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Only God Forgives

- Time to meet the Devil.

Julian, who runs a Thai boxing club as a front organization for his family's drug smuggling operation, is forced by his mother Crystal to find and kill the individual responsible for his brother's recent death.

Release Date : 2013-05-30

Language :EnglishThai

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : Wild BunchBold FilmsGaumontFilm i VästSpace Rocket NationMotel MoviesFilmklubben production

Production Country : DenmarkFranceSwedenUnited States of America

Alternative Titles :

Cast

Ryan Gosling

Character Name : Julian

Original Name : Ryan Gosling

Gender : Male

Kristin Scott Thomas

Character Name : Crystal

Original Name : Kristin Scott Thomas

Gender : Female

Vithaya Pansringarm

Character Name : Chang

Original Name : วิทยา ปานศรีงาม

Gender : Male

Rhatha Phongam

Character Name : Mai

Original Name : รฐา โพธิ์งาม

Gender : Female

Gordon Brown

Character Name : Gordon

Original Name : Gordon Brown

Gender : Male

Tom Burke

Character Name : Billy

Original Name : Tom Burke

Gender : Male

Byron Gibson

Character Name : Byron

Original Name : Byron Gibson

Gender : Male

Sahajak Boonthanakit

Character Name : Kim

Original Name : สหจักร บุญธนกิจ

Gender : Male

Charlie Ruedpokanon

Character Name : Daeng

Original Name : Charlie Ruedpokanon

Gender : Male

Wannisa Peungpa

Character Name : Kanita

Original Name : Wannisa Peungpa

Gender : Male

Narucha Chaimareung

Character Name : Papa San

Original Name : Narucha Chaimareung

Gender : Male

Danai Thiengdham

Character Name : Waiter / Li Po

Original Name : Danai Thiengdham

Gender : Male

Kowit Wattanakul

Character Name : Choi Yan Lee

Original Name : โกวิท วัฒนกุล

Gender : Male

Wittchuta Watjanarat

Character Name : Ma Fong

Original Name : Wittchuta Watjanarat

Gender : Male

Pitchawat Petchayahon

Character Name : Phaiban

Original Name : Pitchawat Petchayahon

Gender : Male

Nophand Boonyai

Character Name : Charlie Ling

Original Name : นพพันธ์ บุญใหญ่

Gender : Male

Teerawat Mulvilai

Character Name : Ko Sam

Original Name : Teerawat Mulvilai

Gender : Male

Aratchaporn Sathet

Character Name : Po Yan Lee

Original Name : อรัชพร สาเทศ

Gender : Female

Dujdao Vadhanapakorn

Character Name : Concierge

Original Name : Dujdao Vadhanapakorn

Gender : Female

Matthew Ryder

Character Name : Manager

Original Name : Matthew Ryder

Gender : Male

Oak Keerati

Character Name : Porter

Original Name : Oak Keerati

Gender : Male

Sasapin Siriwanij

Character Name : Liang's Sister

Original Name : Sasapin Siriwanij

Gender : Male

Nuntiya Thongnoo

Character Name : Liang's Mother

Original Name : Nuntiya Thongnoo

Gender : Male

Saicheer Wongwirot

Character Name : Gunman

Original Name : Saicheer Wongwirot

Gender : Male

Alisa Wongvisut

Character Name : Singer

Original Name : Alisa Wongvisut

Gender : Male

Byron Bishop

Character Name : Burin

Original Name : Byron Bishop

Gender : Male

Joe Cummings

Character Name : Bar Customer (uncredited)

Original Name : Joe Cummings

Gender : Male

Ron Smoorenburg

Character Name : Muay Thai Fan (uncredited)

Original Name : Ron Smoorenburg

Gender : Male

Reviews

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Per Gunnar Jonsson

@Dark Jedi

2024-05-16

It is an artistically very interesting movie. I would say that the benefit of watching this movie is entirely from the visuals were it excels. Unfortunately after a while the blood-red and, often, bizarre scenes become a bit boring. The story, well you have it in the movie blurb above. There is not much more to it and it is just used to tie the string of artistic expressions of the director/writer together. This is a quite violent movie. The old cop, Chang, gets more than one opportunity to use various sharp instruments, mostly his sword, on various criminal elements and the effects are frequently shown in all their gory glory. What about the actors and their performance? Well it is quite good for this type of movie but having said that the acting mostly consists of various people silently staring at each other. I had quite a bit of difficulty in deciding what rating I should give this movie. If I would go by the visuals only it should be very high but if I would go by the rest of the content it would be rather low. In the end I decided that although I appreciated the artwork I did not really like the movie as a whole that much. Thus it gets 5 out of 10 stars.

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RustyBoi

@RustyBoi

2021-06-23

A challenging piece of cinema. Definitely not for everyone. The cinematography is breathtaking, and the violence is stomach turning. 8/10

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r96sk

@r96sk

2022-03-01

It has all the ingredients that I'd usually love in a film, but the pacing lets it down for me. 'Only God Forgives' is pretty dark and strikingly gory, with the stylish cinematography really shining through to set the right tone. Ryan Gosling, meanwhile, is good in a role which is similar to his one in 2011's 'Drive', which was also directed by Nicolas Winding Refn. Kristin Scott Thomas is solid, though I couldn't get away from the thought that her character was made to be portrayed by Toni Collette. Vithaya Pansringarm plays it cool as his character. All in all, I enjoyed it. I just didn't love it. It's a little too stop/start for my liking, as in it felt like I was watching a series of events as opposed to a fully fleshed out plot; I don't mean that the scenes feel unconnected, it just feels like every scene is too much its own thing in terms of storytelling.