O' Lucky Man
Directed: Teerani Tamrongwinichai
Starring: Sam Chotibund, 'Ploy' Lila Boonyasak, Jutarat
Atthakorn, Ackarat Nitipol.
Running Time: 91 minutes
Year: 2003
This movie is just stupid
enough to be rather fun for the first 50 minutes before it unfortunately
starts falling back on traditional romantic plotlines that leave you struggling
to get to the finish line. Once you get there you are rather sorry you did.
Tasteless sexual adolescent comedy has clearly become a cross-border phenomenon
as evidenced recently by Korea’s “Sex is Zero” and now this Thai film. As
tasteless and silly as it is I found it energetically and visually amusing
at times and only wished it had kept at that pace and regimen till the end.
There are also a bountiful bevy of beauties passing through that give this
film an eye candy thumbs up – if that sort of thing interests anyone of course!
Em (Sam Chotibund) is a
software designer working on a program that allows one to dream whatever
you want – his test run has him in a kickboxing ring against a flurry of
stunners – but there is still a bug in the program apparently as they beat
the crap out of him. The lovely and seductive company owner (Jutarat Atthakorn)
gives Em a wink and a week to fix the program. Em though is as he admits
a sexaholic – one night stands with quick pickups in bars and discos is his
operating model – and this begins causing him havoc in his life.
One evening while attempting
to pleasure his latest conquest under the sheets, he comes face to face with
God who tells him that he has to stop his nocturnal activities and only have
sex with someone he loves – or else. The or else turns out to be things like
sleeping with a transsexual, necking in a car with a mafia head’s wife, a
psychopath with a long blade and a tube of crazy glue that was mistaken for
lubrication. His friend suggests that to break his sexual needs he should
start hanging out with their co-worker Milli. Milli (Lila Boonyasak) is so
ugly that when she comes into the office in the morning everyone has to put
on special glasses that cover her blemishes or they fear they will be cursed
for life. Of course we all know that under that wart and face full of pimples
is a complete knockout just waiting to emerge.
My rating for this film:
5.0
