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The Thais did it again. The description for this is accurate. It's a comedy, action and crime all rolled into one. A lady gets laid off from the company she works for and then opens her door to find a box with money in it. First 2 people that tried to retrieve it wound up dead and then the conga line of dead people continues as they not only try to get the money back but kill her also and they all fail. The ending wound up with a complete bloodbath. If there is a 2nd season to this series please release it quickly. I am still waiting for season 3 of girl from nowhere another Thai hit. I hope that either that was the ending or if they are going to continue not to wait to long. The lead actress is cute also. I am will be waiting to see what they do with this.

The title pretty much says it all. "6ixtynin9" is a story about a woman who recently got laid off from her job and finds a mysterious parcel outside her door. This event triggers a ripple effect that affects the lives of many groups of people in the span of just 24 hours.

It's an eccentric and delightfully dark and offbeat series that exceeded my expectations, with the occasional well-known Thai humor that lightens the mood. While it ventures into the realm of being downright absurd at some parts, there isn't a moment that bores me.

You'll like it if you love quirky and dark films like "Snatch."

The title of the review pretty much suggests how subpar and uninteresting it was to watch this series, especially because the trailer and plotline had grabbed my interest quite a bit.

Thriller-mystery genre is easy to nail because of the fast pace of story, easy and attention grabbing plotline; and the nail-biting, heart escalating curiosity to conclude and reach climax. But unfortunately the story did not have a single quality as mentioned. It will be an understatement to say the least, that I felt like giving up straight after the first episode because the pace was slow, storyline felt weak from get go and failed to hook our attention and create the need to root for any character. You can literally skip majority of the scene (maybe even episodes, considering there there are only 6) and have no effect to the flow or continuity of the story. That is exactly how much the script lacks.

Despite of this issue I continued though the suffering in hope that it will pick up the speed.

Neither I got to know about the motivation of characters behind any action, nor could the storyline build any connection with any character that we should be invested in. The mystery component remained predictable and pointless to the highest extent. The adult and gore content that was shown barely had anything to do with the plotline. So much so that as a viewer it is impossible to decide where to label this series in terms of genre. There was a supernatural element attached to the story which also seemed pointless. The only redeeming quality was probably the camera work and to some extent the acting of the main lead. Over all it was a snooze fest and felt like a task to reach the end rather than entertainment

Overall the series could do better as a 20 minute short movie with the amount of plotline it was able to show over the course of 6 episodes.

This is so brilliant it simply oozes cool from every single pore

The way the story unfolds the way actors move the scenes in heaven all of it is sheer brilliance I am now watching the 1999 film Ruang talok 69 (1999)it was based on

that too is pretty much the same but they updated it and wrote into it all the current dissent between the establishment and the youth very cunningly as almost any protest in Thailand is seen as a crime by mentioning by showing TV footage of the Hong Kong situation between the Chinese state and the students there.

So hardly any mention of the current chasm between the 20-year-olds and the geriatrics and Royal Court with its antiquated rules whereby criticising the king on Facebook can land you in prison for life and other ludicrous legislation which belongs to the Middle Ages.

The main actress Davika Hoorne here is absolutely excellent most of the other main players are also extremely good some of the scenes you're seeing there are so original to Western viewers That they will make your head spin.

• I've become instantly a fan.

Highly highly recommended. This is dark Humour at its best with the accent on humour.

PS and the soundtrack and use of incidental scores is corking all the way through.

This series portrays Thai culture to the max! There is bribery with bags of money. There is an insurance company where the employees wear orange jackets. During the pandemic, in Thailand insurance companies almost went broke with all the Covid insurance payments they had to make. One did go bankrupt. The government had to force them to make payments. In the series they mention the saying "juh jai jop." It doesn't translate as funny in English "get Covid, insurance pays, end." All this from real life was used in the series, although it doesn't translate well. However in the Thai language it is hilarious. TH Dave Chaichanbutr as Sonny is great! He is in the police force in real life. He's not an actor! All the actors did an excellent job. The series had subtle humor and reflected the many quirks of Thai life, from people playing chess all day in a parking garage, to the different groups wearing different color uniforms, to the giggling girls who turn nasty - but it's so funny! Of course, meanwhile, protests are going on. Director Pen-Ek Ratanaruan did a magnificent job, especially since this is a remake of his old movie. He made it into so much more. It's great!