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Bang Rajan (2004)
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Reviews Counted:29
Fresh:20
Rotten:9
Average Rating:6.1/10
Theatrical Release:Aug 6, 2004 Limited
Synopsis: Oliver Stone presents a beautiful and violent Thai film; the true story of a rural 18th century Siamese village that managed to battle an army of 100,000 invading Burmese soldiers to a standstill... [More]
Starring: Winnai Kraibutr, Jaran Ngamdee, Bin Banleurit, Teerayuth Pratyabamrung
Director: Thanit Jitnukul
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Reviews for Bang Rajan
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The buffalo are big, the battles brutal and bloody in this gritty Thai epic - but unfortunately the characters are too blank to be interesting. Full Review |
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The acting is facial-expressions- visible-from- 100-feet overdone and the choppy editing makes for awkward storytelling. However, the battle scenes, which make up at least half the movie, are killer. Full Review |
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It's far too bloody for the art house crowd and too leisurely paced and obscure for more general audiences. Full Review |
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Jitnukul can direct action, and every slice of the blade, thwack of the arrow and the glistening of sweat on near-naked bodies makes Bang Rajan a mostly pleasurable diversion. Full Review |
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From the first battle to the heartrending climax, you will emerge feeling dirty and scarred. Full Review |
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3/4 |
It's a humid, rough-edged epic that occasionally finds startling beauty amid devastating carnage. Full Review |
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B- |
The thuddingly blunt epic is obvious and intermittently clumsy... yet winning in its own charmingly naive right. Full Review |
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At two hours, it tests the stamina of even the most ardent action movie fan. Full Review |
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3/5 |
Jitnukul serves up heaping plates of history and entertainment with this tremendously exciting epic set on the eve of Bangkok's destruction by Burmese forces. Full Review |
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3/4 |
Features scrumptious-looking jungle battles, with a cast of thousands -- not to mention elephants and water buffalo. Full Review |
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3/4 |
While co-writer/director Tanit Jitnukul's vision is unapologetically graphic and slightly marred by an artistic awkwardness, this is a rare and worthwhile glimpse into another nation's historical legend. Full Review |
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2/5 |
Plucked from its cultural context, Bang Rajan is being offered to American audiences as another example of Asian extreme action movies, and gore hounds will find it gratifyingly full of spurting blood and flying limbs. Full Review |
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3/4 |
The story suggests a more violent Seven Samurai, full of jungle mayhem and eloquently filmed action-movie suspense. Full Review |
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It becomes, after a while, little more than a mind-numbing bloodbath. Full Review |
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Even without deep knowledge of Thai politics and history, fans of war pictures will be impressed by Jitnukul's achievement in creating a detailed and graphic, if overheated, account of this ultimate underdog story. Full Review |
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B- |
The noncombative scenes can be melodramatic and broadly acted, but that doesn't rob the movie of a certain inherent power. Full Review |
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Yes, Bang Rajan introduces Westerners to a slice of history worth noting, but its stirring lesson is told in a way that's too long, too brutal, and too clunky to recommend enthusiastically. Full Review |
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