Jailbreak (2017 via Netflix).
The first Cambodian film to be acquired by Netflix and one of those less-prominent titles I really enjoy mining for on there.
So, it's a pretty cheap actioner set in a jail when an escort mission goes wrong.
We're talking about getting some local guys to play the prisoners and guards.
Some of the guards look about 12. I swear one has stubble painted on.
It's a pretty shallow story and the action is a bit relentless, by the end, but you really have to give credit that this is a thrilling, action-packed martial arts flick.
There are loads of setups where you know they're going to have to face some hard bastard locked up in isolation for eating other inmates, or the guy who knows some moves.
It's massively influenced by The Raid films (think the prison fights in 2 stretched to 90 minutes), but that's a good thing because the fights are bruising and brutal, but the filming and editing is really inventive, tracking people as they fall or mimicking the panic of a riot with a one-take-looking sequence. cameras falling as people are knocked out or FPV shots of someone stunned.
There are even outtakes in the end credits like a Jackie Chan film, where the cast look like it's hard work but fun.
I was pleasantly surprised by this small-budget actioner.
The first Cambodian film to be acquired by Netflix and one of those less-prominent titles I really enjoy mining for on there.
So, it's a pretty cheap actioner set in a jail when an escort mission goes wrong.
We're talking about getting some local guys to play the prisoners and guards.
Some of the guards look about 12. I swear one has stubble painted on.
It's a pretty shallow story and the action is a bit relentless, by the end, but you really have to give credit that this is a thrilling, action-packed martial arts flick.
There are loads of setups where you know they're going to have to face some hard bastard locked up in isolation for eating other inmates, or the guy who knows some moves.
It's massively influenced by The Raid films (think the prison fights in 2 stretched to 90 minutes), but that's a good thing because the fights are bruising and brutal, but the filming and editing is really inventive, tracking people as they fall or mimicking the panic of a riot with a one-take-looking sequence. cameras falling as people are knocked out or FPV shots of someone stunned.
There are even outtakes in the end credits like a Jackie Chan film, where the cast look like it's hard work but fun.
I was pleasantly surprised by this small-budget actioner.
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