I had the opportunity to sit down here in 2021 to watch the 2016 Thai comedy from writer and director Poj Arnon.
Sure, I hadn't even heard about "Pard 888" (aka "888 Fast Thai") before sitting down to watch it. So I didn't know what I was in for. Nor did I know who was on the cast list. But I opted to sit down and watch it regardless, as I hadn't already seen the movie.
Yeah, and I might as well have skipped on this particular comedy, because it was a train wreck of a movie. Well, actually more appropriately a bus wreck of a movie - if I am to keep it within the confines of the movie.
The storyline told in "Pard 888", as written by Poj Arnon, just failed to provide me with much of any entertainment. Sure, there were some funny scenes here and there scattered throughout the course of the movie. But the fact that there weren't really any proper script here or much of any coherent storyline, the it felt like it was just one long improvised sketch. And that ultimately didn't provide me with the entertainment that I had hoped for.
Sure, "Pard 888" does have a good ensemble of casted actors and actresses on the cast list, with the likes of Kom Chuanchuen, Aramboy Kohtee, Jazz Chuanchuen and Kunatip Pinpradab. However, given the chaotic script and the lack of a red thread throughout the entire movie, then there was just so much that these comedians could do to carry the movie.
There are far better Thai comedies out there, so take heed and give "Pard 888" a wide berth. It just simply isn't worth the time, money or effort.
I am rating "Pard 888" a mere three out of ten stars. While I managed to endure the movie to the very end, then I can't really claim that I was overly entertained. Yet I stuck with it, hoping that writer and director Poj Arnon would improve on it. That just never happened.
