The only good thing in this movie is Buakaw Banchamek, enough said. The action scenes with Buakaw in it is very good but story and the lead character are crap. Watched it only because of Buakaw. Buakaw is my favorite Muay Thai fighter ever. The plot is simple and the story is crap. I would say if you take Buakaw as the lead character the movie would have been a whole lot better than this.Under average movie about the morals of fighters, what a true fighter respects and how he confronts the death issue. The story and acting scenes could have been better. Hope you enjoy it the same as i did.

watched it only because of buakaw banchamek . i really loved it . plain and nice. music i think transferred me to that period and made me feel as if i was in ayothaia back then . buakaw is my most favourite muai thai fighter of all. the plot is simple . the social messages throughout the movie . perfect movie about the morals of fighters, what a true fighter respects and how he confronts the death issue . would definitely recommend the movie for a relaxing 1 hour and 40 minutes time. the fight scenes could have been better but thats minor compared to the total value of the film. which i think is high . hope you enjoy it the same as i did .

I just finished watching the movie so I'm writing the review while it is still fresh. Overall the movie itself isn't good at all. Some of the acting is beyond horrible and almost made me stop the film. Even the main actor is overacting sometimes. The soundtrack isn't horrible but it gets very repetitive after a while. The movie seemly tries to copy the feeling I had when watching The Last Samurai. A nostalgic feeling was tried to create when our main character decides to never return to his fatherland and stay in Ayothaya. It was almost too painful to watch, and it didn't do the film any good.Special Effects are horrible. The blood for example is so fake you don't need to pause the film since it's too obvious.If you're planning on watching this film, be ready for a cliché story a la The Last Samurai and some Special Effects a la Spy Kids 3. Fighting parts are pretty cool overall, but not the best.

Based on a true historic figure? Wow, maybe only the in comic book? The screenplay and the scenario are just stupid and ridiculous, I just can't believe this is happening, man. The acting of the main characters are just terrible. A Japanese samurai with a mouth lips like a carp can speak Thai, playing flute as the movie's sound track, well, anything is possible in this comic book movie. The master monk's nonstop chewing is exactly like a chain smoker. But none the less, the whole movie was shot beautifully in Thailand countryside with exotic scenic landscape, but the village was designed and built too modern and so clean that even the inspector from the Health Dept. couldn't have find anything unhealthy or cross-contaminated. The traditional Thai warrior fighting technique in this movie is amazingly effective and aesthetically beautiful, making the so-called Chinese martial arts or Japanese karate more like child play. These Thai fighters should be signed up by the UFC or the Strike force to beat the crap out of those MMA fighters. This is a very stupid and very artificial movie. Just watch the fighting scenes, not the other parts, especially the claimed "historic" crap, but definitely 100% better than Jackie Chan's moronic "Karate Kid"