zero tolerance ( 2015 film )
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director wych kaosayananda and his cast were in the same boat as the audience on tuesday night at the thailand international film destination festival. it was the world premiere of “zero tolerance” and no one had actually seen the movie before .
“if i’d seen [ ‘zero tolerance’ ] 10 years ago, it would have upset me. but sitting back there just now, i enjoyed it. ”
it wasn’t the first time wych has had his original vision of a film changed .
districts from los angeles to new york city are experimenting with new policies designed to eliminate zero - tolerance discipline. but the reality is often a lot different than the idea .
the home office report examining a range of approaches, from zero - tolerance to decriminalisation, it concluded drug use was influenced by factors
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zero tolerance is one of those films that’s going to leave you beyond disappointed, with the terrible story and underuse of the talents of the martial arts actors here in the film. sure i shouldn’t have spoiled much of the details, but i don’t feel bad about it either since zero tolerance is just terrible. if you wanted to bore yourself out with something, or get a good glimpse of a movie with plenty sex and / or nudity, then i’ll recommend it. otherwise, just don’t even bother with it .
viewers who have only seen “ballistic” might also enjoy “zero tolerance”, with its relative coherance and zippiness being an eye - opener – a more - accurate representation of what the passionate and savvy kaos is capable of accomplishing .
i’ll say this. at the end of the film, when what happened to angel is finally disclosed, it’s not what you would expect, but is most likely closer to the truth and reality of what really happens in that world. honestly, for me, that is probably the saving grace of the film because i usually have zero tolerance for movies that cop out on the action and the use of its fighters. but i’d still watch this again .
dustin nguyen’s wife bebe pham made a cameo appearance as a madame of a strip club at the end of the film .
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japan has the toughest drug laws in the developed world. its pharmaceutical affairs law bans the production and sale of 68 types of drugs and has a zero - tolerance policy. criminal sanctions are tougher than in the uk and relatively few people seek treatment .
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“zero tolerance” also led to nguyen meeting his wife, vietnamese actress and model bebe pham, who portrays the madame of a high - end sex club and, eventually, one of the many people nguyen’s character kills in what is ultimately a fruitless quest for revenge .
i thought i was watching an adkins film but that is not the case here. he is in it but not much and is certainty not in a leading role, despite being featured on the cover. zero tolerance is a crime drama centering on a prostitution service in asia. the film had it' s good parts but the story got lost somewhere. i found this on the roku channel. the film was mostly in english but had some foreign language parts and a lot of
accent
. it made it hard to understand. i turned on the cc but the words appeared a good 20 seconds before they spoke and it made it nearly impossible to follow. a hard copy would certainly…
consumer advocates have been calling for zero tolerance of dangerous types of salmonella in poultry in order to cut down on the number of people who get sick from the bacteria each year. those in the chicken business, though, say doing so would be too expensive and very difficult .
made in 2011, the bangkok - set crime drama has vietnamese superstar dustin nguyen as a former cia agent on a murderous, vengeance - filled quest to find his daughter’s killer. co - led by rising thai actor sahajak “pu” boonthanakit as a bangkok police detective and former cia cohort of nguyen’s, the film was originally called “angels” and was more of a “slow burn, character - driven” affair than the swifter - paced, nudity - laced action - packed romp that became “zero tolerance” .
works as a romantic drama so don' t expect lots of comedy here. guy pearce is really great in the lead role, his character is desperately flawed with self meditation and can' t show real emotions. the film drags alot and corrington is under used but the film works and is well acted. another great indie surprise for 2016
judging on the film' s description and the fact that it stars scott adkins and a few other martial artists, i was expecting an action packed revenge film about an estranged father looking for his daughter' s killer. in reality it was slow, boring, there is only one (rubbish) fight and it turns out she was just a slut .
