Khun Pan
Directed byKongkiat Khomsiri
Screenplay byKongkiat Khomsiri
Story byKongkiat Khomsiri
Produced by
Starring
CinematographyTiwa Moeithaisong
Edited byPhunsunist Authsarwinikool
Music byTherdsak Janpan
Production
company
Baa-ram-ewe
Distributed bySahamongkol Film International[1]
Release date
  • July 14, 2016 (2016-07-14)
Running time
109 minutes[2]
CountryThailand
Languages
  • Thai
  • French
  • Japanese
Box office฿62 million

Khun Pan (Thai: ขุนพันธ์, RTGS: Khun Phan) is a Thai action fantasy thriller film released in 2016 based on the life story of Police Major General Khun Pantharak Ratchadet. The legendary sorcerer police officer, starring Ananda Everingham and Krissada Sukosol Clapp,[3] directed by Kongkiat Khomsiri,[4] had the sequel is Khun Pan 2.

Plot

Year 1940, after successfully defeating Suea Krab Khamthong, the famous sorcerer thief, Police Lieutenant Khun Pantharak Ratchadet (Ananda Everingham) received a mission from Luang Adul (Santi Lun-pae), who was the Royal Police Director-general at the time to, investigate news of Al Hawi Yalu (inspired from, Awaesador Talae, another famous sorcerer thief) a separatist sorcerer thief, the owner of the "tripartite" of rare 3 things believed to have magical powers. Khun Pan infiltrates a fishing village headed by Khai Tho and works in the ivory club of Luang Ohran, a corrupt civil servant who deceives Al Hawi Yalu for personal gain, Al Hawi Yalu asks the 2 police officers, who survived being ambushed by their own guerrillas and found that There is also a police officer lurking in the area. Khun Pan traveled to meet with Al Hawi Yalu's father and found that in his childhood, Al Hawi Yalu had revered his father. But the loss of his mother in the turmoil between his father and the police made Al Hawi Yalu estranged from his father and hated the police very much. He set up guerrillas to rule the area of the Budo Mountains. Later, Khun Pan met Malai, who was Khai Tho's sister, before being attacked by Al Hawi Yalu's guerrillas Khun Pan was shot but escaped.

Release and reception

Khun Pan grossed a total of 61,743,275 baht, considered the third highest grossing movie of 2016.[5]

Khun Pan won the Best Supporting Actor (Krissada Sukosol Clapp), Best Visual Effects, Best Costume Design, and Best Makeup Effects at the 26th Suphannahong National Film Awards.[6] It was screened at the 2018 New York Asian Film Festival in its Secret Screening event. V.N. Pryor, reviewing the film on Cinapse, called it a "deeply, deeply strange movie," and said that "[it] frickin’ moves."[7]

References

  1. ↑ สหมงคลฟิล์มฯ เตรียมฉาย “ขุนพันธ์” หนังแอ็คชั่นไทยเรื่องยิ่งใหญ่แห่งปี ขีดสุดความมันส์แอ็คชั่นไล่ล่าของ “นายตำรวจที่ฆ่าไม่ได้ และมหาโจรที่ตายไม่เป็น”
  2. ↑ ขุนพันธ์ Nangdee
  3. ↑ จากเรื่องจริง! ชมตัวอย่าง "ขุนพันธ์" "อนันดา" ปะทะวิชาอาคม "น้อย วงพรู"
  4. ↑ ชมตัวอย่างแรก 'ขุนพันธ์' จากเรื่องจริงของมือปราบผู้ใช้อาคมสยบเหล่าโจร - โพสต์ทูเดย์
  5. ↑ "เปิดรายได้หนังทำเงินปี 2559 ในไทย ฝั่งเทศ กัปตันอเมริกา คว้าไป ส่วนฝั่งไทย หลวงพี่แจ๊ส ครอง". มติชน. 14 January 2017.
  6. ↑ Ketbungkan, Kaewta (6 March 2017). "Indie Film on Massacre Wins Top Honors at Thai Film Awards". Khaosod English. Retrieved 25 July 2022.
  7. ↑ Pryor, V. N. (23 July 2018). "NYAFF 2018: KHUN PAN Secret Screening is a Risk That Pays Off". Medium. Retrieved 25 July 2022.


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