Only God Forgives

Only God Forgives

2013 · 89 min · EN · R · 5.8 (2,659 votes)
Dir. Nicolas Winding Refn · Starring Ryan Gosling, Kristin Scott Thomas, Vithaya Pansringarm, Rhatha Phongam, Gordon Brown, Tom Burke · Music Cliff Martinez

“Time to meet the Devil.”

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Julian, who runs a Thai boxing club as a front organization for his family's drug smuggling operation, is forced by his mother Crystal to find and kill the individual responsible for his brother's recent death.

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This is a descent into a neon-soaked, dreamlike Bangkok underworld. It's an oppressively bleak and hyper-stylized experience, heavy with unspoken dread and a sense of inevitable, brutal reckoning. The atmosphere is thick with existential angst and a visceral, almost ritualistic violence, leaving a haunting, unsettling impression.

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