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Chaiya (2007)Lifelong friends learn the traditional techniques and skills of Muay Thai Fighting that has been past down from generations. When their training camp is shut down they begin to fight ... See full summary » Director:Kongkiat KhomsiriWriter:Kongkiat Khomsiri |
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Akara Amarttayakul | ... |
Piak
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Sonthaya Chitmanee | ... |
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Saengthong Gate-Uthong | ... |
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Phreeta Kongpetch | ... |
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Samart Payakarun | ... |
Thiew Chaiya
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Lifelong friends learn the traditional techniques and skills of Muay Thai Fighting that has been past down from generations. When their training camp is shut down they begin to fight underground and bring the art of Muay Thai Fighting back to life. The fighting in the ring parallels the fight for their life, when the ultimate, highly anticipated, action filled fight demonstrates to be their biggest challenge they are prepared to die for one another. Written by Elizabeth Obermeier, Marketing Manager
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When the body is the ultimate weaponMotion Picture Rating (MPAA)
Rated R for brutal bloody violence and brief sexuality | See all certifications »Parents Guide:
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ThailandRelease Date:
30 August 2007 (Thailand) See more »Also Known As:
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When you look at Thai Martial Arts movies, you know what to expect in almost every films... Excellent brutal fight scenes, extremely Craptastic unoriginal storyline. I have watch almost everything when it comes to the 90s American martial arts industry, so i had to look elsewhere for entertaining. I must say American flicks are not very original either, but i love the classic formula of "get beaten down by the bad guy, train, come back" or the other famous formula of "get revenge for your brother/friend's murder" But when it comes to Thai movies, its almost always about some artifact of a small village that got stolen and our hero has to go after it. Or sometimes its even worse... It started with Tony Jaa, and i did love Ong Bak and The protector for there awesome fights, but after that i saw many movies with the same formula and lesser fight scenes.
But with Cheiya, this is not the case at all. For once i saw a Thai movie that made me felt something, like those Korean or Japanese movies, in the vain of Fighter in the Wind.
This movie tells the story of 3 boys went to the same place by extremely different roads. I got to admit some parts seem a bit exaggerated and this movie is not perfect, but its extremely interesting, i loved following the story, i loved the characters, and i hope future Thai movies will be in that style. The whole "artifact stolen" has got very old...