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In many ways the Thai equivalent of a Hollywood sword-and-sandal epic, this lavishly produced, operatic work is set in the late 18th century during a time of struggle between two empires. As Burmese forces lay waste to the countryside, flattening everything in their path, a courageous band of Siamese villagers trades their plows for swords and vows to protect their lands. "The climactic free-for-all, even with a few splats of rough CGI, is a dismayingly ferocious portrait of pre-technological warfare, and the respect that the film pays to suffering, corpses, and burial is enough to distinguish it among the Bruckheimers" (Michael Atkinson, Village Voice). In Thai with English subtitles.

Thanit Jitnukul---Thailand---2000---127 mins.