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Originally Posted by Angra
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"The Kick" 7/10
A Korean family moves to Thailand to open a Taekwondo gym. Here they run into a gang of thugs who has stolen a rare knife... and the party begins.
Has all the signs of a Prachya Pinkaew flick. Awsome choreography, insane stunt-kicks, something getting stolen, and Petchtai Wongkamlao. Only 1 important thing was missing. Tony Jaa. The only person who can make this kind of movie look convincing with his speed and power.
That being said, the young korean fellow in the lead role was VERY, very talented.
Can't really find a lot of negative things to say about The Kick other than the lack of Tony Jaa. The pacing was good, the story was simple (as expected), lots of talented martial artists including the girl from Chocolate, and it had its funny moments. But..
I found it quite odd that Pinkaew had chosen to make a movie with Korean and Thai actors speaking korean and thai. Not that i know any of the languages, but it didn't sound like they had i single word in common.
Also a lot of the gang members ran around with their faces hidden behind scarves so the audience wouldn't notice how few actors/stuntmen Pinkaew was using in this flick. Looked freakin weird.
Oh yea, and the few (thank god) added dancing sequences was incredibly gay.