Hell (2005)

It's not great by any means, but it's a pretty good movie that didn't leave me filled with regret for investing time in it.

It's funny, it's tense, it features two great performances from two actors and the director expertly creates a web of odd tension where you actually don't know what is happening for the majority of the run time.

The storyline feels a little thin and moth-eaten in parts but this sequel is plenty of fun.

It is neither dumb nor smart enough to be fun, and spends way too much time with its boring human characters.

At first I didn't like this filmBut after viewing it a few times it started to grab my mind for a whileFirst of all the movie is set hell, and of course that is a place nobody wants to go, and this movie kinda show why one shouldn't be there, it's very dark, the sins that is portrayed are very brutal, and it seem no way to be redeemed even if you risk your life so save your friend (two character did that but still got to pay for their sins)But I like the idea that the main characters who ended up in hell actually try to escape even a place like that where everything seems hopeless, is show how strong the will power can go.It's not a masterpiece but it's a guilty pleasure and I recommend this film just for that but not for sensitive viewers

I enjoyed the wild ride that is Hell. I'm not saying this is a great movie, it's not, but it was an interesting 90 minute Thai excursion into Hell.I don't know a lot of the Thai culture so I'm sure some of the subtleties were missed on me, but my Christian background more then made up for the holes that I saw.The cgi effects were pretty bad, but not every movie is a 100 million dollar Hollywood blockbuster, so that's OK. The over all look of the movie, obtained by filtering the lens and funky colors in the studio, was effective. Some of the scenes in Hell were quite graphic, so I was impressed by them.One real complaint that I have, is that I wish the Sanskrit speeches were translated with the rest of the dialog.

I have thought that a recent film from Thailand on a promising subject could be interesting, but the result was awful with such a bad movie that it nearly made me laugh.The film is sucking firstly for its childish moral lessons that it tries to give (don't drink too much, don't break others' hearts; or you'll end up in hell), then for all the stereotype and one-dimension characters, then for the bad acting, then for its loose scenario, and then for its effects and visuals. It reminded me "plan 9" of ed wood and some funny-looking costume adventure of the Turkish cinema in sixties. But it is made in the 21st century! Don't waste your time...

Both me and my compadre had some serious expectations for this film. It fell short of those expectations but it still managed to entertain.First the disappointments. The characters were all stereotypes. Some aspects didn't make sense and some twists were predictable.. The moralistic scenes tended to drag a bit. Finally, the demons and the devil were kind of a let down from a European standpoint; however this movie is from Thailand, so maybe the scariest things the writers could drum up were barbarians.This movie did show interesting mythology, and hell is truly a loathsome place to be. The torture was hard to watch, and the boiling oil effects were extra neat. Some parts were truly inspired, such as the scene with the ghoulish children. The fun in this film is the campiness, which is bad because a truly terrifying and nightmarish film on hell has yet to be made, but is good because the film does deliver entertainment. You get the feeling that if the movie was taken seriously it would suck just by how the dramatic scenes are so hammy. Anyway, I thought this film was pretty entertaining.