WonWaiWai

I'm not good at writing reviews, but seeing as how this movie does not have many reviews so far, I thought I'd contribute one.

The lead, and the sole person this movie was mostly about, Mike Tyson comes off as an interesting character, sometimes in an endearing sort of way. The movie shares with us his quirky persona, and by the end shows what may be a little, but particularly important growth in Mike as a person. The interactions between Mike and his mother, as well as other minor characters were fun enough to watch.

While some people might be turned off by this movie seeing as there's not much going on, and that the plot was not heavy, I thought it is enjoyable enough as far as coming-of-age movies go. Even the ending was OK with me, because it was sort of a happy ending, but not over the top/cliché.

First off, I'll just say I like Lily Collins, Aidan Turner and Robert Sheehan as actors. Having said that, I think the all the actors did a good job (except for some of the line deliveries incl. from Ms Collins) for the most part of this movie. The visual effects are great too.

However, in terms of character development, script, soundtrack, and sequence; I felt distracted/detached during the movie, disappointed after the movie ends, and found the whole movie hilarious/ridiculous on the way home. Some scenes felt too rushed while some felt like time- wasters/dragged (especially the last 30 or so minutes), some dialogue sounded like I'm watching a student film, some characters seemed like they shouldn't even be there, and most of the soundtrack makes me feel even more detached from/uncomfortable with the movie.

In the end, I thought the movie had a really good potential (I've never read the book), but it'll need a better director/screen-writer for the sequel. Otherwise I don't see why people would return.

This is my first review so it'll be somewhat crude, but I'll say what I thought of the film.

The plot is somewhat mediocre at best; hero survived a fatal shot when he was a child, lived in seclusion, and now he's being hunted down by his parents' murderers. The reason for him being hunted down is quite unclear to me, since he clearly remembers nothing from his childhood, and I had a feeling if the villains left him alone, he'd have left them alone.

Still, moving on with the actions; I thought there were plenty of actions and the skills Jon Foo showed are quite on par with other Thai martial art films I've seen. What I liked is that they didn't "soften" his actions. Since he can't feel pain, or most normal feelings I think, he beat 'em up real good.

Acting-wise, I'd prefer if they'd all speak Thai. I don't mind reading subtitles. Having non-native speakers speak in English (not so fluently) is kind of distracting. The movie would've been better otherwise. Then again, I don't know how it would fare if you have the lead speak in broken Thai (Since I'm not sure if he's fluent in it. We only heard him asking for directions. Anyone could have).

In short, take it for what it is. A martial arts film, and it'll be enjoyable enough.