Viewer Comments:Fighting Beat
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I thought there would be a lot more action.
| Beware: THIS NOT A TONY JAA FILM!!!
A somewhat mediocre Muay Thai martial arts action film, often interrupted by excessive, quirky moments of comedic interlude. Fortunately, it's not totally corny, so there IS hope! Nice story and overall good production quality for a low budget film, though the action scenes in the first 20 minutes or so needed to be more explosive, with better martial arts performers who know how to work in front of a camera, and a D.P. who knows how to shoot action properly; It could be an issue of the miscasting of extras, and possibly, the film's lead actor, Thun Thanakorn, who needs to sharpen his technique of he wants to do another action movie of the same calibur or higher. The film also throws in a little bit of English dialogue for those who don't necessarily speak Thai, so that's also a plus if you don't like reading subtitles too much. Look out for martial arts performer and stuntman, Tim "Tin Man" Man, who literally kicks the film into high gear after about 30 minutes. And stay tuned for a rather impressive villainous performance by someone who appears to look A LOT like Dan Chupong...hmmmm...dunno, I'll be checkin' up though. ;-) My advice: Buy this one simply for the action...and whatever you do, don't be an idiot and look for this to be a "Tony Jaa" movie, or you'll cause yourself to have an Aneurysm. OTHER RECOMMENDATIONS: "The 36 Chambers Of Shaolin", "Snake In The Eagle's Shadow", "Born To Defense", "Born To Fight", "Only The Strong", "Fearless: HK Director's Cut", "Undisputed 2: Last Man Standing" (look out for "Undisputed 3" which is rumored to be in production right now), "Asian Cop High Voltage", "Born To Fight", "King Of The Kickboxers", "No Retreat No Surrender", "No Retreat No Surrender 3: Blood Brothers", "Superfights", "Muscle Heat", "Fighter In The Wind", "Arahan: Urban Martial Arts Action", "The Red-Wolf", "Fatal Contact", "Dragon Tiger Gate", "The Avenging Fist", "Tom Yum Goong", "Chocolate", "Dong Mau Anh Hung: The Rebel", "Shamo", Ron Smoorenburg's directorial debut, "Bangkok Adrenaline", and the upcoming Tony Jaa film, "Ong Bak 2". And please look out for Sammo Hung's latest upcoming film, "Wushu", co-produced by Jackie Chan!!! |
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| N | this is a horrible low-budget film. | JV47842 |
The only reason to watch this is for the martial arts, and most of the fights are on sand or with incompetent Western boxers. In other words, there is no reason to watch this film.
"Fighting Beat" is a low budget production and it shows. The story about a young man named Khem who has a two jobs that attend to tourist and wants to avenge his father's death. The story just goes everywhere from drama to comedy and some action. The problem with this movie, is that it does not know where to begin. The action scenes are just plain boring, lacking the exciting thrills that we see so much from Thailand. The fighting scenes are terrible because there was too much slow-mo and there was not enough action to call this a fighting movie. There were some parts that tried to be funny but just ended up as stupid. I expected so much from this movie that says on the cover, "in the tradition of 'Ong-Bak'". Sadly, all we get is a people that think this is "Ong-Bak" because it was made in Thailand.
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| Y | I saw this movie and read the reviews your review sounded dead on | Black Belt Ninja |
| N | it's not that bad, all the actor were great except the lead actor, there is still some cool fights in that film! | mike lee |
A low budget flick, but trust me, the action is mean. Another Tony Jaa wannabe, but he's really got skill. Tony Jaa's style jas become a trademark for Thai films!
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| N | Hey Mike Lee I took your advice and gave it another shot....but it's even worse then the first viewing- this movie is a waste of time. | JV47842 |
| N | JAY LEE | |
| N | "this movie total sucked, who ever like this movie must got no brain, how can you say it's good?" Hugs and kisses, The Bottle Kids! | Bottle Kids! |
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