Headshot

Name: Headshot
Genre: Drama, Thriller, Crime
Released: September 28, 2012
Duration: 105 min
Rating: 60
Cast: Apisit Opasaimlikit, Chanokporn Sayoungkul, Nopachai Chaiyanam, Sirin Horwang

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Kino Lorber | Release Date: September 28, 2012 | Not Rated

Starring: Apisit Opasaimlikit, Chanokporn Sayoungkul, Nopachai Chaiyanam, Sirin Horwang

Summary: Present day Thailand is rife with corruption. Tul, a straight-laced cop, is blackmailed by a powerful politician and framed for a crime he did not commit. Disillusioned and vengeful, he is soon recruited to become a hit-man for a shadowy group aimed at eliminating those who are above the law. But one day, Tul is shot in the head during anPresent day Thailand is rife with corruption. Tul, a straight-laced cop, is blackmailed by a powerful politician and framed for a crime he did not commit. Disillusioned and vengeful, he is soon recruited to become a hit-man for a shadowy group aimed at eliminating those who are above the law. But one day, Tul is shot in the head during an assignment. He wakes up after a three-month coma to find that he sees everything upside-down, literally. Unaware of whether the condition is medical or a result of karmic retribution, Tul begins to have second thoughts about his profession. But when he tries to quit, roles are reversed, and the hunter becomes the hunted. Then he meets a girl who turns his world even more upside down. Can Tul find redemption from the violence that continues to haunt him? [Kino Lorber]… Expand

Director: Pen-Ek Ratanaruang

Genre(s): Drama, Thriller, Crime

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 105 min

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Eric Hynes

Sep 25, 2012

The most "Naked City"–worthy aspect is the film's temperature, fixed precisely between cool posturing and broiling anomie. Its vision of contemporary Thailand is recognizable as another society undeserving of redemption, but worthy of poetry. Read full review

Elise Nakhnikian

Sep 24, 2012

This "Buddhist film noir," as writer-director Pen-ek Ratanaruang calls it, is surprisingly slow-moving and soulful for a film full of double-crosses and cold-blooded killing. Read full review

Alan Scherstuhl

Sep 25, 2012

The awesome shit's awesome; the ponderous is ponderous; and the bloody corpses are arranged as artfully as wedding bouquets. Read full review

Manohla Dargis

Sep 27, 2012

A dreamy, elliptical neo-noir about a cop turned killer turned something else altogether. Read full review

Alison Willmore

Sep 26, 2012

Headshot is, unfortunately, far better with ideas than with narrative. Read full review

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beeanadou

Jul 11, 2018

One of the most underestimated Thai films. There are certain logical flaws and some parts too perfect to be true,still, it's an outstanding movie. I don't reckon the police himself is looking for some sort redemption, but, rather sacrificing himself to let justice prevail,and this belief letOne of the most underestimated Thai films. There are certain logical flaws and some parts too perfect to be true,still, it's an outstanding movie. I don't reckon the police himself is looking for some sort redemption, but, rather sacrificing himself to let justice prevail,and this belief let him down into the pitfall.… Expand

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