The Bodyguard. No not that one!

Today I spent far too long cleaning. To make up for that amount of sensible I decided I needed the exact opposite of sensible. Which it turns out is the Thai action film: The Bodyguard.

Directed by and starring Petchtai Wongkamlao (Humlae from Ong-bak. You know, the cousin who's "streetwise") it's utterly utterly bonkers.

Within the first 15 minutes we have a massive body count, around 10 wire-work spinning gun shots, the guy the bodyguard is supposed to be protecting being thrown through a wall (by the bodyguard) and a totally improbable midair collision involving 4 exploding cars.

AWESOME.

Be warned. This film is probably really bad. For me it goes all the way round back to good but your mileage may vary. Some of the humour is not at all accessible for a western audience: you've got cultural things that make no sense whatsoever, Thai comedy stars you wont recognise and in-jokes that we're not "in on" at all. Still I found plenty of laugh out loud moments, a highlight for me being a "camp dance-fu" vs "Wushu style" fight.

Definitely recommend it if you don't mind subtitles and are comfortable with not knowing what the hell is going on half the time. It has great OTT action sequences in and some real funny moments. Oh and it has that cute girl from Ong Bak and a Tony Jaa cameo in, so that's a bonus :D.