him. * Mem is a top model (นางแบบ). She likes to seduce middle age men who are already married. Her sin is to enjoy breaking married couples. * Oum wants to be a miss Thailand so lies about her past and her bachelor status. She has a boyfriend who spoils her and an old boyfriend who just comes out of prison. She uses him to get rid of her rival to the competition. All girls get condemned to hell following their sins. This movie was forbidden to Thai people below 20 years old following the new rating system introduced in 2010. It is a mix of drama, comedy and mild erotic movie. There is never a full shooting of the Thai actresses as female stunts are used. It is far from being equivalent to Hong Kong "Sex and Zen" movies serie.

Year: 2010

Thai title: น้ำตาลแดง
English title: Brown Sugar

Rating: 3/5
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Brown sugar is a movie in two parts. It features short stories by six various new directors (ผู้กำกับเลือดใหม่). An uncut version was released in 2011. It is 18+ rated movie. First part features three short stories. The short stories speak about feelings or desires (ความปรารถนา) that are in deep inside and cannot always been expressed. The theme about sex and love is also discussed. The movie start with an introduction related to a lonely married lady going to a remote resort. She is looking for a friend to talk with about her unfaithful husband (เจ้าชู้) and complains about men, who can have sex without love (ใช้อารมณ์ ) but women need love feelings. A male resort employee helps her to get back esteem into herself. The three short stories then start. 1) น้อง Da, university student, has a lover called Korn, much older than her. Korn's mother always calls him and becomes a nuisance in their relationship. Da is very sexy and is admired by all men. It starts like a minor wife relationship but she finally becomes his real wife. This story is about the sexist myth to have a wife skillful in the kitchen and on the bed. 2) On Khaosan Road, Som is working in a traditional massage shop. She is attracted by a young man working in a tattoo shop near her shop. One day the young man comes for a massage. Being frustrated and having the young man’s odor on her, she gives pleasure to herself. There was much talk in Thai 2010 newspapers about this 10 minutes masturbation scene. She finally visits him to get a tattoo. This short story is about missed opportunities between both of them as nobody dares to speak despite having inner feeling and desires. 3)

Year: 2010

Thai title: น้ำตาลแดง 2
English title: Brown Sugar 2

Rating: 3/5
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Brown sugar is a movie in two parts. It features short stories by six various new directors (ผู้กำกับเลือดใหม่). An uncut version was released in 2011. It is 18+ rated movie. Second part features three short stories. The short stories speak about feelings or desires (ความปรารถนา) that are in deep inside and cannot always been expressed. The theme about sex and love is also discussed. The movie start with an introduction related to a man breaking up with his girlfriends as soon as they start asking about his whereabouts. 1) Two women are back from shopping. There are close friends. The brother is blind. They have a hate and love relationship. Their feelings are peeped since childhood. This episode is relying on lot on sensual sounds. 2) A young man called Lek goes back home as his aunt has just died. He meets a young lady called Nit, who looks like his aunt before. There is a mix of a souvenirs between the past and the present, between his feeling for his aunt and for Nit. Lek was in love with his aunt and got his first experience with her. She was beaten by a thug due to some debts so he tried to protect her. 3) Kaew’s boyfriend has always good excuses for being late. He is living in his own world. Kaew is quite strict as they are not yet married so they cannot sleep together. The pace of the third episode is very slow, i.e. letting wondering the viewers if Kaew will really fall for her boyfriend or not.

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