Sming (2014)

Sming: Directed by Pan Visitsak. With Thanyaboon Boonprasert, Maythavee Burapasing, Geoffrey Giuliano, Naerunchara Lertparsert. Pran Boon, a hunter, saves the life of a child by killing a young animal. However, later, Pran faces deadly situations when the mother of the animal reaches his village to take revenge from him.

“Now, I am not familiar with the Thai legend of the Sming, but that didnu0026#39;t really prove to be a problem in order to enjoy the 2014 movie based on said legend.¨u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eAs luck would have it, I happened to get a chance to sit down and watch the 2014 movie u0026quot;Smingu0026quot; from writer and director Pan Visitsak here in 2020. And given my fascination with the Asian cinema, of course I found the time to do so. However, I must say that I wasnu0026#39;t particularly much a fan of the movieu0026#39;s cover/poster, because it was just too far out there.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eTurns out that writer and director Pan Visitsak actually managed to conjure up an enjoyable and entertaining movie here. I will say that I was genuinely entertained with the storyline and the events that transpired on the screen.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThe characters in the movie were interesting, and they had a good ensemble of casted actors and actresses to portray the various roles and characters. I canu0026#39;t really claim to be familiar with anyone on the cast; which is actually something I enjoy in a movie. It is always nice to watch new talents and faces on the screen.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eu0026quot;Smingu0026quot; is a movie that was relying heavily on the use of CGI in order to bring the shape-shifting Sming to life on the screen. And most of the time it worked out quite well, because the CGI team managed to animate the tiger in a realistic enough manner. But at times the tiger was just painstakingly CGI animated, and when the half-man and half-tiger creatures were on the screen, it just shifted to something atrocious that looked like something out of a 1990s PC game. That was some questionable and dubious CGI work at best.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eHowever, I was entertained from the beginning and right up to the end. And I liked the twist to the storyline that writer and director Pan Visitsak threw in towards the end.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eMy rating of u0026quot;Smingu0026quot; is a well-deserved six out of ten stars.”