One Take Only

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Audience Member I'd like to say that this was a very early piece of work from Oxide Pang but this film was done only one year before his film The Eye. It's night and day in terms of technical prowess and storytelling. Where The Eye is superbly frightening One Take Only seems amateur in comparison. Pang's use of silly music numbers (though I did enjoy the songs) seemed completely out of place. They were poorly done and didn't add anything to the film. I'd say this would be Pang's version of Trainspotting but comparing the two would be a diservice to the great Danny Boyle film. Both films combine music, drugs, violence and sex to form the basis of their film but where Trainspotting does it intelligently, One Take Only just seems to throw it in a blender without any concept of the end product. The basic story of One Take Only is ok. It's nothing special but it is still enjoyable if not somewhat predictable. I wouldn't recommend the film but if you're looking for something in this genre, you could do much worse. Rated 2/5 Stars •  Rated 2 out of 5 stars 01/28/23 Full Review Audience Member Pang over uses flashy editing and camera angles and the soundtack is very annoying. Rated 2/5 Stars •  Rated 2 out of 5 stars 02/27/23 Full Review Audience Member Basic and simple storyline and plot showing a slice of Thai underclass. I thought Pom was played perfectly and the movie is filled with many small scenes where the sum is greater than its parts in this Thai drama. The chemistry is definitely there between the 2 characters, and although the movie reaches a predictable outcome, I appreciated the poignant scenes with the little streetgirl. Don't expect much as this is a small movie but to me was enjoyable to watch for Pom's performance. Rated 3/5 Stars •  Rated 3 out of 5 stars 01/27/23 Full Review Audience Member I thought it was going to be an action movie, but it's a drama. It's pretty depressing, but there's aspects of happiness in the ending. Maybe that street girl won't become a prostitute! *Titanic music plays* Rated 2.5/5 Stars •  Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 01/21/23 Full Review Audience Member Los retos del director hongkonés Oxide Pang Chung con este, en apariencia, convencional melodrama romántico, no son pocos: tener que seguir una desenfrenada narrativa videoclipera, y el explorar los recovecos de la convulsionada mente y personalidad de un joven, Bank (Pawarith Monkolpisit), con sus sádicos delirios. Un personaje bien construido, a pesar de las cortas expectativas que su nombre pueda arrojar. Y si por momentos One Take Only (2001), parece un vídeo musical de MTV, es loable el control que mantiene Pang en su peculiar manera de narrar los encuentros y desencuentros de Bank, un traficante de drogas en las calles de Bangkok, y una prostituta adolescente, Som (Wanatchada Siwapornchai), jovencita que lleva una doble vida, alternando con ocasionales salidas con sus amigas, quienes nada saben de la profesión de su amiga. Sin duda, una película con altas y bajas, que muestra la fascinación de Pang por filmar en Tailanda y su capital. Desaprovecha muchos personajes secundarios interesantes (esa amiga de Som, cuyo rostro evidencia un problema grave, pero que nunca toma forma, la niña que vende adornos descalza en la calle, ese amigo de Bank que lo acompaña en las entregas de droga), debido a que prefiere concentrarse más en arranques visuales que entorpecen el buen desarrollo de la película. Más en pantallanueve.blogspot.com Rated 2/5 Stars •  Rated 2 out of 5 stars 01/16/23 Full Review Audience Member I didn't like it..storyline was..uhh...boring..nothing exciting..I wasted my time by watching this movie. Rated 2/5 Stars •  Rated 2 out of 5 stars 01/15/23 Full Review Read all reviews

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