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
