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Bang Rajan
Directed by
Tanit Jitnukul
R
2001
1h 53m
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6.6
73%
74%
6.4
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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.
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Cast of Bang Rajan
Winai Kraibutr
Inn
Bin Bunluerit
Tong-Menn
Jaran Ngamdee
Chan Nuan-Kheo
Atthakorn Suwannaraj
Meuang
Phutharit Prombandal
Pun-Reuang
Choomporn Theppitak
Taen
Theerayut Pratyabamrung
Abbot Thammachote
Bongkoj Khongmalai
Sa
Suntharee Maila-or
Taeng-Onn
Piset Sangsuwan
General Naymeo
Krit Suwannapaph
Commander Suki
Jarin Phomrangsai
Commander Arka-Punkayee
Kittiphit Thamrongwinitchai
Commander Mang-Changai
Nuntapon Kamutavanit
Commander Jik-Kae
Voraphark Sarobon
Commander Surin-Jaw-Khong
Somchai Srisunthornvoharn
Phraya Ratanatibeth
Somchat Ubon
Muen Khun
Theeranit Damrongwinijchai
Mangcha-ngai
Surachet Lorsungnem
Khun-Sun
Jai Pongsak
Tong-Saeng-Yai
Bang Rajan Ratings & Reviews
Chicago Reader
J. R. Jones
The battle scenes are bloody, visceral, and expertly edited.
St. Paul Pioneer Press
Chris Hewitt
The acting is facial-expressions- visible-from- 100-feet overdone and the choppy editing makes for awkward storytelling. However, the battle scenes, which make up at least half the movie, are killer.
The Hollywood Reporter
Frank Scheck
It's far too bloody for the art house crowd and too leisurely paced and obscure for more general audiences.
San Francisco Chronicle
G. Allen Johnson
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.
New Times
Gregory Weinkauf
From the first battle to the heartrending climax, you will emerge feeling dirty and scarred.
Seattle Times
Jeff Shannon
It's a humid, rough-edged epic that occasionally finds startling beauty amid devastating carnage.
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Sean Axmaker
The thuddingly blunt epic is obvious and intermittently clumsy... yet winning in its own charmingly naive right.
Film Journal International
Maria Garcia
At two hours, it tests the stamina of even the most ardent action movie fan.
New York Post
V.A. Musetto
Features scrumptious-looking jungle battles, with a cast of thousands -- not to mention elephants and water buffalo.
New York Daily News
Elizabeth Weitzman
While co-writer/director Tanit Jitnukul's vision is unapologetically graphic and slightly marred by an artistic awkwardness, this is a rare and worthwhile glimpse into another nation's historical legend.
New York Times
Dave Kehr
Plucked from its cultural context, Bang Rajan is being offered to American audiences as another example of Asian extreme action movies, and gore hounds will find it gratifyingly full of spurting blood and flying limbs.
Washington Post
Michael O'Sullivan
It becomes, after a while, little more than a mind-numbing bloodbath.
Washington Post
Ann Hornaday
Even without deep knowledge of Thai politics and history, fans of war pictures will be impressed by Jitnukul's achievement in creating a detailed and graphic, if overheated, account of this ultimate underdog story.
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Eleanor Ringel Cater
The noncombative scenes can be melodramatic and broadly acted, but that doesn't rob the movie of a certain inherent power.
Boston Globe
Janice Page
Yes, Bang Rajan introduces Westerners to a slice of history worth noting, but its stirring lesson is told in a way that's too long, too brutal, and too clunky to recommend enthusiastically.
Chicago Tribune
Robert K. Elder
The dramatic ploy is so disjointing, it's not often clear if Jitnukul's narrative is in the past or present.
Slant Magazine
Nick Schager
Jitnukul's film canonizes sacrificial plight and serves as a stirring act of national self-definition.
Village Voice
Michael Atkinson
Emerges from the dank, Hollywoodized Asian jungle to be easily the equal of Braveheart, Troy, and King Arthur, but with a rough-hewn recklessness that carries the sulfurated scent of physical danger.
Los Angeles Times
Kevin Thomas
Not for a second does Jitnukul lose control of his complex and captivating epic, dynamically photographed by Vichien Ruangvichayakul and scored with a bold eclectic flair by composer Chatchai Pongprapaphan.
L.A. Weekly
Ella Taylor
It's not easy to spend the better part of two hours with your heart parked in your mouth, but this roaring battle epic is worth the risk of your palpitations.
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