''Killer Tattoo'' (

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: มือปืน/โลก/พระ/จัน ''Mue Puen/Lok/Phra/Chan'') is a

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film written and directed by

Yuthlert Sippapak Yuthlert Sippapak ( th, ยุทธเลิศ สิปปภาค, born November 8, 1966 in Loei, Thailand) is a Thai film director, screenwriter and producer. He is best known for his genre-blending films '' Killer Tattoo'' (comedy and actio ...

. It was the debut film by Yuthlert, and also was the feature-film debut for popular

comedians

Petchtai Wongkamlao Petchtai Wongkamlao, ( th, เพ็ชรทาย วงษ์คำเหลา, , ; born on June 24, 1965, in Yasothon province, Thailand, is a Thai comedian, actor and film director. He is best known in Thailand by his stage name, Mum Jokmok ...

and

Pongsak Pongsuwan Pongsak Pongsuwan ( th, พงศ์ศักดิ์ พงษ์สุวรรณ; ; born April 7, 1966, in Sawankhalok District, Sukhothai Province) is a Thai comedian and actor. He is best known in Thailand by his stage name, Theng Ther ...

(playing an assassin who thinks he's

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Plot

The scene is set sometime in the near future, after some type of apocalypse or war, and Thailand has been taken over by the

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. Just released from prison, aging

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Bae Buffgun is offered a job – killing

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's police chief. Buffgun forms a team of killers, comprising his old partner, Ghost Rifle and two newcomers, Dog Badbomb, a short-tempered explosives expert and Elvis M-16, who's suffered some of trauma that makes him think he's

. Meanwhile, Thailand's most deadly assassin, Kit Silencer has also been hired to kill the top cop. Confusion ensues, and even though the chief is killed, the crime lord who hired the killers wants them all dead anyway. All the hitmen have issues: * Buffgun is guilt-ridden over abandoning his daughter years earlier. * Ghost Rifle is haunted by the accidental shooting of his beautiful wife. * Dog harbours a secret reason for his allegiance to Elvis. * Elvis really believes he is Elvis Presley (and not an

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), and because the real Elvis didn't speak

, Elvis M-16 is incapable of understanding the language and can only respond to

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commands. But none of the other hitmen speak English. * Kit Silencer is driven by avenging the deaths of his parents, who were killed by a man with a trident tattoo on the inside of his right wrist. He checks everyone he kills or comes into contact with for that tattoo. Buffgun happens to be wearing a bandage over the exact spot on his wrist where a tattoo might be, so Kit suspects the older gunman.

Cast

* Suthep Po-ngam as Pae Buffgun *

Somchai Kemglad Somchai Khemglad ( th, สมชาย เข็มกลัด), born 26 January 1974 in Bangkok, also familiarly known as Tao (เต๋า) or Tao Somchai, is a Thai actor and singer. Biography & career Kemglad was born into a poor Thai Mon ...

as Kit Silencer * Sornsutha Klunmalee as Ghost Rifle *

as Dog Badbomb *

as Elvis M 16

Film festivals

* 2002

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* 2002

Moscow Film Festival The Moscow International Film Festival (russian: Моско́вский междунаро́дный кинофестива́ль, translit. ''Moskóvskiy myezhdunaródniy kinofyestivál''; abbreviated as MIFF) is the film festival first h ...

* 2002 Tokyo International Fantastic Film Festival * 2002

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* 2003

New York Asian Film Festival The New York Asian Film Festival (NYAFF) is a critically acclaimed film festival held in New York City, dedicated to the display of Asian Film Culture. The New York Asian Film Festival generally features contemporary premieres and classic titles ...

External links

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''Killer Tattoo'' at the Thai Film Database
{{Yuthlert Sippapak 2001 films Thai action comedy films 2000s crime films RS Film films Thai-language films 2001 directorial debut films