Product Description

A team of police officers must track down a group of ruthless criminals who have entered a mysterious forest that is said to be cursed. Once inside the forest, the police and the criminals discover a bizarre world where mythical creatures exist and the curse of ancient treasure hidden within the forest is in fact real. As they make their way through the forest, they must fight against the creatures within and each other - in hopes of escaping alive. (Thai/English Dub)

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #30593 in DVD
• Brand: BCI DVD
• Rating: Unrated
• Aspect ratio: 2.35:1
• Formats: Anamorphic, Color, Subtitled, Widescreen
• Original language: English
• Subtitled in: English
• Number of discs: 1
• Dimensions: 5.00 pounds
• Running time: 90 minutes

Features

• A team of police officers must track down a group of ruthless criminals who have entered a mysterious forest that is said to be cursed. Once inside the forest, the police and the criminals discover a bizarre world where mythical creatures exist and the curse of ancient treasure hidden within the forest is in fact real. As they make their way through the forest, they must fight against the creature

Customer Reviews

A solid Blu-ray release from Thailand
I watched this film on Blu-ray Disc.

At the time of this review there aren't any other reviews. This doesn't make any sense to me. Normally films like this draw a cult following fairly quick. It falls into so many different genre's that it's impossible to label it.

I really enjoyed this film. The CGI was a little weak, but the Director himself mentions in a "making of" short on the Blu-ray disc that the CGI is probably some of the best for any Thai films to this date. It definately wasn't weak enough to take away from my enjoyment of the film. Keep in mind I'm comparing it to a Hollywood film, it still stands heads & shoulders above anything made for the Sci-Fi channel.

Story was solid. Some of the acting was a little soft for some minor characters, but the main characters gave a strong performance.

Beware of the product description. This movie is definitely action/adventure, but most definitely NOT a martial arts film. Essentially it's a story about a magic jungle where mythical creatures live. A group of cops are hunting some escaped convicts who are trying to find "riches" in the jungle. The story spans over a couple of decades and has a pretty cool ending that I didn't see coming. This is a monster/cops & robbers/demons/magic movie with some time travel mixed in.

It looks and sounds amazing on Blu-ray. The picture remains sharp throughout and only drops in quality during the CGI scenes which is understandable for a film of this type.

There isn't a lossless audio track on the disc however the Thai Dolby 5.1 soundtrack remains strong. The rears were definitely being utilized for added atmosphere. I can't comment on the English 2.0 track. I hate watching dubbed films and couldn't imagine trading a 5.1 for a 2.0 even to watch a film in my native tongue. The only English audio option is the 2.0 track. I believe that most of the people who'll enjoy this film fall into the "rather see it with subtitles than watch it dubbed in English" category anyway.

I couldn't bring myself to give this film 5 stars due to some of the less than perfect acting and some soft CGI (mostly where the High Def picture quality drops too). All in all this is an excellent movie that speaks of some future potential from Thailand. A definite rental, but for the price I think I'm going to add this one to my collection. I can see myself wanting to watch this film again someday.

not bad
not bad
some cool effects
not your oscar winning performance and movie in overall but very entertaining and watchable

Impressive, yet quite unknown ...
I'm very impressed by this Taiwanese movie, bought it blindly.
The story is about a group of policement chasing a band of criminals, one of whom has a personal grudge with a young reckless and violent officer. They chase them until they arrive to a gloomy forest, some villagers say it's cursed. In this forest they'll meet some supernatural creatures, all wanting them dead. Luckily, they encounter 2 girls from a village in the forest that help them and heal them.
The story is unfolding very fast but no moment is lost in useless dialogue (maybe a bit in the beginning, but it makes the rythm go up all along) and the character development, betwwen officer or criminals, or the 2 girls, is efficient enough. The creatures are very original (at least to a French guy).

Picture quality : 4.5/5
Really amazed at the quality of this one, the nature (forest, rivers, cliffs) seem very alive, as the faces of the characters having very strong emotions. Sometimes very dark, it helps having an effect of surprise.

Audio quality : 4/5
Sounds of nature or supernatural creatures sounds, gun fire, shouts of men, all is very clear.

Special features : 2/5
Trailers, music video and making of, not much but doesn't bring my liking of the film down.