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“now i’m over all that. when i started my first professional job, i was 23. now i’m in my 40s. so, perspective, ” he said. “i’ve done three movies that i consider my own – ‘fah’, ‘ballistic’ and ‘zero tolerance’. and ironically, the world has only seen one my movies that is my version, and that’s ‘fah’ .
i highly recommend skipping this film, and because of this, i’ll go ahead and spoil the ending in this paragraph. you’ve been warned. in the end, and i mean the very end, we’re treated to a video which solves the mystery as to what actually happened to angel. this is the part i referenced earlier when she’s all sexualized for her final moment. her death, mind you. as it turns out, she simply died of an apparent drug overdose mixed with a swimming pool drowning, while surrounded by her best friends who she was partying with and vaguely making out with. she wasn’t murdered at all. so while this makes the point of the film somewhat clearer, that johnny was, in fact, a huge prick for murdering all these people who didn’t kill his daughter in the first place, it doesn’t retroactively make any of the rest of the film more compelling. there’s some commentary on the futility of revenge, i guess, and that’s fine. but there’s still a fetishization of whatever badass gun violence the film did display, as well as a seedy sexualization of most of the female leads in the film. i don’t mind sex and violence in movies, but zero tolerance culminates with a “twist” condemnation of all the killing and sex that has gone on, while still spending the runtime of the film seducing you with those very things. well, those things and a whole bunch of conversations around a table of some kind about a girl we don’t care about .
this neo - noir revenge tale holds endless promise, but prepare yourself for a mean case of cinematic blue balls. zero tolerance assembles a stellar line - up of modern fight favorites—nguyen, scott adkins, gary daniels, kane kosugi—and then proceeds to basically wander the neon - lit streets of bangkok for 85 minutes. if not for a pair of unfortunately brief shoot - outs and one…
her plans begin unraveling, however, when pryce states a newfound zero - tolerance for expanding oil production and then collapse completely with the anonymous public release of closed - circuit tv footage revealing pryce romancing a very attractive, very married cheerleading coach. the ensuing media firestorm presents the prospect of complete career meltdown for pryce, who inevitably returns to the bottle after nearly two decades of sobriety .
“we cannot meet a zero - tolerance standard today with salmonella, ” says mike robach, vice president for food safety at the meat and poultry giant cargill, which overhauled its salmonella control efforts after a major outbreak of the bacteria from ground turkey in 2011. “if you declared salmonella … an adulterant, we would have a really difficult time getting fresh meat out to the marketplace. ”
a rich man employs a personal trainer whose complex relationship with her boss thwarts his affections. the plot of this film unfolds slowly, and the characters' motivations are muddy. none has a clear, consistent objective that s / he pursues throughout the film, and while these shifting objectives might add to the film' s verisimilitude, there isn' t a strong enough narrative hand to guide the audience through the film' s shifts. when the plot all begins to resolve, one story ends predictably, and the other resolution is so slap - dash that i couldn' t believe the film would really end on that note. i suspect that all of the performances were directed to be subtext - driven, but if it' s trying to be a rom - com, then i think stifling the natural energy of cobie smulders and guy pearce was a mistake. their performances were like looking at a light through a dark curtain. overall, the result of results is less than its ambitions .
i’m going to be upfront about this. i like ballistic: ecks vs sever and tekken 2: kazuya’s revenge. i thought they were decent stories with some well done action, especially the latter. i’ve been waiting patiently for zero tolerance to finally come out because i was more than willing to give it a chance, regardless of what the overall viewing audience may think of kaosayananda’s previous efforts .
for nguyen, “zero tolerance” was born out of the friendship he began with kaos when the two were young asians struggling to make it in hollywood. a vietnam war refugee who grew up in the us, nguyen got his big break starring alongside johnny depp in the 1980s tv series “21 jump street”. after gaining acclaim for roles in oliver stone’s “heaven and earth” (nguyen’s first experience filming in thailand) and 2005’s drugs drama “little fish” with cate blanchett, he returned to vietnam and alongside other vietnamese - americans who grew up in hollywood, he jump - started the country’s newly emergent and fast - growing commercial film industry .
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his serviceable directing neglects opportunities to incorporate any number of evocative katrina - or bp - impacted locations that might have helped underline the film’s theme of political capitulation, a perspective ultimately conveyed by the simplistic and supremely cynical conclusion .
dan losen, of the civil rights project, sees this approach—a shift away from zero tolerance toward constructive tactics that focus on encouraging kids to stay in school and reflect on their actions—taking hold in a growing number of school jurisdictions and states. the reason becomes more obvious as the numbers sink in: according to u. s. department of education civil - rights data, america’s children lost almost 18 million days of instruction due to suspensions .
famously a tourist hot - spot for people seeking cannabis from countries with stricter controls substances defined as “soft” drugs, including cannabis, have been effectively decriminalised. possession remains illegal here but police and courts operate a policy of tolerance .
