{"id":50459,"date":"2011-05-14T19:03:13","date_gmt":"2011-05-15T02:03:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.shockya.com\/news\/?p=50459"},"modified":"2011-05-14T19:03:13","modified_gmt":"2011-05-15T02:03:13","slug":"dvd-review-elephant-white","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shockya.com\/news\/2011\/05\/14\/dvd-review-elephant-white\/","title":{"rendered":"DVD Review: Elephant White"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Title: Elephant White<\/p>\n<p>Directed by: Prachya Pinkaew<\/p>\n<p>Starring: Kevin Bacon, Djimon Hounsou and Jirantanin Pitakporntrakul<\/p>\n<p>Running Time: 90 minutes, Rated R,  Available on Blu-Ray<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>An assassin is hired to kill sex slave traders who murdered a girl in Thailand. Djimon Hounsou is Curtie  Church, the assassin and Kevin Bacon is a sly arms dealer Jimmy the Brit.<\/p>\n<p>One of the most excruciating scenes besides watching Hounsou  repeatedly shove a gigantic dirty rag into a Thai prostitute&#8217;s mouth as she&#8217;s going through heroin withdrawals is hearing Kevin Bacon&#8217;s version of a British accent.  What the hell happened to Kevin Bacon? He used to be a bankable actor, but now he&#8217;s fallen into the pit of direct-to-DVD despair along with Cuba Gooding Jr. and Christian Slater.<\/p>\n<p>Director Pinkaew is best known for the cult favorite Ong Bak, which was a great film. Tony Jaa was basically unknown until he was in Ong Bak.  Hiring big name actors does not make for a better film.  Since the venture to western audiences didn&#8217;t work this time, Pinkaew should maybe consider going back to his forte.<\/p>\n<p>This film seemed heavily influenced by Leon: The Professional, however the allegedly 14 year old girl Mae (Jirantanin Pitakporntrakul) doesn&#8217;t want to be trained to be a hitman, but wants to save Curtie&#8217;s soul by spouting Buddhist mysticism.  The paranormal twist at the end along with the life message was kind of a groaner and I would not watch this film again. The action was far from spectacular and the script was completely bland.  I think it was possible Bacon &#038; Hounsou did this film to spread the message of anti-child prostitution and human trafficking, but was it really worth it if nobody sees it?  As long as they feel good about it I guess.<\/p>\n<p>Action: D<\/p>\n<p>Acting: D<\/p>\n<p>Story: F<\/p>\n<p>Total Rating: D<\/p>\n<p>Reviewed by JM Willis<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Title: Elephant White Directed by: Prachya Pinkaew Starring: Kevin Bacon, Djimon Hounsou and Jirantanin Pitakporntrakul Running Time: 90 minutes, Rated R, Available on Blu-Ray An assassin is hired to kill sex slave traders who murdered a girl in Thailand. 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