When Zin (Ammara Siripong), former girlfriend of a Thai mob boss, falls for Masashi (Hiroshi Abe), a Japanese gangster in Thailand, the boss banishes them: Masashi to Japan, and Zin, with her small daughter Zen (Jeeja Yanin - Raging Phoenix), to live next to a martial arts school. Zen is autistic, with uncanny swift reflexes. She watches the students next door and Kung Fu movies, absorbing every technique. She's now a teen, and her mother needs chemotherapy. Zin has taken in a chubby kid, Moom (Taphon Phopwandee), who watches over Zen. Moom finds a ledger listing business men who owe Zin money; he goes to them one at a time to collect in order to pay for Zin's treatment. Zen, with her martial skills, becomes his enforcer. A showdown with the boss is inevitable.
Wow. I was blown away by this story and had to watch it twice more after the first time. Jeeja Yanin also played the main role in Raging Phoenix, which I also did a review on here. I became a fan of hers after seeing that movie and when I saw this movie hosted on netflix, I had to see it and don't regret it a bit. From what I understand this movie was actually written with Jeeja in mind along with her skills. I wasn't the hugest fan of her character in the Raging Phoenix because I'm jut not a fan of spoiled characters but in this story it was the complete opposite and she did it equally as well. The plot feels like something that hasn't been done before - or at least I've yet to see something done with the same story - and it kept my attention throughout the movie. I will admit there were some slow moments where they wanted to have their dramatic moments and I'm not a fan of drama but it wasn't so bad as to make me want to skip forward. The stunts left me breathless and laughing in spots. A truly great and interesting film that I highly recommend to action and martial art movie lovers everywhere! It even had me crying at the end of the movie! I guess it's to be expected from the director of Ong Bak, another movie that I fell in love with and will be reviewing sooner or later so keep an eye out for that.
I'd never heard of this film. I'll definitely look it up now. Incidentally, of all your posts this is the one read most. Just thought I'd tell you :)
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