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but the buyers, unsure of the international appeal of the two asian leads, wanted something more. so there were reshoots that brought in yet another british action star, scott adkins, as a drug - dealing westerner. up - and - coming japanese - american martial - arts actor kosugi was added in a brief cameo that was just long enough to get his name on the poster. now, “zero tolerance” is set for release in the uk in september .
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starting this school year, miami - dade county public schools eliminated out - of - school suspensions as part of an effort to redirect its discipline policies, a move that losen said is “huge” and has high potential. other locations he’s watching include maryland, where extensive changes to the state’s discipline policies are underway, and denver, whose leading role in the elimination of exclusionary discipline makes it a key guidepost for other districts striving to do away with zero - tolerance tactics .
the film was produced in 2011 and was originally titled angels. it was initially conceived as more of a slow burn, character - driven affair before becoming a swift - paced action drama. dustin nguyen' s wife, bebe pham, took the role of the madam of a high - end sex club .
there are some hilarious early opportunities for elle to vent her foul - mouthed irascibility and zero tolerance for
assholes ,
notably with an uptight barista (john cho) in a coffee shop that was formerly a free women' s health center, and at a cafe where she tries to sell some first editions to the flinty owner (the late elizabeth pena in one of her final roles). sage stands by dumbstruck while grandma hurls invective, and though the girl is no dummy, she does think the feminine mystique is an x - men character, amusingly underlining the canyon - wide generation gap .
sahajak has a leading role in “zero tolerance”, turning in an emotional performance that takes its cues from the brooding and intense nguyen, whom sahajak says he idolised on “21 jump street”. if he looks familiar, it’s because the english - fluent sahajak is a much in - demand actor for foreign productions, usually donning a policeman’s or prison guard’s uniform for such movies as “only god forgives” or “brokedown palace”. he’s been featured in seemingly endless array of other entries of the past three editions of the thailand international fine destination festival, with credits that include “the lost medallion”, “the mark: redemption”, “the lady” and “elephant white” .
where the film really kicks in and gains emotional weight, however, is in a beautiful scene with karl (sam elliott, just perfection), a mellow old romantic with four ex - wives and a tribe of grandchildren, who hasn' t seen elle in 30 years. he agrees to lend her the money, but their painful unresolved history gets in the way before the deal is done .
wych, popularly known by his nickname “kaos”, had set out to make an asian - led film with his longtime friend nguyen, and they thought they had succeeded when “angels” screened in vietnam in 2012. originally, it had nguyen and sahajak tangling with a sleazy bar owner played by british action star gary daniels. rapper prinya “way thaitanium” intachai appears as a hip - hop partner to sahajak’s slick plainclothes cop .
the resulting feature, “ballistic: ecks vs sever”, was taken away from him and re - edited by the studio. it was a dull and incomprehensible mess (and still is). starring antonio banderas and lucy liu, the spy thriller became infamous as one of the first entries on the rotten tomatoes movie - review website to receive the rock - bottom zero - per - cent score .
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human trafficking, human trafficking with minor' s consent, human trafficking with a heart condition. the hero' s daughter is a hoe. he watches the tapes and is unable to take his eyes off the screen or that bland expression to go away. director wych kaosayanada tries to sprinkle his film with ideas explored in films like
the world of kanako, 2014
and
the man from nowhere, 2010
, however it does not work .
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the film makes a sweet joke about lesbians and their wind chimes by having elle' s made out of the pieces of her cut - up credit cards. her strapped financial state means she has to call in favors to raise the cash, and her sour nature means there are few friends to whom she can turn. even when bridges haven' t been burned, like with transgender tattooist deathy (laverne cox), the latter' s economic pinch limits how much she can help out .
the story is slowly evolved, which isn’t necessarily bad. the film is full of garish nightclub scenes and fast - paced, vibrating dance music, which seems to underscore the core fact of the sex trade industry: it’s on, and then it’s on to the next john. the characters that appear also underline another theme - they’re adept at using people, and in turn are used themselves. and none of them like it. but without fail, they all claim to like or love angel, and none demonstrates a motive for killing her .
and though the termination of a pregnancy is what drives the plot, that sorrowful step is treated with the gravity it warrants in a story that' s also about the many imperfect paths of motherhood. grandma is not as self - congratulatory and in - your - face as the recent obvious child about its evolved position on abortion as a regrettable but necessary option in many young women' s lives. but there' s admirable frankness, intelligence and sensitivity here. additionally, the film is a thoughtful, funny reflection on the gains and losses of growing old .
