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It’s been less than a decade since Netflix first became available in Thailand and only six years since it made its Thai-based production debut with the drama series “The Stranded” but, as it revealed in its first-ever Impact Report on Wednesday, the streamer is clearly just getting started in the country.

The report, “Netflix in Thailand: Supporting the Future of Local Storytelling,” was unveiled at a press event at the 515 Victory event space in Bangkok with Thai government officials, filmmakers, press members and Netflix executives in attendance.

Netflix invested $200 million in Thai-based productions, which resulted in 20 films and series and employed 13,500 cast and crew across all levels of the creative industry between 2021 and 2024, according to the report, which also pointed out that the streamer has regularly licensed existing Thai titles that have also been a part of the programming slate.

Its 2025 slate consists of nine local originals, including six films and three series.

South Korea’s K-Movie Entertainment is to handle international sales of Thai horror Our House and is introducing the upcoming feature to buyers at Filmart.

It marks just the third non-Korean title to be handled by the Seoul-based firm after animation Synchronize and live-action horror Operation Undead.

The story centres on a successful sales executive and his pregnant wife who find their dream home. But after moving in, strange occurrences begin to happen, while a mysterious connection between the husband and the house next door emerges.

The screenplay is based on a true story that was first told on The Ghost Radio,...

Adapted from Netflix’s first ever Thai TV series called “Bangkok Breaking”, the film adaptation is an action-packed, explosive-laden romp that will leave many viewers out of breath. Just a shame that the confusing story and every repeated attempt at drama and emotionality fail to keep up.

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The story follows Wanchai, a paramedic with a big heart working tirelessly to save lives in Bangkok. In this new adventure, Wanchai gets caught up in the kidnapping of a billionaire’s child and ends up deep within a hellish public housing estate. Saddled with a bumbling trainee nurse and a ruthless killer for hire, Wanchai must save the child and find a way out while escaping the myriad thugs hard on their heels.

As a feature film and action movie, “Bangkok Breaking” performs very well and is great technical work from...

Sukollawat Kanarot stars as Wanchai, a former Emt whose life undergoes dramatic changes in Bangkok Breaking: Heaven and Hell. We first meet him attempting to save lives in the midst of a violent protest torn Raumjai community. Defying orders to protect others, his heroism costs him his job.

Struggling aftermath, Wanchai turns to food delivery to make ends meet. But one routine delivery pulls him directly into danger. While witnessing a kidnapping, Wanchai bears unwitting witness to a crime carried out by local gang members Sin and Bank.

With little choice, Wanchai becomes embroiled in a high-stakes chase when the criminals hold him and inexperienced nurse Meiji hostage in an ambulance. Having seen Sin abduct a wealthy family’s daughter, Wanchai and Meiji find themselves targets of gangs, police, and those hunting the missing child.

Thrust into a maze of threats within the slums of Raumjai, controlled by its own criminal overlords,...

“Nobody Wants This” debuted at No. 1 on Luminate’s weekly rankings of streaming original viewership, tying last week’s top title — “Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story” — each with a strong 1.7 billion minutes.

A rom-com series starring Kristen Bell and Adam Brody, “Nobody Wants This” achieved that total in its first full week of availability on Netflix, while “Monsters” was in its second full week, having debuted at No. 1 with 2.7 billion minutes watched during the Sept. 20-26 viewing window.

The third-most-watched title of the week was Netflix's Vince McMahon docuseries "Mr. McMahon," which hit 765.6 million mintues watched in its first full week of availability. It was followed by Season 2 of "Tulsa King," which released its third episode during this window and hit 568.5 million minutes watched. "Tulsa King" Season 1 also made the chart this week, landing at No. 7 with 228.5 million minutes watched.

"The Perfect Couple" was the No. 5 title of...

South Korean sales outfit K-Movie Entertainment has boarded upcoming Thai animation Synchronize and is introducing the title to buyers at the Asian Contents & Film Market (Acfm) in Busan.

It marks just the second non-Korean title to be handled by the Seoul-based firm after live-action horror Operation Undead, which it launched at the EFM in February.

Set in the near future, the action sci-fi feature takes place in a Bangkok split between a utopia and crumbling dystopia. The story follows Nana, a hunter with a mission to track down those with special powers and those who are corrupted by the power.

It seems pretty clear these days that governments around the world often exploit the poor by uprooting them from their homes to build flashy high-rise buildings or even temples, all in the name of “progress” and they do not even consider the situation of the helpless people they displace or show any real concern for their well-being. In the movie Bangkok Breaking: Heaven and Hell, directed by Kome Kongkiat Komesiri, this exact situation takes place, in a small housing village in Thailand, the government signs a deal with a construction company called Idea Tech, led by CEO Mr. Wichai to build a world-class community complex, but to do that, they plan to kick out the people who’ve been living there for ages. Obviously, this created a lot of chaos among the locals, and the villagers started to protest. They had a feud with the police sent by the government,...

Bangkok Breaking: Heaven and Hell revolves around a girl named Duangkamol, and through this cast and character guide, we will learn about those responsible for her kidnapping, and about who ultimately saves the day by bringing her back to her father. The story points out the reason, why we should fight against justice and standup against exploitation in our lives. It might not make a difference at first but would eventually bring a change in the society that we all want to see.

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Wanchai

Wanchai, played by Weir Sukollawat Kanarot, was a dedicated rescue officer, who in the midst of a protest that happened in the Ruamjai housing project bravely rushed in to help an injured protester and risked his own safety. Unfortunately, this act of heroism did not end well, because after the situation escalated and chaos erupted, Wanchai was held responsible for putting his team at risk,...

Netflix’s new Thai crime thriller film, Bangkok Breaking: Heaven and Hell, presents a very different take on the capital city of the Land of Smiles than we are used to seeing in popular culture or in reality. The Bangkok shown in the film is all about crime and corruption, with a controversial housing community called Ruamjai at the center of all the fiascos. When a paramedic, Wanchai, is fired and starts a new job as a food delivery rider, he unknowingly steps into a big mess involving the kidnapping of the young girl. Overall, Heaven and Hell can be an entertaining watch for those who enjoy films from Southeast Asia and does not require any prior knowledge about the Bangkok Breaking series, despite having been made by the same director and featuring the same lead actor.

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Bangkok Breaking: Heaven and Hell...

There have been quite a few action movies this year where the cityscape, or at least a part of a city, was turned into a battlefield to comment on classism, corruption, and how justice has become a distant reality. For starters, there was City Hunter, which used vigilante justice to wage war against the seedy connections between the police, the beauty industry, and the defense forces. With Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F and Bad Boys: Ride or Die, the cities featured in the films show how anti-immigration sentiments are used to mask criminal misconduct. The Roundup: Punishment, Monkey Man, and Rebel Ridge, to a certain extent, used its surroundings to give us an education on righteous violence. Twilight of Warriors served as an homage to Hong Kong action films while talking about the violent gentrification of slums. Bangkok Breaking: Heaven and Hell falls squarely in this category. Is it any good though?...