How sad is this?

It's not great by any means, but it's a pretty good movie that didn't leave me filled with regret for investing time in it.

The film creates a perfect balance between action and depth of basic needs, in the midst of an infertile atmosphere.

It’s fine. It's literally the definition of a fine movie. You’ve seen it before, you know every beat and outcome before the characters even do. Only question is how much escapism you’re looking for.

I bave never seen anything this slow, this boring in my entire life. I felt I was watching the film Drive with the same lights and the same shots. Ryan is basically silent the whole goddamn movie with his a mask face. What is worse than this.

Very very boring ... bad acting ... slow actions ... gosling is very stupid to act in this film ... i guess its a backward step ... not recommended at all ... totally waste of time .

I like to flatter myself by thinking I have a reasonably sophisticated film palette but If I hadn't First read the review by Frostychud I wouldn't have had more than a base clue as to what in hell was going on in this movie, except perhaps to deduce that white people should just stay out of Thailand altogether. I mean, I literally have so many questions fogging my brain right now I can't compel them into anything resembling a cohesive structure. Worse yet, I don't know whether to feel chumped or just plain dense! Not a place I'm used to finding myself, I must say. Under normal circumstances I would give it another viewing. I've certainly watched movies before that have taken me more than one viewing to take in everything offered. And although this film does have its fine points, overall it feels like it's trying entirely too hard to be artsy, with timing going well beyond the pregnant pause and lighting too perfectly placed the setup time alone must have made a serious dent in the budget. Don't even get me started on how they expected to sell a vigilante police inspector (? Capt.?; Chief?) dispensing his own form of justice at the end of a kitana blade he carries around on his back! I'll give you a few examples of what I did like. Across the board the performances were well done, if, at times, somewhat overly nuanced. Of course, Gosling and Thomas are always spectacular. The ladies costumes, hair, & makeup were supurb! The use of the inaudible in place of dialogue in scenes showing high stress conditions was clever and well done. This is one of the few films that filmed dark but not black; in other words, I could still See Everything! Nothing drives me to distraction more than a scene filmed so dark you can't make out anything, having no clue what you're supposed to be seeing. In the end I must confess to just not having enough interest to warrant another sitting. There's a lot of films out there I've yet to see.

There is nothing like an oddball Thai noir film with Ryan Gosling. Ryan runs a fight club in Thailand. His older brother Billy kills a prostitute. Billy in turn is killed by the father of the dead girl, assisted by a vigilante cop (Vithaya Pansringarm). Ryan realizes his brother was no saint and doesn't enact revenge and then the over the top drug dealing potty mouthed mom (Kristin Scott Thomas) shows up to makes things worse.The main problem with this film is that Ryan's character was never developed, or developed to the point you cared about him. It was a bad role. The drug dealing, while discussed wasn't really part of the plot other than background material. The background of Billy, was told to us as was many plot points that didn't mesh well into an enjoyable tale. Kristin Scott Thomas' character carried the film for what it was worth.This film is clearly not for everyone and I give three stars for its uniqueness and potential, not the entertainment value.Parental Guide: F-bomb, N-word. No nudity (unless you count art). No sex. Adult themes.