1st Bite (2006)

Set on a tropical island in Thailand, the strange plight of a beleaguered chef who, while romancing a mysterious woman, discovers the diabolical Zen of cooking. Following a near death ... See full summary »

Director:

Hunt Hoe

Writer:

Hunt Hoe

Stars:

David La Haye, Leah Pinsent, Napakpapha Nakprasitte

Cast

Credited cast:
David La Haye	...	Gus
Leah Pinsent	...	Rose
Napakpapha Nakprasitte	...	Lake (as 'Mamee' Napakpapha Nakprasitte)
Michael Ironside	...	Theo
Mohan Agashe	...	Guru (as Dr. Mohan Agashe)
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Tetchena Bellange	...	Singing model
Marcello Bezina	...	Cookie
Christine Lan	...	Waitress
Jennifer Marcil	...	Mobster's wife

Storyline

Set on a tropical island in Thailand, the strange plight of a beleaguered chef who, while romancing a mysterious woman, discovers the diabolical Zen of cooking. Following a near death escape, he returns to Montreal and falls hard for the woman of his life who unfortunately craves only his cooking but not his loving. Worse still, strange things surfacing around him indicate that his journey to the Far East has deep, divine implications. The stage is set for him to take the 1st bite of true love and end the cycle of suffering for all involved.

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Plot Keywords:

chef | cooking | thailand | island | food | 

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Taglines:

We kill, we eat what we love...

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Genres:

Comedy | Drama | Fantasy | Horror | Romance

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Details

Official Sites:

Hunt Hoe Films

Country:

Canada

Language:

English Thai

Release Date:

2006 (Canada)

Filming Locations:

Bangkok, Thailand

Box Office

Budget:

CAD 1,000,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Foreign Ghosts Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

120 min

Color:

Color

User Reviews

Avoid !!!

This film is so bad I can't believe it was actually shot. People who voted 10 or 9, 8 and even 7, are you insane? Did we really watch the same movie? Or the same sh** should I say. Everything is bad in this film. The story (is there a story?) is going nowhere, completely incoherent, the acting (some dialogs are simply just ridiculous), the music score (what the **** is that?), the editing, and especially the artistic direction, a pure disaster. Reminds me the old Macist movies... To give you an example of the amateurism of the production, the mermaid's costume is a sleeping bag with spangles sticked on it. I'm not joking, that's exactly what it is.

Another example of the enormous mistakes we find here: you see in a scene an extra, a fat woman of about 200 pounds, who's talking on her cell phone. The next shot, which is in a complete different location, you can see this same woman, still talking on her cell phone (!) Yes, it goes that far.

A big, huge, waste of money. Useless.