bangkok love story

caryn likes international movies.
caryn likes gutsy controversial movies.
so whats not to like about this thai action-love story between two hot men?
muahahahha.


Rattaballung Tohssawat as Mhek (Cloud)
Chaiwat Thongsaeng as Iht (Brick)

5 nominations & 4 wins, Poj Amon(director & writer) 's was not run of the mill. The delivery of the story had enough twist and turns to keep one interested, even though one had the feeling that the end had been pre-defined, it was not anticipated.

The cover of the DVD for this very fine film is misleading: the photograph of the two leads in a rather quiet and elegant setting is NOTHING close to what this movie portrayed. Writer/Director Poj Amon has created a love story that is more from the the poor section of Bangkok rather than focusing on the 'tourist view' of Thailand, he instead finds a different kind of beauty molded into a love story from a far different perspective. And it works very well.

i wanted to give you all the "oh-i'm-so-touched-and-i'm-gonna-cry" review with every detailed typed out jus to annoy you. wahahhaha. but that was yesterday. tday, caryn is busy with her work. so she's jus gonna get it out of her system. :)

The story is about an assassin Mhek who was ordered by his boss to kidnap this one guy Iht and it turned out that this assassin just kills bad guys not good guy like this guy so the assassin saved this guy's life and hurt himself. This guy helped to healed his shot's wound and in process they fall in love.

The next scenes literally ooze with homo-eroticism as both men, usually bare to the waist, (and in very close proximity), continually check each other out when the other isn't looking, while hiding out until the coast is clear. This part of the film is executed masterfully.The sexual tension brews to a boiling point and then finally explodes when Iht sponges Mhek's back as he bathes. They look at each other, kiss, and then suddenly they are all over each other. The photography in the ensuing seduction scene between these two very masculine men, (which was probably eye-popping in Thailand cinemas), resembles a bleached Calvin Klein commercial; set on the rooftop against the Bangkok skyline, it is steamy and sensual, underscored with lush, romantic piano music. But when it's all over, Mhek freaks, throws Iht out and pours water over himself to cleanse away what just happened. The heartbroken Iht returns to his fiancee but things are no longer the same between them.

So....the assassin chased him out of his place but this guy really couldn't get rid of the thought of missing the assassin. The assassin's family also complicated, his mother was blind and his little brother had aids because his little brother got raped buy his foster father who also had aids. Since then the assassin worked hard to find money to support his family. At the end the guy devoted himself for the assassin but still it is a tragic ending film.

(imagine the one i wanted to give u was like 7 paragraphs long) wahahaahha.

The ending could have been triumphant (and for moments it is, emotionally), but instead Poj Amon opts for tragedy, a writer's decision that makes the film even more powerful.

the starting 1 st hour was great! i was hooked! then it got abitdraggy at the end.
nonetheless! HEY! ITS AN ASIAN GAY MOVIE!
Straight or Gay, it doesn't matter, because the story/movie is EXCELLENT.

i like!!!