A Trailer For Chartchai Maliwan's Dead End!

That was really cool!

Hmmmmmmmm... First off, I hope they aren't actually going to use the same single sound effect over and over again like they do in this trailer.

Secondly, while there are some impressive moves here and there, the actual fight choreography looks depressingly slow, and I couldn't help but think while watching that scene where Michael B is jumping around the pile of cars... "Man, Tony Jaa would be doing this MUCH more quickly". Heck, I think even Jackie Chan at his current age could've pulled off that scene with a greater sense of rythm and fluidity.

Plus, I don't know what it is, but it bugs the hell out of me whenever I see Ron Smoorenburg now. Kind of strange, since I loved his performance in "Who Am I?"

So... not really expecting anything from this, apart from the occasional "My god, have they no regard for human life?!?" moments that Thai action cinema does oh so well.

Films like Ong Bak and Born to Fight have definitely done some good in terms of revitalizing interest in no-wires, no-cg heavey-hitting stunts and realistic looking impacts, but the lack of inventive choreography and some terrible plots are really starting to wear thin. Tony Jaa really needs to make that movie with Yuen Wo-Ping that they've been rumoring about.

Something to keep in mind with this is that the film just started shooting, so what you're seeing is totally raw footage, possibly even test footage to secure financing. Considering who the fight choreographer is I expect this to be totally old school, but Maliwan's got enough chops that the final edits should look much better than this ...

Raw footage or not, it still looked pretty bad. It's like they're trying to find the next Tony Jaa, but it just isn't happening. This guy is SLOW, and everyone around him is SLOW. The stunts shown don't look impressive (how slow could he possibly climb that wall of cars?), and the moves are ho-hum. We've seen this before, guys. I wanted to stop watching the trailer after a minute.

There trying to make too many superstarts overninght.Tony jaa is a rare breed of special martials arts superstars like jackie, sammo yuen biao.Theses guys must understand that they cant put a random guy on a film set and try to copy tony jaas moves, and posssible think that they gonna be the next big thing.Born to fight was a good film and not because of dan chupong, but because of the amazing stunts that took you back to the 80's when thy three brothers were creating history, especially jackie with police story and project A stunts. From the trailer is looks really s***. Especially when the guys hitting the big baddie, which lacks power, rhthym and reaction from the baddies.Hope they save this film.Thanks.

looked really unconvincing, poor quality skills. hated the dubbed sound effects.

Ditto. Looked lackluster. And who's the assosiate professor marked beneath the director in the credits?

When I was reading the comments, I thought, "It can't be that bad." It is that bad. Damn, that was bad. I hope that's just test footage, because it was slow, boring, and there was no impact. In Tony's movies and Born to Fight, it looks like people are actually beating the crap out of each other. This is like the American stuff where when they throw punches, the person's fist is about a foot away from the other person's face.

The next Tony Jaa in the making? I don't think so. This guy is slow and sloppy. Then again, Tony Jaa was hardly an overnight success. He worked hard to get to the place that he is in, now.
I'm a hobby martial artist and even I can move better than he can.

Its not a masterpiece action film from the looks of the trailer but there was some great fall stunts. I can see why some would take issue with the fight cheography but take the good with the bad. I kept my expectation low before seeing this so I wasn't too picky. Far from prefect so far but still decent.

Man, you guys are being hard on this. Wait until they get the film processed and edited properly with something other than master shots. As for the guy's speed ... well, it's not like Ong Bak is exactly short on film speed manipulation. Jaa's got some technical help there. And people suggesting that this is some sort of manufactured knock off of Ong Bak just plain confuse me ... this is literally one of the guys who created Tony Jaa. No Maliwan, no Pechpanna, and Ong Bak never, ever happens. I'm not saying this is going to match Ong Bak, but you're jumping to some pretty harsh conclusions very early ...

Anyway ... that trailer is pretty much definitely demo reel. Got word that 'proper' shooting is starting this month and they don't expect to wrap principal photography until September. And for a quick demo shot fast and cheap, that reel's pretty impressive ...

The scene with the cars is pretty raw actually, I am a big Tony Jaa fan and i know that this guy isnt close to Jaa, but who knows, when the finished product is done, it could be a descent flick. The fighting also doesn't look has good as Ong Bak or Tom Yum Goong, but it kind of has the same feel to it, it could turn heads. I dont think people should be looking for a new Tony Jaa when he still has alot of great movies ahead of him. I also didnt like how the Choreographer used the same moves that Jaa does in his films, some of that stuff is awsome, but i have seen it all already. If i want to see amazing acrobatics and fights i will watch Jaa. This film lacts originality.