Bangkok Love Story
I've just watched Thai film Bangkok Love Story and I want to get my first impressions down "on paper", I might come back to them later for a second pass. (Edit: I've since realised that the translator on the youtube video I watched has given the characters Chinese names for some reason. Apologies if this gets confusing.) Summary: Assassin-for-hire Yun barely eeks out a living from his job, and has to support his mother and brother Wu who are both terminally ill. Fed up, he decides he will quit and take his family with him to hide out in the country. He is given one final assignment to kidnap a young military officer Shi. When handing over Shi to his employer, Yun is horrified to discover the truth behind the kidnapping and things turn very ugly. Yun and Shi have to escape together and hide out in Yun's squat. Facing certain death at the hands of Yun's employer if they go outside, the two men are forced to live together for an extended period, and soon fall...