''Dynamite Warrior'' ( th, ฅนไฟบิน (modern: คนไฟบิน),
translit.
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Khon Fai Bin) is a 2006 Thai
martial arts
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Western film directed by
Chalerm Wongpim and starring
Dan Chupong
Chupong Changprung (Thai; ชูพงษ์ ช่างปรุง, RTGS: Dan Chupong; born March 23, 1981 in Kalasin Province, Thailand;Behind the Scenes, BK Magazine, p. 24, December 29, 2006-January 4, 2007. Thai nickname: "Deaw", เด ...
(from ''
Born to Fight
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'').
Plot
The story is set in 1890s
Siam. Siang is a young
Muay Thai
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warrior and
rocketry expert, raised in a
Buddhist temple, who steals back
water buffalo taken from poor
Isan farmers by unscrupulous
cattle raiders. He is searching for a man with a tattoo in the chest who killed his parents.
A local nobleman, Lord Waeng, wants to create a market for his
steam tractors, so he hires a hulking convict, the Thief to burn the farmhouses, kill all the cattle traders, take the farmers as hostages at an outside near the farmhouse and round up all the water buffalo for slaughter, depriving farmers of the
draft animals they need to cultivate rice. Lord Waeng's men are eventually pitted against Nai Hoi Singh, a cattle trader with supernatural powers and a tattoo on his chest. The tattoo gets Siang's attention, and while the Thief is attempting to steal Sing's cattle herd, Siang briefly confronts Sing but is repelled.
Lord Waeng consults the black wizard Nai Hoi Dam, a former partner of Sing who was once cursed by him so that he cannot withstand sunlight, to find a way to defeat Sing. Dam says the only way to nullify his spells is to use the
menstrual blood of a virgin – the black wizard's daughter, E'Sao. They enlist the help of Siang, with Waeng pretending to be a fellow orphan by Singh's hand, and all together manage to submit Singh in an ambush. However, Dam reveals that he was in fact the man that murdered Siang's parents, and that the tattoo was a mark of sorcery both of them have. Siang and a disabled Singh manage to flee.
In Waeng's palace, Dam also reveals that E'Sao is not his daughter, but a baby he kidnapped, and intends to rape her so Singh remains magically disabled for good. Waeng poisons him, but Dam transfers his consciousness to Waeng's own body. Siang assaults the place, beating the Thief, but he is unable to defeat Dam, and it is not until Singh recovers his powers and gives Siang amulets extracted from his chest that the battle becomes even. The weakened Singh dies in a magical duel against Dam, but Siang defeats the black wizard, who is obstructed by Waeng's lingering mind. At the end, Siang and E'Sao use rockets to fire Dam against Waeng's tractor, exploding and killing both villains at once. The couple leaves on a buffalo into the sunset.
Cast
*
Dan Chupong
Chupong Changprung (Thai; ชูพงษ์ ช่างปรุง, RTGS: Dan Chupong; born March 23, 1981 in Kalasin Province, Thailand;Behind the Scenes, BK Magazine, p. 24, December 29, 2006-January 4, 2007. Thai nickname: "Deaw", เด ...
as Siang
*
Phutiphong Sriwat as Lord Waeng
*
Somdet Kaewleu as the Thief
*
Samart Payakaroon as Nai Hoi Singh
*
Panna Ritikrai
Panna Rittikrai ( th, links=no, พันนา ฤทธิไกร; ) or birth name Krittiya Lardphanna ( th, links=no, กฤติยา ลาดพันนา; , February 17, 1961 – July 20, 2014) was a Thai martial arts action choreo ...
as Nai Hoi Dam
*
Kanyaphak Suwankut as E'Sao.
Production
The film's
working title was ''Tabunfire'', but was renamed ''Khon Fai Bin'' by
Sahamongkol Film International chief executive Somsak Techaratanaprasert who wanted the film's name to be similar to the Thai title for
Chen Kaige's ''
The Promise'', which was ''Khon Ma Bin'' (literally "flying horseman"). ''Khon fai bin'' means "flying man of fire". ''Khon'' is also spelled with the obsolete character ฅ, presumably still in use at the time of the action, but since replaced by ค.
The English title underwent a change as well, to ''Dynamite Warrior'', as the film was sold to
Magnolia Pictures, an
American
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distributor.
In Thailand, the English title has been listed as ''Fire Warriors''.
The film was made with an all-
Isan cast and crew, filming for several months in a small village in
Phu Wiang District,
Khon Kaen Province. "With over a hundred
buffalo in the village, it provided the perfect backdrop for the movie," star
Dan Chupong
Chupong Changprung (Thai; ชูพงษ์ ช่างปรุง, RTGS: Dan Chupong; born March 23, 1981 in Kalasin Province, Thailand;Behind the Scenes, BK Magazine, p. 24, December 29, 2006-January 4, 2007. Thai nickname: "Deaw", เด ...
said in an interview.
[Behind the Scenes, BK Magazine, p. 24, December 29, 2006-January 4, 2007.]
See also
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Rocket Festival
References
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2006 films
2006 fantasy films
Thai-language films
Thai films about revenge
Films set in the 1890s
Isan
Thai martial arts films
Muay Thai films
Thai Muay Thai films
Sahamongkol Film International films