TIFF 2011: Trailer For Pen-Ek's Crime Noir HEADSHOT

Pen-ek Ratanaruang's HEADSHOT an original esque story of a Hitman who wakes up 3 months after been shot but he has one slight problem he now sees the whole world upside down. This movie is similar in character content as the last post for Henry Barrial's Pig is that it follows a man trying to figure out whats going on a 'chronologically complex narrative', like Nolan's Memento.
Headshot looks a stylishly made tight action scenes with a generous helping of arthouse vibe making this a typical Pen-ek this crime nior delves into the dark side of Thai life, corruption,  violence no morality. This is a beautifully shot movie thats heading to Toronto Film Festival which kicks off this week before it opens in its native Thailand before the end of 2011.

Present-day Thailand is rife with corruption. Tul, a straight-laced cop, is blackmailed by a powerful politician and framed from a crime he did not commit. Disillusioned and vengeful, he is soon recruited to become a hitman for a shadowy group aimed at eliminating those who are above the law. But one day, Tul is shot in the head during an assignment. He wakes up after a three-month coma to find that he sees everything upside down, literally. Unaware of whether the condition is medical or a result of karmic retribution, Tul begins to have second thoughts about his profession. But when he tries to quit, roles are reversed and the hunter becomes the hunted. Then he meets a girl that turns his world even more upside down. Can Tul find redemption from the violence that continues to haunt him? From the director of 6ixtynin9 and Last Life in the Universe comes a crime noir about a man trying to forget his past but his past - and karma - won't forget him. Adapted from the novel "Fon Tok Kuen Fa" (Rain Falling up the Sky) by award-winning writer Win Lyovarin.

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