Language - English/Thai
Director - Nicolas Winding Refn
Run Time - 1 hour, 30 minutes
Genre - Drama
Till now I believed that Ryan Gosling could not be in a bad movie. Alas, I was wrong. Much more is expected from the director of movies like 'Bronson' and 'Drive'. Simply put, this movie is unwatchable, with its substandard plot, lack of powerful dialogues and the grotesque violence. Ryan Gosling is the only reason one is wanting to complete the movie, but when you don't give the best actor of the movie any dialogues, it sort of has to fall apart. I do not know if the director was attempting to make a 'mind-bending' movie or not. Many vague and unexplained scenes.
The plot follows Julian [Ryan Gosling] operating a boxing club in Thailand, which serves as a front for his drug trafficking. Enter his brother, Billy, who ends up raping and murdering a prostitute. He is eventually caught up by the Thai Police, lead by 'Chang' who is remarkably a 'supercop ' with highly skilled fighting skills, and yes, a Sixth Sense. Long story short, everyone keeps avenging murders on the two sides of the coin i.e. the gangs and police, and we see Chang singing karaoke in the end [How fucked up is that?]
Avoid this movie, no matter how big a Ryan Gosling fan you are. Though it is shot very well, there is hardly any substance in the movie.
My Rating - 4.5/10
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