Leio

The synopsis and the cover/poster for this 2022 Thai action adventure movie titled "Leio" definitely seemed interesting, and it was that which initially made me pick up this movie. Sure, I hadn't even heard about "Leio" prior to sitting down to watch it, but from the synopsis then it seemed like this could be a movie much akin to the likes of "Tremors" perhaps.

And thus I opted to sit down and watch "Leio", and I managed to get through about two-thirds of the movie, then I just gave up on it, as the storyline had very little appeal actually. The plot was not catching on with me, and I didn't care one bit about the one-dimensional characters that milled about on the screen.

"Leio" runs for about two and a half hours, which simply is way too long, especially since there isn't even proper contents to the script to fill out half that amount of time whilst keeping the movie interesting and entertaining. So it was quite a drag to suffer through this prolonged play time.

I wasn't familiar with the cast ensemble here, but the actors and actresses had very little of any proper material and contents to work with in terms of script, plot and character gallery. So they were somewhat challenged.

Visually, however, then "Leio" was quite good. The reptile looked very realistic and the CGI team really put a good effort into this project. But CGI effects can only do so much for a movie that lacks appeal and entertainment value.

My rating of director Chalit Krileadmongkon's 2022 movie "Leio" lands on a generous three out of ten stars.