An autistic girl with powerful martial art skills looks to settle her ailing mother's debts by seeking out the ruthless gangs that owe her family money.An autistic girl with powerful martial art skills looks to settle her ailing mother's debts by seeking out the ruthless gangs that owe her family money.An autistic girl with powerful martial art skills looks to settle her ailing mother's debts by seeking out the ruthless gangs that owe her family money.
- Awards
- 2 wins & 5 nominations
JeeJa Yanin
- Zen
- (as Yanin Vismitananda)
Ammara Siripong
- Zin
- (as Ammara Siriphong)
Aroon Wanatsabadeewong
- Ice Factory Owner-Ice Man
- (as Aroon Wanasbodeewong)
Silpakorn Mongkolnimite
- Masashi - Age 3 Year
- (as Silpakorn Mongkolnimitr)
Sasisorn Fanyapathomwong
- Zen - Age 1 Year
- (as Sasisorn Panyapathomwong)
Thunchalaporn Chewcharm
- Zen - Age 3 years
- (as Thunchalanporn Chiewcharn)
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Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaThe film originally included Zen watching scenes from Bruce Lee and Jackie Chan movies (in addition to Tony Jaa), but these scenes were eventually cut due to licensing problems. These licensing problems also caused other scenes to be removed from the original movie. The ice factory scene was originally shot as a split screen of Zen imitating the exact same moves she had seen Bruce Lee do in a fight scene from the movie The Big Boss (1971). It showed a clip of Bruce Lee doing his fight moves at the same time as Zen was mimicking Bruce Lee's moves. The warehouse scene was shot in a similar fashion, but this time it showed a split screen of Zen imitating Jackie Chan, wherein she would do her interpretation of a Jackie Chan fight routine. Eventually not only were the split screen scenes removed, but any scenes that involved Zen performing moves that too closely resembled fight sequences from Bruce Lee or Jackie Chan movies were all cut as well. The original full version that included these scenes has not been released anywhere in Thailand.
- GoofsWhen the mob boss is informed that Zin and Masashi still have a relationship, a record can be seen being played on the record player. However, no music can be heard.
- ConnectionsFeatured in MsMojo: Top 10 Action Movies Featuring a Female Lead (2016)
Featured review
Without divulging the plot or the ending, I want to share my thoughts about Jeeja Yanin, so that people will know what they are getting. Her father died when she was young, 11 or 12, and given that she was a gold medalist in Tae Kwon Do as a child who had achieved 3rd level Dan, (equivalent to Black Belt) she helped support her mother and brother by becoming an instructor of TKD at age 14. She auditioned at age 18 for a small part in Born To Fight, and was noticed by filmmaker Prachya Pinkaew, and action stunt trainer Panna Rittikrai, when they decided she was special enough to make an entire film for. This girl quit University studies and trained for this film for four years. She trained under Rittikrai, the mentor of Tony Jaa, and Jaa himself. She trained for 2 years in preparation and 2 years while making the film. She also studied the symptoms and behavior of autistic children, staying with them and working with them, and reading up on everything she could in available literature and film on the subject, including Rain Man, etc. In addition to this, she had to overcome fear of heights (you'll see why) and subjected herself to constant injury, including life risking stunts. Watch the movie and enjoy her spectacular debut, and remember that you were there when a star was born. Enjoy the fact that she is a very special person, who put heart and soul into making the movie.
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- Also known as
- Quyền Cước Thượng Đẳng
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Box office
- Budget
- THB 150,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $14,845
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $11,180
- Feb 8, 2009
- Gross worldwide
- $3,179,014
- Runtime1 hour 32 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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