The Tiger Blade

2005-Action
Thailand

In my curiosity of how Thailand is doing in its growth in its Cinematic arts, the people at Netflix (or quite possibly their A.I., which actually part times as a missile silo computer) recommended this film for me. It was a slow month and I decided to act upon the Internet gods request fearing a phallic shaped rocket object would appear with a course to my living room.

Synopsis:
When a highly volatile case confronts the police, a young maverick cop with mystical powers is put on the case. YOSTHANA teams up with the seductive DUANGDAO, and together they must hunt down and capture the brutal and deadly 'FIVE BULLETS BANDIT'. The gang is led by the fearsome, MAHESAK, who like Yosthana is skilled in the art of sorcery and magic. Mahesak can only be defeated with The Tiger Blade, a magical and ancient sword, replete with the powers of nature, and the forces of good. Yosthana must find the Tiger Blade, and bring Mahesak to justice, before the bandits bring total chaos to the city. The stage is set for a gruesome battle between the two nemesis, but only one can survive.

All-in-All:
Now if my synopsis sounds amazing to you, it did to me as well. This was written by a really good salesman with a mastery of the English language, because he did mention some things that would be in the film, but the film itself was a horrible waste of time. I would rather receive several bites from the neighborhood raccoon than to watch this film again. The fight scenes were average at best (the only one in the beginning) and the actual Tiger Blade (mind you what the synopsis claimed to be a mystical sword) was actual the Cops code name, the mystical sword that can kill the villains? only used once, the rest of the time, i guess the director forgot about the weapon because the other villains (the Five Bullets Bandit) died by elbows and beatdowns. Don't watch this, the cover looks good, and its claim that this is the Ong Bak evolution (with strings and wires?) is an all out lie from the sales pitch.

Riko's Rating: D-