Thai Cinema: Born to Fight (1984)

New episode alert!!!! This time around, Gavin and I discuss the 1984 Thai action film ‘Born to Fight’, directed by and starring The Godfather of Thai action cinema, Panna Rittikrai. In this pioneering effort, we get to see the literal birth of the Thai style of cinematic martial arts action. We talk about everything ranging from the absolutely insane stunt work, the outside influence of Hong Kong cinema (particularly that of Jackie Chan) and the foreshadowing of future efforts by Rittikrai and his stunt team and proteges- specifically the great Tony Jaa. We also want to apologize in advance, as for some unfortunate reason, we had some technical glitches in which there are “audio blanks” where the sound cuts out for 2-3 seconds at a time throughout. If there is anything that gets cut off that you are interested in, please feel free to message us on instagram and we're more than happy to fill in the blanks!