Throughout September I will be raiding my collection of favourite movies to review one a day, with a focus on overlooked and underappreciated films.
Where to find it: No UK streaming
Length: 90 minutes
Synopsis: Muay Thai savant beats people up for an hour and a half
Recommendation rating: 3/5
What I like about it: my #1 autism movie – silly, cool, fun
What I don’t like about it: probably a little offensive, the dub
Review:
This one has a slow start as we watch the forbidden romance of a Yakuza and a princess of the Thai underworld but this long diversion produces a child named Zen. Zen is autistic and spends most of her days eating Smarties and watching Ong-Bak over and over and over again, thus downloading kung fu like Neo in The Matrix. When her mother falls ill and requires money for treatment, Zen and her cousin set out to collect on mum’s many debts among Thai organised crime figures. Thrown at Zen are a gang of kathoeys and a final boss who, like herself, is autistic. Try to watch subtitled if you can because the autistic sounds are extra offensive in the dub.
Content notes (may contain spoilers): violence, meltdowns, illness, sex (once at the start), injuries (real ones featured over the credits)