"Rumble Fish" (Fighting Fish / Du Duan Dib) - a film about how close friendships develop between a foreigner and a fighter Muay Thai. This is an expected Thai film with martial arts, which has become a rarity in local cinemas, if you do not take into account films with Tony Jaa, published every two or three years.
Stuntman Javed El Berni stars as a mysterious expat who checks into a five-star hotel in Bangkok and then falls victim to what is considered one of the oldest clichés in literature - driving a tuk-tuk to a boxing match and getting mugged on the way.
He gets into further trouble when he pawns his gold watch to two loan sharks (real world boxing champions, twin brothers Kaohsai and Kaokor Galaxy). His last money is stolen by a street pickpocket (“JJ” Jakkris Kanokpojnanon), who turns out to be an experienced fighter Muay Thai.
Running through alleys and an electronics factory is reminiscent of a crazy street chase from "Ong-Baka". They subsequently become best friends while taking part in underground cage fights at the club "Rumble Fish". But when the foreigner makes it to the end of the fight to the death, conflict flares up again.
The film features a lot of realistic, intense close combat, designed David Ismalone (“Mad Dog” from “Ong-Bak”), who also stars as the club owner’s evil henchman.
The script was written by my wife David, "In" Julaluk Ismalone, former model and VDO star. This is her directorial debut. The simplest plot is just enough to reveal the motivations of both main characters - the foreigner is desperate for money and the return of his deposit, while his Thai friend has a disabled wife who needs an expensive operation.
The soundtrack is realistic, and consists mainly of dialogue in English, which is hardly the native language of any of the actors.
The remaining roles starred such stars as Suhao Pongvilai of "Ong-Baka" (as a gangster running a fight club) Patrick "Kazoo" Tang of "Furious Phoenix" (as a fighter) and Somluk Kamsing, who played an assertive police detective.
Rating: 3/5
Author: Wise Kwai
Source: thaifilmjournal.blogspot.com
Translation: EvilDollaR
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Tags: Fighting Fish, Javed El Berni, David Ismalone, Patrick Tang, Somluk Kamsing, Suhao Pongvilai
Tags: Fighting Fish, Javed El Berni, David Ismalone, Patrick Tang, Somluk Kamsing, Suhao Pongvilai
Is there a movie with translation?
What's bad about English? subtitles? Crooked, of course, but readable.
I remembered here about "Fighting fish". It did not live up to any expectations (to be honest, there were no expectations). The film is clearly shot with pretension, the heroes are “heroic”, they jump there in slo-mo, as is now customary, but the film is sluggish. The fighting game is boring, you've all seen it a hundred times, the actors wait for every blow, they move very uncertainly and slowly, not Indian cinema, but the stupor is constant, so the dynamics of the battle are very sluggish. The cameraman and editor should be filming art house, not fights. His plans and angles are so “conceptual”))), sometimes he films the battle through bars, sometimes through a mesh fence, sometimes in the dark, sometimes from around a corner, sometimes a kilometer away from the action. Editing interrupts all completions of blows and crumples the ligaments. In my opinion, everything will come with time, they will learn everything, if their message is correct, but for now the application is not bad, but the result is not original and has major shortcomings.
Have anyone watched this movie yet? Subscribe like a movie? Did it live up to expectations? :)