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Rating: 3/5
Review: "Fireball movie review"
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Hong Kong has its own kung Fu basketball movie, Kung Fu dunk by Jay Chou. Now, Thailand has its own Kung Fu basketball movie, Fireball. The good news is that it is better than the empty Kung Fu dunk which has nothing to do with Kung Fu or basketball. Though, it is better, it is not very good...when it comes to the action/fight scenes, the camera work becomes frentic and I could not take a proper look at how they are fighting. The camera work is shaky and it shakes like a mad dog itching to get close to the action but could not so as it avoids being hit by the actors doing some manic stunts.
The story: It starts up with some confusing story line. You see someone goes out of jail and later sees him visiting someone whom is his brother. Blah, he joins a violent basketball game where the players are supposed to knock the others holding the basketball. I see that the game basketball is misused, why not let them fight without playing basketball. They are just holding it like something like shit and it is liked being forced to hold it. The M-18 rated movie shows brutal and violent fight scenes, the usual thai fighting movies and tries to mix them with drama. I am not saying the drama does not work but it is just better if they went straight to the point in this 1 hour and 32 minutes movie.
Overall: It is not bad but it can get a bit dull, even the actors' expressions are dull. This low-budget movie may not match up to superior movies like Ong Bak, Tony Jaa's movies etc. but at least it proves itself to be entertaining. That is all what you can ask from this.

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