I love Korat, Thailand and was looking forward to see the scenes shot in town. Yeah. The trouble is, this isn't really a conventional movie.
There were a few moments that were bad enough to be a little good. But there are also a lot of shots of traffic. A couple shots of an airplane that seemed to be pirated from the in-flight view-cam.
The guy arrives in Thailand for no reason, stays with a family who have known him for years but act like strangers, resumes training with his old coach who has groomed him for a decade but offers basic training in stepping forward and lacing on gloves. There follow a lot of scenes involving his adopted Thai family that seem real-that is, they seem like what you would really hear if you pointed a camera at Thai people who had never acted and told them "say something".
I am half way through (watching the movie) but taking a break to write this. Awful. I haven't got to any real fighting and can't make any comment about the quality of the Muay Thai. I haven't got in any sort of fight since high school: I lost (but she cheated).