Forget the acting – it's horrible. Forget the direction – it's perfunctory at best. Forget the story – it's non-existent, and so embarrassingly simplistic that a child probably came up with it. Forget the humour – it's as dumb as it comes.Embrace the action – for action is what BANGKOK ADRENALINE is all about, and as a fluid, action-packed movie, it works pretty well. It's essentially one lengthy chase film, with a mixed bunch of western actors finding themselves beset on all sides by various criminal gangs, henchmen, mafia bosses and general corrupt people, and having to use their impressive martial arts ability to fend the bad guys off. There's no more to it than that, but for what it does, BANGKOK ADRENALINE works well.Thai producers have obviously twigged that there's a demand in the west for the kind of action-heavy product that Tony Jaa popularised back in the day, because they've made this film with western actors and shot it largely in English. Personally, I wish they'd stuck with Thai actors, because the one thing you quickly notice when watching Asian movies is that the western actors always stick out like sore thumbs and also give the worst performances; this film is no exception.Of the group, only Conan Stevens makes an impressive as a hulking giant of a guy, but as far as I can remember, he only gets a single fight scene. I know the Thais love these massive muscle-bound characters – who can forget Nathan Jones in WARRIOR KING, after all? – and Stevens needs more screen time. Instead he's bypassed in favour of the bland younger actors with the aforementioned sucky acting abilities.Still, the action holds up and that's what counts for martial arts fans. The fights are mixed and widespread, throwing in stunts, massive brawls and a few one-on-one showdowns; the martial arts choreography is excellent, and there's a long-running bit of free-running thrown into the mix to keep things moving merrily along. BANGKOK ADRENALINE is certainly a step up from the disappointing and ultra low budget BANGKOK KNOCKOUT, and it makes me look forward to Tony Jaa's return to the big screen all the more

look, the story, acting, dialog... NONE of these things are why you would watch this movie in the first place! throw all that crap out and just sit back and enjoy the ride as the incredible stunts and fight scenes take place. the fights feature some incredible martial arts, fast paced, well shot and edited. this is NOT a Hollywood, or American movie at all. it is a movie made in thailand so u need to understand that there is a different format and sense of humor than films made here.honestly if ur one of these overly critical film bashers then you WILL NOT enjoy this film. but being a stuntman and martial artist myself... as well as someone who enjoys Asian cinema and can just have fun watching action for actions sake... i loved it.

To start with, this isn't a super great title, but still one to watch! The acting is really bad for some of the characters. The mafia boss who's the dad of the kidnapped girl fails in every way of acting for example and the very bad pronunciation of the Asian people kinda ruins it as well. The story is also very very bad.Still i gave this movie 6 out of 10, here's why: The fights, moves, and choreography are awesome, i haven't seen a movie with this much, and this exciting moves in a while. It's good that there's a lot of this in the movie because it really takes it up a lot of points. Just incredible to watch. Also there are some funny moments, although not all of them work as well as they should.This movie really reminds me of titles like: B13 and The Great Challenge. I hope that this movie brings people like Daniel O'Neill and Gwion Jacob Miles to bigger titles, they do act good, and are really stars when it comes to great choreography and fights.

Four friends, who came to visit Thailand had run afoul with gangsters who demanded their money back, in which the four friends had lost in gambling.The gangsters had come so close in chopping off their hands when they suggested that they'd pay back the money in a week's time. The leader surprisingly agreed.They'd tried many things to get the money, but none seem to work. One member even resort to teaching teakwondo to schoolchildren! And another member had to be in fights but after deductions on his collections, the money was not that much.So after exhausting all possible ways of collecting money, they decided to kidnap a daughter of a rich conglomerate.Fun ensued! They'd have to ward off bodyguards, escaped from police detections. And worst of all, they have to take care of the girl they kidnapped! There a a lot of action scenes, lots of jokes, but sans storyline. Well, just the perfect recipe for a film suitable to be watched on a lazy weekend!