God Bless Thai Cinema

by **zigzag** » Thu Feb 12, 2009 2:07 am

FIREBALL:

http://filmdrunk.uproxx.com/?p=9768

by **Alien Redrum** » Thu Feb 12, 2009 3:31 am

by K' » Thu Feb 12, 2009 10:16 am

If only the NBA were like this ...

The trailer looks good. I think I'll check the flick out asap.

by **zigzag** » Wed Feb 25, 2009 1:04 pm

POWER KIDS:

http://twitchfilm.net/site/view/thailan ... n#extended

by **Blood-drain** » Thu Apr 15, 2010 2:59 pm

Looks nice! Thais always make good cuisine as well including Peanut-Noodles.

by **filmincarnate** » Sun Jul 25, 2010 2:31 am

I checked out both Fireball and Power Kids recently.

Fireball was fun, the trailer is pretty much exactly what you get. The fight scenes are brutal and energetic and the basketball games make the action unique enough that it does not feel recycled. Not quite on par with other Thai martial arts films I've seen (Chocolate, The Protector, Born to Fight) but it's a good time none the less.

Power Kids on the other hand is a waste. It has moments that are jaw droppingly awesome but for some ludicrous reason, the film only runs barely 70 minutes and it takes over a half hour before any of the terrorists appear. The first half of the film is basically a soap opera/comedy for children regarding a dying child and his friends. You could say that it is a Thai mash up of Patch Adams and Die Hard but that makes it sound a lot more entertaining than it truly is. That all said though, the last twenty minutes or so of fight scenes IS really damn good and worth watching it for but the minutes leading up to that leave a lot to be desired.

by **zigzag** » Fri Mar 18, 2011 6:14 pm

Yamada