competent but ultimately dull action thriller. the action bits are pretty decent when you get them but the pacing is jacked. scott adkins is in this movie. so is gary daniels. the movie presents solid reasons for why their characters would hate each other but they share zero screen time, which means no daniels / adkins throwdown. the red herrings come fast and furious only to ultimately present an anticlimactic reveal for who actually killed angel. it' s a shame, really. i think there' s a solid flick buried under all the incessant talking .
this has a promising (if standard) plot with good action, lots of shooting, chases etc. definitely has a 1990' s feel to it and the quality of the film is not the best, almost feels like it was videotaped but it could be the streaming provider' s issue. but terrible acting on average. its cool to see some actors that will later in their careers appear in much better films and / or tv (e. g. titus welliver); also interesting to see mick fleetwood in here and a couple of other guys that i recognized, mostly general casting types. overall i would say that if it is a couple of hours of mindless action that you seek this would fit the bill .
“we couldn’t sell it, ” said wych during a panel talk after the movie, alongside nguyen, sahajak and cast members bebe pham and kane kosugi .
after making his debut at the age of 24 with the 1998 thai action drama “fah”, wych headed to hollywood and secured his place in history as one of the first thais to direct a feature there. but it was an achievement clouded by devastating failure .
it was a huge setback for wych, who has spent the past decade clawing himself back from the brink of infamy .
“what happened with ‘ballistic’ really pretty much broke me, ” wych told the audience. “i didn’t want to make films for a while. i turned to music videos and commercials. i worked on other people’s films .
production in bangkok was problematic because of the 2011 floods, but an old house alongside bangkok noi canal was a prime location and the crew even used movie magic to level the place with a bomb, a rarity in budget - conscious thai films these days. the house still stands, by the way .
“i think we blew something up in every movie i’ve been involved with. it’s second nature by now, ” wych said .
and when it came to time to direct his first movie, an “eastern western” called “once upon a time in vietnam”, nguyen recruited kaos as his cinematographer .
“i think that’s the best way – make movies with your friends, ” nguyen said. “because there’s a lot of difficult people out there, and making a movie is a difficult job, so it’s always better to do it with your friends. ”
wych, meanwhile, has found that moving forward always helps. this year, he plans to make an action movie in bangkok called “maxx” that will star kosugi. he says it will be a romantic comedy. “probably the closest thing to a romantic comedy i will ever do. ”
kosugi isn’t so sure. “there’s no comedy, ” he retorted with a laugh .
but as with most of kaos’ films so far, things are likely to change along the way .
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johnny and peter, former paramilitary operatives, search bangkok - leaving carnage in their wake - to find the men who killed johnny' s daughter, angel .
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two former paramilitary operatives, johnny and peter, search bangkok to find the killers of johnny' s daughter, angel. but when angel turns out to be a high - level call girl, johnny and peter shoot their way through pimps, drug cartels, and anyone that comes between them and the truth .
and gary daniel working together as director / actor. wych kaosayananda was also cinematographer with two movies, were daniels acted in .
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two military operative (dustin nguyen and scott adkins) take matters into their own hands when one of their daughters is mysteriously murdered. when the clues of the murder begin to come into focus, they' ll stop at nothing to exact revenge .
some brutally efficient fight scenes... i just wish there were more of them .
also, if you have scott adkins and gary daniels in your movie it' s considered bad form not to include a scene with the two of them fighting each other .
the title montage is filled with nude women, pole dancing while their nipples glow in the dark, nice; but then the flashes start to repeat themselves and the letter' b' becomes significant .
dustin nguyen or johnny is the grieving angry dad and ex - black water. he teams up with…
first of all, this is not a scott adkins movie. second, the lack of action director shows for the action is slow and not too creative. the acting is horrendous but that goes without saying in these type of movies .
ah, the old dtv bait and switch. i was promised scott adkins and gary daniels. i was given a boring thriller from the maker of the widely - reviled ballistic: ecks vs sever, who seems to specialise in terrible movies where the finished products do not live up to the promise of the great cast. i see a lot of bad movies, but it' s been a while since i' ve seen one this incompetently filmed and edited. even basic stuff like continuity of eyelines within scenes are ignored freely—actors' axes are crossed so often within scenes it' s impossible to follow even the most basic dialogue. there are many other problems with this movie, but if you can' t even get the easy stuff right, why bother going through the whole thing ?
learning the bound body of his daughter has washed up in central thailand, ex - paramilitary pro johnny (dustin nguyen) returns home to investigate the murder – off the record, of course. finding she thrived in the illegal sex trade, his quest for answers leads him through the city’s underworld of pimps, pushers and possible police corruption .
combines asia and sleaze for a cheap thrill. and not a good one either .
scott adkins und gary daniels werden verschenkt. gerade bei daniels schade da der bock hat zu spielen. adkins muss sich dafür zurückhalten damit der held nicht schlecht dasteht .
