Nicolas Winding Refn and Ryan Gosling made a little movie called Drive. You may have heard of it. They then got together again to make Only God Forgives.
The film is supposed to be extremely violent so will be getting an R rating. This caused problems for FilmDistrict who were handling the movie. The deal fell through so now, according to Deadline, Radius-TWC (a distribution company set up by the Weinstein Company) are in talks to get hold of the film.
I hope they do so the film gets released.
Here is the full spoilerish synopsis.
Bangkok. Ten years ago Julian killed a cop and went on the run. Now he manages a Thai boxing club as a front for a drugs operation. Respected in the criminal underworld, deep inside, he feels empty.
When Julian’s brother murders a prostitute the police call on retired cop Chang – the Angel of Vengeance. Chang allows the father to kill his daughter’s murderer, then ‘restores order’ by chopping off the man’s right hand.
Julian’s mother Jenna – the head of a powerful criminal organization – arrives in Bangkok to collect her son’s body. She dispatches Julian to find his killers and ‘raise hell’.
Increasingly obsessed with the Angel of Vengeance, Julian challenges him to a boxing match, hoping that by defeating him he might find spiritual release… but Chang triumphs. A furious Jenna plots revenge and the stage is set for a bloody journey through betrayal and vengeance towards a final confrontation and the possibility of redemption.
Sounds pretty good to me. Kristin Scott Thomas plays Jenna.
Will it be as good as Drive? Will Baby Goose get a new iconic jacket?
Source: Wild Bunch via Collider
