Review of BKO: Bangkok Knockout (2010) by Patrick N — 25 Sep 2014

Respect the rules!

A group of friends that are in a fight club pride themselves on each specializing in a unique form of martial arts (Thai, karate, kung fu, tai-chi, etc). When one of their friends is kidnapped, they are forced to join a fight tournament to save her. The friends do not know they will be pitted against each other in fights to the death.

"I got the box!".

"I got the coin!".

Panna Rittikrai, director of The Bodyguard, Born to Fight, and Ong-Bak 2 & 3, delivers BKO: Bangkok Knockout. The storyline for this picture was interesting and the characters were fairly well delivered. The action scenes were awesome but the acting was mediocre at best. The cast includes Sorapong Cratree, Kerttisak Udomnak, Krittiya Lardphanna, and Supakson Chaimongkol.

"It is a privilege to get to watch.".

I grabbed this off Netflix because it looked interesting and I enjoy the martial arts genre. Overall, I did like the fight scenes in this movie and the premise seemed like a smaller scale Hunger Games; but the villains were disappointing and the acting was terrible in a couple key scenes. This is really only worth watching if you're a fan of the genre.

"Right into my mouth, you idiot!".

Grade: C+.