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i got suckered. i’d like to think it happens to us all sometimes, but then again, “all” of us don’t show interest when a movie stars not just scott adkins, but also 21 jump street ’s dustin nguyen, gary daniels, and kane kosugi .
it isn’t so much that i got suckered into watching this because i thought (or at least hoped) that it was indeed a scott adkins movie (it isn’t), but rather that i thought, based on the aforementioned cast, that this would be an action movie. it isn’t. instead it’s a boring slog through urban underbellies, looking for the killers of a dead girl that everyone seems to have loved, but which the audience has no connection to at all .
this is the kind of movie where angel, the dead daughter / prostitute who we’re supposed to care about because every conversation in the movie is about how great she was, is never seen onscreen until the final reveal, in which she’s featured all naked and stuff. there’s this weird dynamic where the movie is trying to titillate you with revenge violence and nudity while also attempting to put you in the shoes of a grieving father who’s mourning the sad life his daughter supposedly ended up living .
and about those conversations. there are so many. i can’t believe how much of this movie was simply johnny and peter sitting down at a table somewhere and talking about angel. who was she? who was last seen with her? which of the various scumbags we’re spending copious screentime with might have ultimately been the one who did her in? there’s no sense of thrill or excitement as the mystery begins to unravel. there are some shoot outs and set pieces that might be considered “action movie - like”. but there are so many more boring conversations, sitting around some table somewhere .
i’m coming off super harsh, but i just have to be honest. there’s nothing my man scott adkins or any of the other actors could have done to rescue this script. tighter direction and editing could have made the story snap and pop a little more, but ultimately all that is here is a boring mystery surrounding a dead girl that culminates in a none - too - shocking reveal which, while providing a suitable gut punch to our lead characters, doesn’t have much weight for the audience .
there’s absolutely nothing to this dvd release. no trailer, no commentary, no bonus features. that’s actually a plus as i didn’t want to spend much more time in this world than i already had. there is a digital ultraviolet code for watching on devices, though !
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two former para - military operatives, johnny and his police detective friend peter, search bangkok to find the killers of johnny' s beautiful daughter angel - leaving carnage and retribution throughout city .
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when johnny learns of the death of his estranged daughter angel, he heads to thailand to seek revenge, killing anyone who had anything to do with her death .
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high - school students attend a circle session at restorative justice class at the augustus f. hawkins high school in los angeles, which recently reformed its discipline policies .
policymakers and educators, among others, are beginning to question the harsh discipline policies and practices that have in recent decades became popular in certain districts, too. research shows that the reliance on punitive school discipline like suspensions, expulsions, and school arrests—“school pushout”—deprives students of learning time and takes the greatest toll on nonwhite students, students with disabilities, lgbt youth and other vulnerable student groups. suspensions can even harm the education of non - misbehaving students, according to some research .
the leadership team’s 10 - point plan, released this july, includes reforms such as reducing racial disparities in suspensions and more transparent data collection. looking ahead, the team’s recommendations leave rodriguez cautiously optimistic .
resources are also a central theme in los angeles, where its relatively new and widely publicized discipline policy is causing consternation among some school staff. in 2013 los angeles unified school district banned all suspensions for “willful defiance” – an ambiguous category, presumably similar to “insubordination, ” used for everything from dress - code violations to eating and talking in class. as in new york, this catch - all category of minor offenses accounted for a significant percentage of all student suspensions in california and some of the largest racial disparities in discipline .
