2022 ‘บึงกาฬ’ Directed by Lee Thongkham
When a mysterious monster rises from the Mekong River and attacked Bueng Kan, cuts off people from the outside world. Officials and people in the area, including Chinese scientists who accidentally came to conduct research in Thailand, all forces must be mobilized to catch this crazy monster before it's too late.
Patrick Ewald Supaporn Prichavongwaikul Jwanwat Ahriyavraromp Wason Homsangpradit Pipat Adeedto Ekkasitha Chalermrattawongz Somchai Chatphatthanasiri Chati Chotiwatananon
Traithep Wongpaiboon Watnadech Samanchat Thanasak Julakate Warat Prasertlap Tanayutt Wapeenug Amornpong Thokaeonopparat Jirapong Mingkwan Kontorn Leekpai Jirawat Laisakron Chatchrwan Jittanupat Narongsak Deetae
El Lago, Beung Kan, El Monstruo del Lago, 怪兽湖, Amenaza en las profundidades, Quái Vật Sông Mekong, Potwór z jeziora, 湄公河巨獸, Jezero, A szörny, Jazero, Lacul
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Maybe the real monster was all the stupid family drama all along.
My first Thai Kaiju film! It was ok!
There are a multitude of issues in this film. Most of all is all the bland characters and their pointless drama. I couldn’t tell you who the main character was because the film didn’t seem to know. You think you’ve figured it out then that character disappears for 20 minutes while you follow a different storyline. That wouldn’t be much of an issue if it wasn’t for the fact that everyone was uninteresting and so was their storylines. I liked the burnt out cop, he was at least engaging.
Another huge issue is the films…
Promising start, the intro was great it had atmosphere and some cool creature design. Too much creature exposition very early on eliminated any future scare and gave it some B-movie vibes which probably wasn't the intention. Mix that with a very serious tone and the result isn't good. It becomes something along the lines of a Thai B-movie Jurassic Park mixed with Godzilla and The Host.
Beautiful scenery, ok acting, awesome special effects, most generic score i've heard in a while, love the rainy weather and weird story direction. Some scenes felt overlong and they went for a really weird second half. Extremely weird last 5 minutes, what the hell was that music choice?!
I could see some Kaijū lovers getting a kick out of The Lake for it's monster parts but the rest is mediocre at best.
Thailand's grand attempt at a high-budget creature feature may be perceived as grandiose. Subliminally, it is, but its direction and approach to how the story unfolds are responsible for it not being able to achieve quite so. Heavily restrained by the obsolescence of Thai's values, The Lake isn't anywhere near successful in creating its own legend. At least it's mildly entertaining and the "Thaiju" is nice to look at!
ดูจบตั้งแต่สี่โมงเย็น กว่าจะมีแรงเขียนก็เกือบทุ่มนึง อ้ย เหนื่อยจัง // โอเค เขาตั้งใจมาขายเจ้าไทจู ก็ถือว่าตีโจทย์แตกแหละ ดูแล้วเนียนตามาก เป็นอีกหนึ่งความก้าวหน้าของหนังไทยที่น่าชื่นชม แต่นอกจากนั้นน่ะเหรอ หึ // ข้อดีก่อนละกัน กำกับภาพสวย สร้างบรรยากาศได้ดูชนบทดี (แต่อยากให้ emphasize ว่าเป็นจ.บึงกาฬจังเลย เพราะดูแล้วไม่ค่อยเห็นเอกลักษณ์อะไรเท่าไร นี่ถ้าบอกว่าเซ็ตอยู่อุบลก็เชื่อนะ) การแสดงของคุณตุ้ย ธีรภัทร์กับคุณปู วิทยานี่แบกทั้งเรื่องไว้เลย กับชอบฉาก cold open ที่เปิดตัวเจ้าไทจูได้น่าเกรงขามดี
ที่เหลือก็ค่อนข้างแย่เลยอะ ㅠㅠ เดินเรื่องได้ไม่ลื่นไหลเลย ตัดออกสัก 20 นาทีจะดึขึ้นเยอะ ความรู้สึกระหว่างดูมันเลยตุปัดตุเป๋เหมือนขับรถบนทางลูกรัง ตัวละครก็เยอะเกิน แล้วดูไม่ค่อยให้ความสำคัญเลย (อย่างว่าแหละพี่เขากะมาขายไทจู) ความน่าเอาใจช่วยเลยเป็นศูนย์ ช่วงต้นๆนี่โอเค ลากยาวมาจน climax กลางเรื่องที่ตื่นเต้นใช้ได้ แต่หลังจากนั้นคืออะไรไม่รู้แล้ว เลอะเทอะ เป็นความโกลาหลในรูปแบบภาพยนตร์ที่อีรุงตุงนังมาก ยิ่งองค์สามคือจบเลย อืดมาก ยื้อยุดฉุดกระชากอยู่นั่นแหละ ไม่ยอมจบแม่งสักที แล้วเอาศาสนามาฉาบท้ายนี่ยิ่งเกลียดเข้าไปใหญ่
แต่ใดๆคือชอบการเนียนด่ารัฐบาลกลายๆตอนจบนะ ตั้งใจมั้ยไม่รู้ แต่คนดูขอคิดเองเออเองไปก่อน ให้ 2.5/5 ค่าไทจู ชื่นชมจริงๆ
ปล. ไม่เกี่ยวเท่าไหร่ แต่ตะหงิดๆกับการนำเสนอภาพตำรวจในเรื่องมาก ดูกระฉับกระเฉง responsive ดีจัง เฮ้อ
edit: จริงๆจะทำให้คัลท์ไปเลยก็ได้นะ แบบหนังบีๆคลุ้งกลิ่นคาวเลือด แต่ด้วยอะไรสักอย่าง เรายังไม่เคยเห็นหนังไทยที่มี quality แบบนั้นเลย นึกออกแค่ ขุนกระบี่ ผีระบาด ซึ่งจำไม่ค่อยได้แล้ว แต่คุ้นๆว่าลูกบ้ามันเยอะเอาเรื่อง
Monster flick fans have seen movies where someone steals an egg or captures a baby monster and eventually, the adult monster comes looking for its offspring stomping the shit out of a city in the process.
