Mae Bia (2015)

Mae Bia: Directed by M.L. Pundhevanop Dhewakul. With Shahkrit Yamnarm, Karnpitchar Ketmanee, Jiravich Pongpaijit, Sakrat Ruekthamrong. Chanachol, recently returned to Thailand after living overseas, signs up for a tour to get back in touch with Thai culture, and finds himself attracted to the tour guide, Mekhala. There are several problems with the relationship: Chanachol is married, with family, and Mekhala has a mysterious, symbiotic relationship with a deadly cobra, and many of her previous suitors have ended up dead.

“Having left Thailand as a young boy, an extremely successful businessman by the name of u0026quot;Chanacholu0026quot; (Shahkrit Yamnarm) finally returns with his wife u0026quot;Kaewu0026quot; (Phattaranan Ruamchi) and young daughter with the idea of finally settling down. Itu0026#39;s during this time that Chanachol begins finding the life in Bangkok a bit too stressful and so he asks his nephew u0026quot;Pakphoonu0026quot; (Jiravich Pongpaijit) to start looking for a traditional Thai house in a rural part of the country. Since Pakphoon is already doing something similar to that for a business client he introduces Chanachol to a beautiful tour guide named u0026quot;Mekhalau0026quot; (Karnpitchar Ketmanee) who might know of some places available near her home on the Ta Chin River. However, once he visits this area he gets the strange feeling like heu0026#39;s been there before and to make matters worse he also becomes strangely infatuated with Mekhala in the process. What he doesnu0026#39;t know is that Mekhala is harboring an extremely deadly secret and the more he gets involved with her the more dangerous it becomes for him. Now rather than reveal any more I will just say that this was essentially a remake of the 2001 film of the same name but more commonly known as u0026quot;The Snake Lady.u0026quot; The main difference between the two is that, while there were certainly some scenes of a sexual nature in the original picture, this particular film had quite a bit more and many of them were used to replace some of the rather slow scenes in the original movie. That being said, even though some of these gratuitous scenes had no real impact on the overall plot they turned out to be an improvement of sorts. The main characters also had a bit more depth as well. On the other hand, although the aforementioned Karnpitchar Ketmanee was certainly quite attractive, I have to say that her counterpart in the original film (Napakpapha Nakprasitte) was absolutely gorgeous and for that reason a bit more compelling. Be that as it may, there really wasnu0026#39;t that much to differentiate these two movies and because of that I have rated it at the same level. Average.”