Brave: Viewer Comments

"Brave" is a bad movie. The story goes everywhere, but it does have some nice action sequences. Hopefully Mike B. can show off his awesome moves in a better movie.

Thai action movies have two categories: there is the "good" category, like "Ong-Bak"; and then there is the "this film sucks" category, like "Fighting-Beat" or "Dynamite Warrior". In some cases a Thai action film just ends up in the middle, like "Chocolate". The movie "Brave" ends up in the middle category--it doesn't suck that much but it's not that good. There is a new fighting sensation in town and I am not talking about JeeJa Yanin. I am talking about Mike B. This guy has moves and his moves remind me of early Jackie Chan films.

The movie "Brave" showcases his style in two good action scenes. The memorable one is inside a construction site where he dodges and kicks the hell out of people. Also in that scene there is a spectacular stunt where Mike B. jumps off the building and catches an iron rod hanging from the ledge. It was impressive, because Mike B. does his own stunts too. The second good fight is at the end where he kicks and punches his way out of the building.

"Brave" has some good action set pieces, but where that delivers everything else just fails. The story is about a young man who is forced by the mafia to steal a bank's client data in exchange for his brother's life and discovers he and his brother have been set up. It sounds simple reading it, but following it is confusing. The writer adds subplots about Mike B's fat brother which make no sense or give any added detail about the characters. There is a lot of double crossing in a movie that shouldn't have any double crossing set-up to begin with. The majority of the people that are going to watch this film are martial arts fans. The director and writer should have taken that into consideration. In "Brave" we have some nice action pieces but the story and acting are horrible. Also with "Brave" we don't get an ending, well not a clear ending--it simply just ends.

This film is a mess but I did enjoy the two action pieces. "Brave" is not a movie to get hyped up about. Aside from the two action pieces, you still have 72 minutes of a confusing story to follow. Mike B. is very talented and hopefully with his next movie it shows.