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A diverse group of fighters team up to rescue their friend from kidnappers, using their various disciplines to punch, kick, and smash their way to victory in this high-energy martial arts extravaganza... read more read more... from legendary Thai director Panna Rittikrai (Ong Bak, Born to Fight). ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi

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R, 1 hr. 46 min.

Directed by: Panna Rittikrai

Release Date: December 16, 2010

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DVD Release Date: August 30, 2011

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  • January 23, 2012
    Thai stuntmen hate themselves.
  • August 14, 2011
    Welcome to one of the most intense martial-arts/stunt films made without CGI. Helmed by Panna Rittikrai, the bloke who wrote Ong-Bak, this fist fighter acts as a lesson in exceptional combat choreography. Not that it matters, but the story follows a martial arts team caugh... read moret in an underground gambling death trap. Naturally, the only way to survive is to fight. The incredibly realistic smackdowns are mesmerising, including wildly creative cage-fighting scenes. Most impressive among Rittikrai's stylish arsenal are the long takes during fights, which emphasise the skill and natural fluidity of his charges. Unfortunately, the entertaining action sequences allow no room for any motion of competent acting, plot or logic.
  • May 12, 2011
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    BIG BROTHER Muay-Thai style!! It may not be the plot of the century but its totally kick-butt, bone-breaking with sour facials and pain twisting action!! There are times I'm like, "No way" and times when I'm like "Are you serious? That looked totally real" ... read moreand only to find out that it is!! These guys are 9 of "Tony Jaa's" apprentices!! No wonder it's all real....

    Once the action picks up its a power punching, kicking, elbowing and kneeing, head-butting salad. A tornado of unbelievably cruelty to the body action. Sadly for me the subtitles was a turn off with misspellings and sentences with missing words and even letters replaced with underscores most of the time making no sense, so no use reading it but luckily the action drew me in enough not to give it a miss.

    A very lengthy start for me but I'm glad my patience didn't dwindle too quick which allowed me to hang on until my interest ignited and also the cool trailer I saw. I really enjoyed the fight scenes and the angles and the amazing sacrifices they made to bring us B.K.O. "Bangkok Knock Out!!"
  • April 28, 2011
    Bangkok Knockout is everything director Panna Rittikrai markets it to be.

    The plot is straightforward, and to be quite frank, it is written in a way to highlight the action. The dialogue, the English lines anyway, aren't exceptional by any means and some of the editing

    ... read moreis a little choppy; however, after a brief first act of story and character setup, it is on to the fun.

    The film is a little under an hour and 50 minutes and over half of it is dedicated to the bruising and battering of bodies. The martial arts choreography and stunt-work are excellent without a whole lot of time wasted on replays and slow motion. A very good portion of the fights are high octane adrenaline pumpers. This is what Bangkok Knockout is all about.

    The acting doesn't impress, but at least most of the actors can and do fight. Even the lovely damsels in distress, Pimchanok Leuwisedpaiboon and Supaksorn Chaimongkol, get in on some of the action.

    Bangkok Knockout is simply a film to watch for the action. That's all there is to it.

  • December 26, 2011
    BKO: Bangkok Knockout is a Thailand action movie that would've put Thailand action movie on top of China action movies. Unfortunately great choreograph fights can't make up for the terrible story and bad acting.

    BKO: Bangkok Knockout doesn't have much of a story, it's simply ... read morea martial art team wins a tournament to go to Hollywood, but are kidnapped and have to fight for their lives in some building. That's pretty much it, even the twists aren't even worth noting or how the main villain gets away. The story is does not get any better or have any emotional value to it.

    The action on the other hand is superb. Everyone of the action sequences are well done, though I found the climax a minor disappointment, are thrilling to watch. You won't believe some of the crazy stunts that are in this movie. It's great, unfortunately some of these actors can't act. It's sometime unbearable to watch this movie when no ones fighting on screen. It's a shame that all the great action sequences in this movie have a poorly written story behind it. If you want to watch this, skip to the action because it's the only good thing about this movie.

    BKO: Bangkok Knockout is a Thailand martial art film with it only redeeming value being the action. What could've been one of the greatest martial art film is held back by a terrible story and bad acting.

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