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    by PakMei78


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    by RD11706
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Mercury Man is a Thai superhero film with action by Panna Rittikrai and his stunt team. Unfortunately, that sets the expectations to a certain level which the film does not reach at all.

I wasn’t into most of the performances in this film. Leading man Wasan Khantaau seemed like he was just kind of there and not really into the role. Same goes for some of the other actors. Director Bandit Thongdee does give some good production value to this film, but I can’t say that his direction is always on the mark. There may be some nice visuals or cinematography, but a lot of the performances are lacking, and I hated the way a lot of the fights were cut. The story is like a weak outline of a superhero film, almost resembling the bad comic book movies of the 80s and early 90s (like Captain America, The Punisher, etc.). There are lots of mixed messages that never fully make sense, and there isn’t much character development all around. A huge part of the plot, the mystical boy, is just never explained at all, and therefore makes no sense.

The action sequences are possibly the most disappointing because this is what I expected to be good about the film. Unfortunately, a lot of the fights are cut up way too much, so even if the choreography is good, it’s too poorly shot and edited to see. Lots of the fighting relies on big wired falls and mediocre special effects. The best fight is one that takes place in a club, which includes some XMA guys that nicely spice up the otherwise relatively mundane action. There are some good moments in the finale between two women, but that also gets ruined by an FX shot that overstays its welcome. Every now and then something cool happens, like a good fall or interesting angle, but the action’s pretty much an overall disappointment.

If you are a hardcore XMA or tricking fan, you may want to see that action sequence. Otherwise, I'd suggest that you can skip this one.

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    by TV42892


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    by mike lee


Waste of money, very bad action, after you watch "Ong-Bak". I hate all those try-hard guys. Tony Jaa, where are you? We miss you.
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    by MA32867


Very entertaining, decent special effects, was like a Thai "Spider-Man". Cool.
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