Chocolate first published by Film4 summary: In Prachya Pinkaew’s third feature, an autistic girl goes on a Bruce Lee-inspired rampage to collect her mother’s old debts. Review: “Masashi loves things that contain imperfections.” As he utters these words in voice-over at the beginning of Chocolate, the yakuza Masashi (Hiroshi Abe) is referring to Sin (Amara Siripong),…
Warrior King (aka The Protector, aka Tom Yum Goong) first published by EyeforFilm, 27 July 2006 As Kham (Tony Jaa) wanders through the lobby of Sydney’s international airport in Prachya Pinkaew‘s Warrior King (aka The Protector, aka Tom Yum Goong) , he runs smack bang into Jackie Chan (or at least a close lookalike of…
Ong-Bak (aka The Thai Warrior) first published by Movie Gazette, 4 May 2005 Once every twenty-four years, the rustic village of Nong Pradu celebrates the statue of ‘Ong-Bak’, their patron Buddha – so when the statue’s head is stolen just days before the festival is due to commence, the orphan Ting (Tony Jaa), raised by…