Wednesday 18 November 2015

Thursday Movie Picks: South East Asian Films

 A nice long title - Non-English Language Movies - Asian Language Movies Set in South East Asia (Non-Horror). Luckily I don't watch horror so will have no idea there. Unluckily I'm a bit rubbish in that I haven't actually seen many South East Asian films.

So, shame on me. But I have seen the two picks below. It's pitiful but i could only think of two I had seen.

Don't forget to check out what Wandering Through the Shelves picked, the blog that started Thursday Movie Picks.

The Wayward Cloud

I saw this back in 2012 when I was doing my 'World Film Challenge' and I saw this on the '99p' shelf to rent at Blockbusters. I worked there at the time and thought 'hey I get free rentals, why not watch this porn musical that barely has any dialogue'. It's bizarre. Some of the songs are good and amusing but the actual story is a on the slow side but I gathered this was the director's style. Such a weird film.

The Raid

No doubt this film will pop up on quite few lists as its a brilliant film. To came out just before Dredd which has a similar premise but it was nudged ahead. A tale of brothers, one crimnal, one on the police force, who happens to be part of a team that infiltrtes a drug/crime lord type lair, a tower block. Action, drama, crime and martial arts all rolled into one. Not seen the sequel though.