Caos na Prisão

28th STOCKHOLM INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL. DAY 4, NOV 11th 2017. Swedish premiere.

A Cambodian martial arts action flick with confidence, dedication and adrenaline. Shot on low budget, the film crew had to be very inventive.

"Because of budget restrain, (actor/stuntman) Jean-Paul (Ly) had to train 75 local background artists for the fight scenes. Most of them had no prior experience in martial arts, or even sports. It took 6 weeks, 6 hours per week-end to make them ready. The stunt coordinator, Jammy Chhun, helped managing the courses with his team." From the trivia at IMDb.

Just saw this at a film festival! With the brutality and technicality of the fights in the "The Raid" movies with some inventive camera work and AMAZING choreographies, this movie hits hard! Is this the awakening of the Cambodian movie industry? I sure hope so because this movie nailed it! It's not a perfect movie by any means, there are some weak elements to it but I have to give it a 9 here, a 8 just doesn't do it justice! Seek it out, check it out when it gets a wider release!

Some action scenes might be just okay, but these folks trying to make it into a something movie like Ong Bak. Bad actors and such stupid stupid script too. Very unoriginal, poor poor storyline with such unbelievable and unrealistic scenes. Sometimes I really don't know why I tortured myself watching theses 'movies'. I mean, getting beautiful locals, dressing them up in skin-tight leather pants, making them look tough? Come on!!!! Another waste of time.

Four cops escort a mobster into a high-security prison and must fight for their lives when a gang leader causes a riot to silence the prisoner.

It seems that the film was used only to invest in the fight scenes, possessive applications of martial arts, it becomes tiring for anyone who is not a fan of actions in the form of balloons and fights... I love films related to prisons, prisons and rebellions, though it sounded superficial to me, the touch of humor softens and humanizes, but does not sensitize and captivate enough... But because it is a Cambodian production, alternative with all its limitations, I value it a lot... S2.

In Cambodia, the police arrests the gangster Playboy (Savin Phillip) since they believe he is the leader of the Butterfly gang. However Playboy is only responsible for laundering the money and other crimes and accepts a plea bargain to disclose the identity of the true kingpin. The local police officers Dara (Dara Our), Tharoth (Tharoth Sam) and Sucheat (Dara Phang) and the French officer Jean-Paul (Jean-Paul Ly), who is visiting the Cambodia, are assigned to escort Playboy to the maximum security prison. Meanwhile, the mobster Madame Butterfly (Celine Tran), who is the true boss, puts a bounty on Playboy. The officers deliver Playboy and when they are leaving the prison, there is a riot and the inmates escape from their cells. Now the officers and the security guard that is guiding them have to fight to survive.

"Jailbreak" is a highly entertaining Cambodian film with non-stop action and magnificent choreography of the fights. The plot is very simple but the fights are excellent, and not only for fans of martial arts. In addition to the choreography that recalls a videogame, the film is attractive since it is witty and funny. My vote is six.

Title (Brazil): Not Available

Note: On 04 May 2022, I saw this film again on DVD.

Title (Brazil): "Caos na Prisão" ("Chaos in the Prison")