Born to Fight

Infobox Film | name = Born to Fight


caption = Thai movie poster
director = Panna Rittikrai
producer = Prachya Pinkaew,

Sukanya Vongsthapat
writer = Morakat Kaewthanek,
Thanapat Taweesuk,
Panna Rittikrai
starring = Dan Chupong,
Nappon Gomarachun,
Santisuk Promsiri,
Piyapong Piew-on,
Somluck Kamsing,
Kessarin Ektawatkul
music =
cinematography = Surachet Thongmee
editing = Thanapat Taweesuk
distributor = Sahamongkol Film International (Thailand)
released = August 5, 2004 (Thailand)
runtime = 96 min.
language = Thai
budget =
preceded_by =
followed_by =
amg_id = 1:333763
imdb_id = 0428725

"Born to Fight" ("Kerd ma lui") is a 2004 Thai action film directed by Panna Rittikrai. It followed "", on which Panna served as martial arts choreographer, and featured more of his "no strings attached" stuntwork. Many of the actors in "Born to Fight" were Thailand national athletes. The film was a remake in name only of Panna's first film, a B-movie actioner that he made in 1979. While the remake contains a couple of similar stunts to the original, the two films are otherwise vastly unrelated.

The most memorable stunt sequence is in the beginning, where the hero, Diew, battles some thugs on top of two truck trailers rolling side-by-side on a dirt road. As Diew is hanging on to the trailer on the right while the final thug is kicking him, he pulls the thug by the leg, sending him flying towards the trailer on the left before crashing on the road - his head just mere inches away from the right trailer's rear wheels. [ [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rw31GcFqD1o YouTube - Born To Fight (OMG inducing truck scene) ] ]

Plot

Diew, an undercover cop, having just lost his mentor in a raid on an arch-criminal's hideout, decides to take a trip with his sister Nui – a national taekwondo champion – to a rural village with a group of other national athletes of various sports. The bucolic retreat turns ugly when the athletes and villagers are taken hostage by the brutal, heavily armed militia of a drug lord. After learning of the criminals' shocking plans, the cop, the athletes and villagers of all ages resolve to fight back using their unique skills.

Cast

*Dan Chupong as Diew
*Nappon Gomarachun as General Yang
*Santisuk Promsiri as Lowfei
*Piyapong Piew-on as Tun
*Somluck Kamsing as Tup
*Amornthep Waewsang as Moo
*Suebsak Pansueb as Jo
*Nantaway Wongwanichislip as Nye
*Kessarin Ektawatkul as Nui
*Rattaporn Khemtong as Tunta
*Chattapong Pantana-Angkul as Fong
*Sasisa Jindamanee as Baetoey
*Payong Mounda as Village Head
*Swat Hoopsom as Disabled

Casting notes

* BBTV Channel 7 anchors Nilawan Thonglai and Apisamai Srirangson appear as themselves.
* Dan Chupong is a member of Panna's stunt team, Muay Thai Stunt. He previously played "Bodyguard 4" in "", which starred Tony Jaa and featured stunt choreography by Panna.
* Kessarin Ektawatkul (Nui) was a national taekwondo champ.
* Somluck Kamsing was a Muay Thai fighter and gold-medal winning boxer at the 1996 Summer Olympics.
* Piyapong Piew-on was a striker for the Thailand national football team and played professionally for FC Seoul in the K-League in the 1980s.
* Other sports represented include rugby, sepak takraw, soccer, gymnastics and muay Thai (by a young female National Muay Thai Junior Champion and an elderly man).

References

External links

*imdb title|0428725
* [http://www.movieseer.com/MovieProfileBil.asp?moID=3974&Channel=2 Synopsis at Movieseer]