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Seen in Spanish on a nightbus: action scenes were OK, all the rest seemed pretty redundant.
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Rated 2 out of 5 stars
01/24/23
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I enjoyed this movie. It's insane and extremely violent which may not be for everyone, but I dig it. You have to score a basket against Thai fighting basketball players. The critics didn't like it, but they're expecting good acting and storyline. That's not gonna happen with a lot of MA flicks. I don't need a storyline, or good acting! Just action for any reason! Good fights here!
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Rated 3 out of 5 stars
02/04/23
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Shorten the pain, just watch the trailer.
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Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars
02/05/23
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Good basketball/martial arts foreign film..
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Rated 3 out of 5 stars
02/26/23
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Fireball (Kristoffer Tabori, 2009)
Fireball (Thanakorn Pongsuwan, 2009)
There were two movies called Fireball released in 2009. One of them, directed by Kristoffer Tabori (a serviceable TV series director with two big-screen features under his belt), is a Sci-Fi Channel Original Movie starring Lexa Doig. The other is a Thai martial arts film about extreme basketball. I'll give you a few seconds to decide which of them is the better film.
Now that you're done laughing hysterically, we'll continue by noting that the single keyword attached to the American film on IMDB is âpantiesâ?. And I have no idea why, despite watching the DVD version rather than the TV version. Which should tell you how much I remember about this movie. I remember, as I mentioned, that it stars Lexa Doig, whose appearance in a movie immediately sends it into the dumpster (viz. Jason X, her last big-screen appearance for a decade), and has to do with a big, dumb prison escapee (Aleks Paunovic from Wishmaster 4) who finds himself with pyrokinetic abilities. Screenplay was written by Kariag Wenman, who was responsible for such cinematic classics as Intermedio and Confined. Basically, you get what you pay for.
On the other hand there's Fireball the Thai sports flick, and I am able to admit that my weakness for sports films (despite my general dislike of actually watching sports) probably accounts for my liking this more than a lot of people did. It, too, involves Tan, a guy who just got out of prison (Preeti Barameeanat) thanks to his brother Tai basically bribing him out. His brother, however, is now in a persistent vegetative state, and it's up to Tan to figure out why. Thanks to a lead from Tai's girlfriend, he starts hanging around in the same places, and is eventually approached by people who think he's Tan (they're twins) and want him to get back into playing Fireball, a combination of basketball and May Thai where anything goes and billions of dollars are exchanged in underground gambling rings. There's a pretty ridiculous revenge subplot, some cheesy acting, the obligatory woeful subtitles, and the balance of big fight scenes to actual plot advancement is tipped way over, but for simple turn-your-brain-off fun you can do a lot worse than this. Like, for example, Fireball.
Fireball (Tabori): * Â 1/2
Fireball (Pongsuwan): ***
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Rated 3 out of 5 stars
02/11/23
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tom k
A definite guys film. Think basketball meets Fight Club. While the game/fight sequences are entertaining and extremely brutal, that's about all you get. The acting is passable, but ultimately the story is blah and we care nothing for the characters. Watch it for the action only and you won't be let down; if you go in expecting more, you will be disappointed.
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Rated 2 out of 5 stars
03/31/23
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