there are a lot of people giving emphasis on the fight sequences and how great they are. yes, it’s like a beautiful symphony of bones cracking and blood splashing. with the choreography of different martial arts clashing and falling in love with the cinematography to create a strikingly violent and blissful experience. not only highlighting the strikes as just bland but giving the punches and kicks a story and character. declaring the differences between how the body is a controllable and uncontrollable weapon.
although the action sequences are a treat to see, i personally don’t think that it’s the best aspect of this film. it’s the film’s emotional core when it interlocks three different subplots together. having all three stories be a part of the same story, each of them giving the sense of different depictions of dishonesty, moral struggle, and confusion. playing with the length of each emotion and switching constantly, you could be between an empathetic state and angering state five times in the span of 35 mins. the structure is very conflictive yet effective to getting the proper response from the audience.
dealing with familial abuse due to greed, the selfish nature of clinging onto life and not appreciating the world around you. as well as a father’s struggle to stay calm and collected in a world filled with deceit and cruelty while dealing with personal life issues. and a cop whose job pushes him to slowly endanger his life unsympathetically without any support. all of these stories jumbled together to create the wildest rollercoaster.
i almost cried watching this film and at the same time was hyped at the action. tony jaa making muay thai look way cooler than it is, we need him in more hong kong projects. tony jaa is the reason i don’t truly believe in the iko uwais hype.
there are a lot of people giving emphasis on the fight sequences and how great they are. yes, it’s like a beautiful symphony of bones cracking and blood splashing. with the choreography of different martial arts clashing and falling in love with the cinematography to create a strikingly violent and blissful experience. not only highlighting the strikes as just bland but giving the punches and kicks a story and character. declaring the differences between how the body is a controllable and uncontrollable weapon.
although the action sequences are a treat to see, i personally don’t think that it’s the best aspect of this film. it’s the film’s emotional core when it interlocks three different subplots together. having all three stories be a part of the same story, each of them giving the sense of different depictions of dishonesty, moral struggle, and confusion. playing with the length of each emotion and switching constantly, you could be between an empathetic state and angering state five times in the span of 35 mins. the structure is very conflictive yet effective to getting the proper response from the audience.
dealing with familial abuse due to greed, the selfish nature of clinging onto life and not appreciating the world around you. as well as a father’s struggle to stay calm and collected in a world filled with deceit and cruelty while dealing with personal life issues. and a cop whose job pushes him to slowly endanger his life unsympathetically without any support. all of these stories jumbled together to create the wildest rollercoaster.
i almost cried watching this film and at the same time was hyped at the action. tony jaa making muay thai look way cooler than it is, we need him in more hong kong projects. tony jaa is the reason i don’t truly believe in the iko uwais hype.
