So I just watched the movie, and to be honest, it wasn't that bad. Okay. So here goes. This is going to be a HUGE Spoiler warning.SPOILER!!!Okay, so the action was great. They incorporated some martial arts like vovinam, and it was pretty cool seeing people getting stabbed. However, my issue was the plot. It is very similar to the movie Troy. Helen is the pretty girl name Huong. Paris is the main character name Lam. Hector is Lam's brother name Hung Dao. Menelaus is like Tai Nhot, and Achilles is like Feng "Dust." It has the exact same structure. Huong loves Lam more than Tai Nhot due to Tai Nhot being older and violent than her (she's like in her early 20s and Tai Nhot is like in his 50s). Tai Nhot orders Feng to find her, etc. Overall, the movie is 40 percent action, but the plot is just average. There's not that room for character development so you really don't care for them that much except for Huong. The audio is kind of weird too. Sometimes the grunting doesn't mix well with the fighting. And to the end, you just wish Lam would win against Tai Nhot. If you want to watch an action movie, this is the movie for you. But if you want to watch good story telling, then this movie won't surprise you.

Bad acting. Directors need to put some soul in their actors, not just have them read the script. Really good realistic actions that needs major sound work, then it would be amazing. Fighting was like Young and Dangerous gone Donnie Yen. Lots of themes going on. Love, loyalty, brotherhood, etc. I don't know why they didn't release this besides the bad acting. My guess is that it depicts a social economic problem Vietnamese government is ashamed of. If you lived in Vietnam you would've seen some looney stuff, little blood doesn't scare anybody. We have a dish made with blood. I enjoyed it overall. Johnny's vietnamese is so corny omg.

first at all you have a huge Worldwide Superstar in the film .. with credits in (Mortal Kombat) .. and so other important Hollywood action movies ... respectful man ..who did an excellent job as usual ..before Tony J ..exists Mister Jhonny Nguyen ..in all his glory!! there's no other director to do this masterpiece , is like the superman of the Thailand movies .. is a gang criminal film .. based on the internal violent confrontation so forget the acting ..there's no acting good in action .. is easy as that ...they don't do a Lego DUMBASSES movie .. no no this is serious !! the REAL DEAL !! by the way no one in this world knows so much about martial marts ..like all these actors .. they got hard training before and supper massive moves also a little bit risky ..but great results .. pushing limits forwards

OK I think this film is excellent.However I am lucky enough to have worked on it as senior colourist and have seen the REAL version. Unfortunately as it is currently banned no one will see it for a long time. That doesn't make me biased though, if I thought it sucked I would say so!Nobody should watch the hideous torrents that are floating around on the internet. For starters its not the approved final edit nor has the post production been completed.What you are all watching and reviewing is in fact a WIP copy and should be viewed as such. Remember that stupid Wolverine torrent from a few years back that was only around 60% complete? Same kinda thing.The fight scenes for me are excellent, i watch a lot of action films and todays propensity for fast cuts and multiple angles is nothing more than a clever attempt to hide the fact that there is no real fighting being done.The fight scenes in this movie are real and extremely well choreographed for the most part. Existing as single continuous shots (like the fighting in the apt) there is also none of the fantasy element that a lot of martial arts films have no crazy floating kicks or heavy vfx (not that they are bad things, they are just not in this film). You have to be really tight in order to make this style work and they have totally pulled it off.On top of this the cinematography is outstanding and the directors original film is great.Its raw and real and really really good.Please be patient and hope that one day you will see the film the the director intended for the audience. It'll be worth the wait!