“Legend of the Tsunami Warrior” Thai Theatrical Poster
I watched this film and looked at a few short notes I jotted down. Where should I begin with a review? I admit I watched this twice and still experienced more than a few WTF moments.
The premise is very broadly based on a mythical place and time with a kingdom on the sea. Okay, I can follow that. I guess. There are three princesses, or sisters, or maybe one is a queen and the other two are princesses… who rule over the kingdom. Anyway, that’s the least of the problems!
I listened carefully as the director explained how he wanted to create something different. Well, by golly, he sure got his wish! I don’t mind different, but this movie borders on incomprehensible! Director Nonee Nimibutr was excited to bring about the first fantasy based historical, kind of medium sized epic, but with action too movie. WTF? If you watch this, you too will be having those moments. If there were any real situation to draw from, the subject would have been far more interesting.
The three royal rulers have to combine forces and work together to, uhm… oh yeah, protect their kingdoms. Everyone seems to have a cannon fetish. Everyone has cannons. Lots of cannons. Some of the cannons have dragon heads, others are all shiny, and one or two are even pulled up from the ocean floor. These people need cannons! This should have been called “Cannons of the Fish Warriors.”
If you are looking for Dan Chupong, he isn’t hard to find. Early on, he saves the Queen from an assassination attempt, but he is burned by acid, leaving a scar on his face. No problem, says the queen, so they stick him in a cheap, silverish mask that covers half his face. I’m not sure if he wanted to be noticed or if he was trying to hide.
There are some fights, but they are shot so poorly that it’s hard to see anything. One of the princesses marries a ruler from another region so that she can bring home… yes, more cannons!
Oh yes, and our hero. How could I forget him? He has a lot of baggage, but he can still study the magic of being at one with the fish and other critters in the water. He doesn’t raise any tsunamis or even a mild hurricane. There are some fairly interesting shots of underwater plant life. Wait… back to looking for cannons!
Our hero doesn’t really do much with his powers. He waits until half the peasants are dead and then yells from his stomach, and Moby Dick or some other creature shows up after most of the dirty work is done.
He does say he will go live in the sea, and I hope to God that means there will not be a sequel!
JJ Hatfield’s Rating: 3.5/10
If only “Legend of the Tsunami Warrior” had been half as entertaining as your review, JJ Hatfield. As you say, no tsunami just many many cannons. I am sure that Dan Chupong was trying to hide. This film was so bad I did not even care about him or anyone else. Actually I kept hoping for a tsunami, a really big one, that would take out all 3 kingdoms, especially their cannons. Break up those cannons on the sea floor, so they can not go get those things and bring them back up.
Thanks! Well if the movie sucks I try to at least inject something good into the review. With my natural leanings I tend to go with sarcasm. That was a bit difficult with the Fish Warriors as it was so over the top anyway.
Dan Chupong was the best thing about it and he literally doesn’t have enough room to act or fight because of the little holes they left in the cgi to insert the scenes.
Apparently those canons are damned long lived in usefulness.
lol@ tsunami taking out all the kingdoms. Alas the hero didn’t even create a decent surfing wave.
I agree, this movie was a stinker, though I enjoyed it at least a little more than you did based on your score. I’ll admit I’m a sucker for movies where people use animals as an offensive weapon, so I liked the sea creature action at the end ;D
I wish they had brought in the sea creature much earlier! Was that supposed to be a really big stingray?
Really though I expected and would have welcomed some sea action! I thought the “hero” would learn some “art” and when necessary might oh I don’t know – maybe use a tsunami to wipe out bad guys! No such luck, lol. Even some dolphins, or rallying a bunch of jellyfish to attack the bad guys!
I’m glad you enjoyed it more than I did, as you noted I didn’t like it much at all. And I don’t mind creatures, they should have had more screen time. : )