morales, whose school is very small and reports few to no suspensions and expulsions, pointed to a misunderstanding of what willful defiance is, poor implementation of the new policy, inadequate training, and a shared commitment to the philosophy behind the ban as the source of most staff dissatisfaction. “it was like, ‘here’s our new policy’... [ teachers ] still have their same biases, and now they’re extra angry because their one method was to kick [ insubordinate students ] out, and there’s just extra hostility” because they’re banned from using it. and morales said that one of the key tools she finds most effective is missing in the l. a. plan: student input. “when teachers are resistant my fallback is to bring in student voice. how they (students) feel when they’re having a bad day and acting a little weird and feel disrespected. ” she said it’s really helpful for teachers to hear students’ perspectives to “rethink it. ”
developing a school culture in which suspension is the last resort rather than the first is achievable, said morales, using her own school—which serves a low - income, mostly latino student population—as a prime example. “you can find other ways of addressing the problem with the same students everyone else teaches, ” she stressed. at garfield high school in east los angeles the same thinking applies, where graduation rates and academic outcomes appear to have improved as out - of - school suspensions declined. the garfield school team took suspensions “off the table” and transitioned to restorative conflict resolution, recognizing and rewarding positive student behaviors, and stronger ties with parents and the community .
trends like these make youth activists like rodriguez hopeful. “suspensions are the easy way out. all you have to do is suspend a student and they’ll be gone for up to a week, ” she said. “but that doesn’t tackle the root of the problem. when a teacher takes a student out and talks to us, it shows us they care. it shows community. ”
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two former para - military operatives, johnny (nguyen) and his police detective friend peter (boonthanakit) search bangkok to find the killers of johnny' s young daughter angel (paosut) and deliver retribution .
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the films directed by wych kaosayananda are very hit and miss with people. but it seems they are mainly a miss, and so is this one. i wonder if it has anything to do with the fact that his name actually contains an alternate spelling of the word ‘chaos’ ?
dustin nguyen stars as johnny, a semi - retired black ops operative, trained by the cia in the us. it so happens that a former cia associate of his, named peter (sahajak boonthanakit), is now a police officer in bangkok, thailand, who works in the sex crimes division. when the dead body of young woman is found floating in the river, peter is called in. he immediately recognizes her to be angel, the daughter of his friend. he makes a hasty trip to china to relate what has happened, even telling his friend to give him a few days to investigate just what happened, and then johnny can do what he needs to. when johnny arrives, he, peter, and karn, peter’s partner, set out to run down the leads they have in order to discover the truth behind angel’s demise, and who might have murdered her .
johnny hasn’t had any contact with his daughter in years, as she was taken away when her mother left her father. what johnny soon discovers is that his daughter willingly went into the sex trade industry, and that all her clientele loved her. specifically among those are her former pimp sammy (gary daniels), and newly enamored boyfriend steven (scott adkins). he learns that angel was considered too smart for her own good, being quite adept at manipulating men. all of this is discovered through peter and karn taking him into the seedy sex trade districts of bangkok. some of the information is found out by talking with friends and coworkers; some through coercion .
nguyen plays johnny as a father whose anger and desire for vengeance is always right below the surface. he’s a professional, and he keeps his emotions in check for the most part, but just barely. his friend peter only wants to help johnny get to the truth, and even allow him his revenge, as long as it’s kept on the down - low. unfortunately, that doesn’t happen, and peter loses his position as a police officer. it tests their relationship, but doesn’t break it .
i know what you’re thinking: you mean none of these guys face off against one another? well, there’s one. in the last action sequence, johnny comes face to face with his daughter’s ‘boyfriend’, steven, and asks him if he knows what happened to angel. johnny has been methodically gunning down every male in the club, to which steven responds, “why don’t you put your gun down, and see if you can beat it out of me? ” so it’s on, right? the one moment i’d hope for, to justify the expense of this dvd, is actually about to take place. yes! …sort of. there are some nice exchanges that start to hopefully build up to more involved choreography. adkins lets loose with a couple of kicks, nguyen takes out his knee, and it’s over. wait, what? yep. it might have lasted 90 seconds .
so, what’s the verdict? well, i can’t encourage you to spend your hard earned money on this. however, i do think it’s worth seeing or renting. this movie has a lot going for it, but fails to deliver in many regards, especially the action. the plot is good, the acting is good, and the action is good, but there’s not enough of it. and i don’t mean there’s a lack of martial arts action, even though there is. there’s just a lack of steady action. the fact that the story has a slow build is fine, but that would still work with a couple of more action pieces building to a greater intensity at the end. i’ve always been a fan of dustin nguyen, and at times in this he just seethes as a man trying to keep a tight rein on himself. he has great presence, is a good actor, and i was hoping to see him showcase his martial arts skills the way he did in the rebel against johnny tri - nguyen. sadly, that didn’t happen. and what a waste to have fighting talent like kosugi, daniels, adkins, and nguyen, and then not utilize them .
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