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Inspired by an amazing true story from the Siamese War, Bang Rajan is an epic cinematic masterpiece, which celebrates the legendary courage, sacrifice and ingenuity of a single group of village warriors who stood up to the imperial might of the invading Burmese army in 1765.
Partly The Alamo , partly The Seven Samurai , Bang Rajan is simultaneously heart rending, savage and inspirational: a true glowing testament to the timeless resilience of the human spirit. Now, discover the truth behind one of the greatest true legends of all time on this feature-packed special edition DVD.
Special Features:
- Digitally re-mastered & restored 16:9 Anamorphic version enhanced for widescreen TVs
- Dual Language Format (English Dubbed & Thai Language with re-mastered English subtitles)
- SDH subtitle option
- DTS & Dolby Digital 5.1 audio tracks
- Brand-new feature-length audiocommentary with Asia film experts, Bey Logan and Mike Leeder
- Walking Through History: a featurette with acclaimed director, Thanit Jitnukul
- Warrior Elite: an exclusive interview with leading-man, Vinai Kraibutr
- The Power of One: an exclusive interview with leading-man Jaran Ngamdee
- Daughter of Courage: an exclusive interview with leading-lady, Bongkod Kongmalai
- A Legend Re-born: the making of Bang Rajan
- The Impossible Dream: a project retrospective with visionary producer, Adirek Wattaleela
- Echoes of Battle: a celebratory retrospective documentary, produced by Film Bangkok for the film s release
- Trailer Gallery
- Bang Rajan-rescored
- Brand-New Fully Animated Menus
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Ok.. at several stages it was a bit slow and lingered on character play that obviously meant more to the Asian movie market it was made for... but this is more than made up for in the battle sequences and the strong determined actors who drive this film forward. What mayhem and action! What a great film! What a histroy to be proud of. Not my all time classic.. but a must see.
And I am sure the Thai's view the legend of Bang Rajan as *least* as fervently as the USA does the above.
This film however does suffer from a few problems. It is not paced very well. The beginning feels shoehorned in. Now, I'm not always a fan of big lengthy, detailed introductions. But Bang Rajan goes a bit quickly on the voice/text intro, and then slows right down for lengthy build-up.
Much of the action seems realistically bloody, even if not all of it is totally believeable. For being based on real events, some more explaination of the causes and effects would have been nice. Also, the "we're good, they're bad" solid rule is firmly in place. I don't expect the Burmese to be painted in a particularly favourable light in a film like this, but a bit more of "why" would have been nice. Also, the village eventually gets wiped out, but the Burmese fighters are almost universally incompetent. But they win in the end.
All that said, characterisation is good despite dubing so bad it forced me back to subtitled original language (which is often a preferred choice anyway).
Summary: a refreshingly different take on the old "righteous fight against probably impossible odds" idea, somewhat hampered by some technical and aesthethic issues.
That deserves to be on a line by itself. The only problem with the film is that the characterisation is not convincing. Not one bit. Read more
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