Province 77

A doubtless sincere attempt to portray the social and cultural difficulties facing hard-working Thais trying to make a living for themselves in the New World: Los Angeles, that is – South Central by the looks of it. So their family restaurant is infected by local lowlifes. And few slouch lower than Jeremy Thana's knuckle-scraping bling-bling gang-banger Goldie. To help out the family business' tax problems, Mike Kingpayom makes the mistake of getting involved with Goldie's drug-dealing schemes. Fortunately, head-down Pete Thongchua is the restaurant dishwasher – you know, like Steven Seagal saying "I'm just the cook" in Under Siege. The bilingual script (by Martin S. Gonzalez) comically overdoses on Anglo-Saxon expletives for the American characters. Director Smith Timsawat provided the story and edited the movie, so the buck presumably stops with him. It's a simplistic little B-picture, attractively shot and apparently seduced by the decadent lifestyle it tries to decry. "Across the world we exist," proclaims an end-title, signalling a seriousness of intent that's belied by the sporadic action.

I was a little harsh on that movie. It's not a masterpiece, but maybe I should've given it a 4 or a 5. I'm pretty sure that some have given this a higher rating, for the fact alone that Candice Michelle is in this. And she shows "what her momma gave her"! ;o) When I first watched the movie, I immediately looked online for Candice M. and her other movie credits. She wasn't even listed in the credits here, so I reported that. I guess you can thank me (and maybe a few other Dudes who found out too), that she's listed here now! Other than that you have some decent action scenes, a plot that isn't half bad (for a b-movie that is) and some (unintentional?) funny lines of dialogue.

If you like your (b-) action movies with a little "spice", than I guess you can watch this. Just don't expect anything special (other than Candice that is! ;o) )