The battle scenes are bloody, visceral, and expertly edited.
Bang Rajan
Fighting for friends. Fighting for families. Fighting for freedom. Fighting for their lives.
2000 · 1h 53m · R
Action, History, War
Directed by
Tanit Jitnukul
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Bang Rajan
Overview
Set right before the fall of Thailand's old capital, Ayuttaya, Bang Rajan draws on the legend of a village of fighters who bravely fended off the Burmese armies.
Director and cast
- Tanit Jitnukul Director
- Winai Kraibutr as Inn
- Bin Bunluerit as Tong-Menn
- Jaran Ngamdee as Chan Nuan-Kheo
- Atthakorn Suwannaraj as Meuang
- Phutharit Prombandal as Pun-Reuang
- Choomporn Theppitak as Taen
- Theerayut Pratyabamrung as Abbot Thammachote
- Bongkoj Khongmalai as Sa
- Suntharee Maila-or as Taeng-Onn
- Piset Sangsuwan as General Naymeo
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
It's far too bloody for the art house crowd and too leisurely paced and obscure for more general audiences.
Jitnukul can direct action, and every slice of the blade, thwack of the arrow and the glistening of sweat on near-naked bodies makes Bang Rajan a mostly pleasurable diversion.
It's a humid, rough-edged epic that occasionally finds startling beauty amid devastating carnage.
Features scrumptious-looking jungle battles, with a cast of thousands -- not to mention elephants and water buffalo.
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