Audio Format: DD 5.1, DTS ES 6.1
Video Format: Full Screen
Languages: Thai
Subtitles: English, Chinese, Malay
Region Code: ALL, PAL
Year Made: 2004
Please note: Please verify that PAL formatted DVD will play on your machine prior to purchasing this title. (PAL TV and DVD players required.)
The Bodyguard is the directorial debut by Thai comedian Petchtai Wongkamlao (a.k.a. Mum Jokmok), best known to audiences outside Thailand as "Dirty Balls" from Ong Bak. It's a spoof of action/gangster movies, most notably those from Hong Kong. As such, it was pretty easy to follow the plot even though the Thai DVD doesn't have subtitles. Basically, a gang boss is assassinated despite the best efforts of his bodyguard (played by the director).
The boss's son is then attacked and loses his memory (meeting and falling for a paramedic played by Pumwaree Yodkamol, also from Ong Bak), and the bodyguard finds himself marked as well. Being a "dangerous hero", he doesn't opt to take this lying down. I'm sure there's more subtlety to it than that if you understand what they're saying, but it was easy enough to get the general gist of the matter. On the other hand, being a comedy and a parody means that understanding the plot is only a fraction of appreciating the film, and obviously a lot of the jokes were wasted.