The Brits did a great job of it in Gorgo, even Godzilla himself showed up for his "son" on several occasions, The Lake is another of these types of films.
Made in Thailand on a low budget, The Lake is an ambitious monster film, perhaps a little too ambitious for its own good. While boasting some good SFX for a low-budget monster flick, and a badass monster that gives off a Lovecraftian vibe with its scaly, slimy skin and tentacles protruding from its face,…
The Lake has great looking effects and creature design but that only gets you so far. I can overlook the shoddy story and don't mind that it rips off a lot from other movies but there has to at least be some fun carnage in a monster movie. These attack scenes are all poorly shot and edited to shit, making them frustrating to watch. The movie also essentially ends soon after the hour mark yet keeps going. The final 25 minutes seem to play out entirely in slow motion and it feels like it takes forever for the movie to end. A disappointing watch.
Edit: The version I watched was an edited version that runs 94 minutes (found on Vudu in the US). I don't know what the differences are but I'd recommend trying to find the full 105 minute version if you're going to watch this.
I saw the lukewarm reviews this was getting and happily pressed 'play' regardless—a new monster movie out of Thailand? There was no way I was sitting this one out. You see, we fans of 'giant creature run amok' movies know that if we only waited for films as good as "The Host" or even "Cloverfield," we'd be waiting a long time; in other words, you gotta get your monster fix where you can get it.
And, hey, "The Lake" isn't half bad; it's not particularly good either, but it looks slick, has a great sense of atmosphere thanks to the never-ending downpour of rain, and I have to applaud the filmmakers for using a mix of practical puppets, man-in-rubber-suit, and…
Score : 3.2/10 ✅
Annoyingly terrible because the director is too preoccupied to show the gigantic practical monster doing a staring contest with every human it crosses (but let me be clear, the design is freaking cool) and yet, everything else sucks.
The editing and the continuity of the scenes are a colossal mess. Rarely do I say this but the pre-production/production should have been handled better. Pretty sure they had a hard time effectuating most of the things they wanted to do during production and realized the post-production team would save their asses somehow. I’m pretty confident the post-production team spent more time masking unpolished stuff and adding unfitting music instead of enhancing this monster flick. Speaking of the…
The Lake is a Thai creature feature that has a terminal case of bad pacing. Editing and pacing alone sink this film's chances of being a fun monster movie. It crawls and lingers too long on shots when it needs to crackle with thrills and excitement.
The creature itself is a pretty cool design and a mix of CGI and practical effects. Sometimes, unfortunately, they place the creature in scenes far too reminiscent of Jurassic Park and since the movie is such a sluggard, we linger with shots of a dinosaur-looking creature peering into a car for seemingly forever. Come on movie, pick up the pace! Jeesh.
Perhaps its not the film's fault but the streaming service I watched this…
Hollywood Thailand, which created a straight outta a cut screen from a video game CGI effects. Actually some of the CGI was alright.
Ain't to proud to be Campy. Embrace the suck!
The Lake is a monster movie with a really cool monster. Jordu Schell is responsible for the creature design, and he’s got a very impressive portfolio of monsters and monster movies that he’s been apart of. The monster is a combination of CGI, guy in a suit, and full sized Thaiju animatronics. They did a great job on the effects!
Besides just the monster I also really enjoyed all of the drone shots of Thailand. This movie is shot very well except for when they would cut the scene right before a kill. I suppose that keeps this flick fairly kid friendly minus a few bloody dead bodies, and they really want you to feel bad about the dead. They play this sad piano music throughout which really saps all the fun out of the movie, but it’s a cool monster.
