Not everything has to be sunshine and happiness. Not everything has to have a hero that is a white knight (no pun intended). There can be movies about criminals and their questionable task/search for "justice". Having said that, the movie really will take a lot from the viewer.
You may get invested in a character or two, but that does not mean that character will behave the way you want them too. This is a weird little experiment, a movie that will go sideways, when you expect it to just go straight ahead. You can cherish that or hate it for that ... but it sure makes for one intriguing viewing
Plot summary
A team of former robbers arrived at Paradise: Phuket, southern Thailand. Now traders, they are happy days. Until the day when the devil arrives: Mehdi, sentenced to 15 years in prison during the robbery, comes to recover his share of the cake.
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Paradise Bleak
One of Xavier Durringer's best efforts.
Let's be clear; that's not a great movie, not a masterpiece, but I love this film. Remember J'IRAI AU PARADIS CAR L'ENFER EST ICI?, twenty one years ago, also directed by Durringer and also written by ex con Jean Miez? Here you have another hoodlum tale taking place in Thailand, a place which Durringer has some connections with; check one or two of his past features. In this movie, you have a table conversation scene made with a long shot, as you also had in J'IRAI AU PARADIS, with excellent dialogues and character scenery...As Durringer probably took from Tarantino's RESERVOIR and also a heist that we never saw. That said, back to this movie, that's not a so good film as directing and sometimes acting, but thta's a bloody, drak, bleak and brutal gangster film, in the pure film noir tradition. I highly recommend it for crime films lovers.
One of the few
Netflix shouldn't put such bad movie on shelf. It's one of the worst movie from Netflix cat, pls remove from shelf. Don't ruin own name even it's not Netflix original. No comment on the movie, just bad.