Ella-May O'Brien
Each character in this movie — down to the smallest one — is an individual rather than a type, prone to spontaneous changes of mood and sometimes amusing outbursts of pettiness or ill humor.
mooprint
If I could give this film a 0 then I would. I have never felt the need to walk out of a cinema before but this was the closest I have come.Minimal script, strangely long scenes of a man singling badly and what I would class as no plot.Do not waste your time. Even Ryan doesn't make it worth it.
tfminfl
So it's 2001 meets Kickboxer... Yea that's about right. Ryan Gosling plays Julian, a drug smuggler living in Bangkok, along with his bro, Billy. And well, Billy is a major douche bag and is caught red handed killing a 16 year old prostitute, and the cops arrive, but apparently they do things differently over there, or the cop in charge, Chang, is a psycho... He brings the murder victims father to the scene, and introduces him to the murderer, Billy, then the father introduces a baseball bat to Billy's skull, sweet revenge right? Well Chang doesn't quite see it that way, in his eyes, the victims father played a large role in her murder, he allowed his own daughter to prostitute herself to help him pay the bills, don't worry, he doesn't kill the poor guy, just takes an arm...the killing part, thats left up to Julian, when mommy comes to town. Kristin Scott Thomas plays wicked mean mom Crystal, who may or may not have had Julian kill his own father. However Julian shows some heart and understands the murder victims father point of view, show some mercy and lets him live. Mommy Dearest is pissed!! She puts a hit out on Chang and quickly realizes he is merciless, and one hell of a Karaoke singer!! The movie is a bit slow going, but its just so darn pretty to look at!! Cool flick tho, worth a watch!!
