Bangkok Revenge (2011/Well Go USA Blu-ray)
Picture:
A- Sound: B- Extras: D Film: B+
When
Manit (Jon Foo) was 10 years old, he watched as his parents were murdered and
he himself was shot in the head and left for dead, but somehow he lived, brain
damaged with ataraxia, hidden way for 20 years training to be the ultimate Muay
Thai boxer. Now, he'll have to fight,
corrupt cops, girl gangsters, and entire army of martial artists to find the
man responsible for the death of his family in Bangkok Revenge (2011).
After those
brutal murders, Manit was saved by a hospital nurse to be secretly raised to
become a master of Muay-Thai boxing. Two
decades later, he investigates the reason why his family was murdered, from the
smallest street thug he works up the chain of command. He discovers his family
was killed not only to cover up the corrupt cops, but to cover up a largest
heroin shipment in Thailand.
He now he has to single-handily take
down not only the mob, but the police force as well.
This was
one action packed movie. There are plenty of bloody fights, dismemberments and
no end to body bags. The main character
sort of reminds me of a young 'Punisher' (minus the guns) with Muay Thai
Boxing, emotionless and determined, he break people like a toothpick and steps
over them like it was nothing. While
violent, you feel like it is karma justice for all the people he beats up, they
deserve it. For a foreign film, is it oddly
spoken in English for half the time.
The 1080p
1.85 X 1 digital High Definition image is remarkable and the DTS-HD MA (Master
Audio) lossless track has some limits, but is not bad, though not as great as
it should have been. Extra includes
trailers, which is really not much.
- Ricky Chiang
