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Chit has a
serious money problem. His family is broke
and wants him to send more money, his girlfriend broke
up with him since he couldn't make her a star and on
top of all of this, he just got fired from his dead
end job. One day he receives a phone call saying that
he's been selected for a game show where he can win
100 million baht. He agrees to go along with it as he
only has to complete thirteen challenges to win the
cash prize. The catch? The challenges get more and
more extreme every time he completes a task.
I've been putting off watching this for quite some time
now since it didn't really look like a horror flick to
me. Well, since I received yet another DVD release of
this movie this week from Singapore, I decided that it
was finally time to check it out. Man am I ever so
happy that I did. 13 Beloved is an extremely underrated
Thai thriller with a great story that grabs you from
the moment that it starts until the end credits start
to roll. And yeah, I was indeed right, 13 Beloved is
not a horror movie, it's an intense thriller but I
have a strong feeling that it will appeal to many horror
fans out there so that's why I'm going to go ahead and
review it anyway.
Phuchit is broke, and I mean really broke. You can't
help but to feel sorry for this poor guy. He's got a
big heart and just wants everyone around him to be happy,
but good things never come to good people. Things go
from bad to worse when he gets fired from his job, but
a phone call the same day will change his entire life.
An unidentified person tells him that he's been
selected to participate in a game show where he has
to complete thirteen tasks in order to win one hundred
million baht. If he fails to do so, he will win nothing.
He decides to go along with it as desperate as he is.
Besides, the challenges seem fairly simple, killing
and eating a fly for fifty thousand baht isn't much to
ask for. Unfortunately for him, the challenges become
more and more extreme as he goes along.
13 Beloved is a top-notch thriller which deserves
standing ovations for its cleverness and unexpected
twists. There's only one thing about it that bothered
me. Every once in a while, the movie attempted to be
funny. It didn't work at all. Why they decided to do
this is beyond me. That's the only issue that I had
with this movie though. Other than that, 13 Beloved
is a great thriller with a very likeable main
character who I quickly rooted for. This guy is
butchering people like there's no tomorrow and I'm
sitting here hoping that he will win the money, how
screwed up is that? That just goes to show how great
the script for this movie is. Even though the entire
thing is morally wrong, you can't help but to root
for poor Phuchit who's doing everything he can to win
the big cash prize.
Ultimately, I really loved 13 Beloved (or 13 Game Of
Death as it's also known as). It's a classy, top-notch
thriller which is widely underrated. Even if you're
a hardcore horror fan, I'm sure that you will be able
to enjoy this clever little thriller with more brains
than most Hollywood thrillers these days. If you do
decide to check it out, which I hope that you will,
ask yourself a question after you're done watching
this film - what would you do for a million dollars?
A rotten body and half a head chopped off. Decent.
Tight score which served the movie perfectly. Just
as good as the movie itself.
13 Beloved is an extremely clever thriller and beats
the crap out of most thrillers that Hollywood produces
these days. It'll grab you from the moment that it
starts until it finally lets go. The ending is a bit
disappointing but nevertheless ever so surprising and
the humour wasn't much appreciated by me, but this is
still a top-notch thriller so don't miss it.
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