Only God Forgives

2013 • 89 minutes

2.8

193 reviews

41%

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Nicolas Winding Refn and Ryan Gosling reunite in the highly acclaimed Only God Forgives - a stylish, mesmerising and thrilling journey through Bangkok's criminal underworld. Julian (Gosling) runs a boxing club as a front for a drugs operation. He has everything he wants for and is respected in the criminal underworld though, deep inside, he feels empty. When Julian's brother is murdered, his mother (Kristin Scott Thomas, Salmon Fishing in the Yemen) - the head of a powerful criminal organisation - arrives in Bangkok to collect her son's body. Furious with grief, she dispatches Julian to find his killers and 'raise hell'. The stage is set for a bloody journey of betrayal and vengeance towards a final confrontation and the possibility of redemption. 2012 Space Rocket Nation, Gaumont & Wild Bunch

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2.8

193 reviews

Luke McKay

January 20, 2014

Another untold story,it's mainly about the cop which is meant to be god and the evil sickle mother which is the devil. The movie should of had more fighting'I guess'and a better revenge story. This always happening in Ryan films ? It's like drive that film style was speechless it gave us a rectro 1980's style I like drive better BUT it should of had abit more driving and stunt's,the film was amazing still. I guess Nicholas was right he did leave Cannes film Fest like a rock star or maybe a piece of ART.

steven scanlon

December 4, 2013

Very poor film. Boring, slow storyline. Movie trailer depicts the film brilliantly, just wish I had read the reviews before I purchased. Don't get me wrong, if theres nothing else on tv, nothing worth renting and you are completely dead bored, and the film was free to watch, then why not. Certainly not worth paying for though. Steer clear, spend your money on something worth watching.

Chris H

December 21, 2013

What seems like a genuinely intriguing prospect as a trailer, manages to consistently fail in every regard as a potentially decent movie. It's as though the synopsis for a fairly decent 80's revenge movie has been awfully reworked by an overtly enthusiastic A' Level student who has taken every cinematic camera positioning cliché and applied it to one of the most monotonous and excessively mundane movie efforts of recent years. I loved Drive, loathed this... poor film. Inane to the 'nth degree.

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