Seis nueve: La serie

Just came out of netflix today out of the blue and i just watch the first 30 minutes if its any good and boy this Series from thailand is just crazy. I will binge watch it because it only has 6 episodes. Just like in the description of the series that her life goes upside down when she receives a package in her front door after getting laid off from her job. Every episode so far im like how is she gonna get out of this mess. Whoever wrote this script and directed should be applauded for the story, plot, great acting and something new to offer. This is the first film from thailand that i really really like. Usually movies from Thailand that comes out are ghost, romantic type stuff but this series blows my mind away. Im the first one to review this series and i havent even finished yet and i think the last 2 episodes will be a cliff hanger.

As this Thai drama begins the manager at an insurance company is telling employees that due to economic problems twelve of them are being made redundant. One of those let go is a woman named Toom, she returns home to apartment 6. The number is relevant as the number on her door has become loose and often drops down and appears to be '9'. Elsewhere a Muay Thai competition is taking place and one of the bouts is thrown. Obviously money is changing hands and a bag containing one million baht is to be sent to apartment 9. It is accidentally left outside Toom's flat. Her life is about to get very complicated as inevitably the crooks want it back.

I thought this series was a lot of fun, and not at all what I was expecting. The drama is enjoyable and provides plenty of dark comedy as the body count rises. The characters are a lot of fun; the villains have a pantomime quality so even when they do some fairly unpleasant things it doesn't get too disturbing. There is also a good level of comedy; including fairly surreal scenes as the recently deceased arrive to be processed in the afterlife. I didn't expect any sex or nudity but there is quite a bit of both and it is a bit gratuitous. The cast is solid, especially Davika Hoorne who is great as protagonist Toom. Overall I'd recommend this to people looking for something a little different.

These comments are based on watching the series in Thai with English subtitles.

When watching this series, one often wonders whether it is an exceptionally amateurish series or an eccentrically, good series. Just when you think you've found the answer, you have to change your mind again after a while. And Again and again.

The plot of the series is rather used. Nothing new there. It's more about the way it's done. Despite the initial faults, I ended up watching the whole series. Despite all its faults, it was entertaining. The series was also such that you could really expect anything from the next scene. This also made me want to keep watching.

The series had partly a weirdly good '80s synth soundscape. Unfortunately, this was not relied on enough, but was interspersed with traditional melodramatic piano thumping and strings. What a let down.

Series also featured the world's most picked door lock, the world's longest made tiny tattoo and the longest strangulation scene without death.

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!

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."