So I went into this expecting this to be as lively as Pleng Ruk Pleng Bpeun considering they are both produced by DaraVDO but what worked with Pleng Ruk Pleng Bpeun is that it was a musical so you expect some silliness and can have fun with it. I don't know what DaraVDO was thinking with this lakorn. It had a good premise with a man falsely accused of a crime and had to pay time for it. Then on top of it his wife becomes insane due to a gang raping by the bad guys and his son is left to be a monk. Up to this part, it was solid, the p'ek has motivation for vengeance and he's going to set out to do it. But this is the most DaraVDO has actually thought about with regards to the plot. They didn't seem to know what exactly to do when it comes to giving Krui a love interest. So they decided, lets make give this action lakorn a Jam Luey Rak aspect. Executed well, this would have worked but it was not executed well AT ALL. It was very awkward to say the least. In true lakorn style they have made Kaem the innocent victim of the p'ek's rage, which I'm fine with because a good slap and kiss lakorn starts out that way. But this lakorn could not execute that well whatsoever and had no idea where to proceed. This is because this is an action lakorn, not a slap and kiss romance and it was way too incongruent. So we're stuck with the p'ek abusing the n'ek by tying her up, imprisoning her, raping her and this spans about an episode. At least with Jam Luey Rak they are in each other's company constantly for a month, giving each other time to get to know each other and fall in love. How Krui and Kaem remotely feel any kind tenderness for each other is beyond me. Usually p'eks are apologetic after raping the n'ek and realize what a huge mistake they have made and they grovel. Krui ain't got time for that nor is he remotely inclined to do that. Instead, he tells the n'ek that him taking her virginity is no big deal and the n'ek is understandably appalled but for about a day, she sees him as the better alternative to Yan Yumarach and proceeds to let the p'ek lead her around and feels safe about it. So after all that and the n'ek gets to go back home with her reputation in tatters as the whole town knows that she has been defiled by the p'ek. But for some reason p'ek decides, I'm horny and my wife just died, so I'm going to sneak into the n'ek's room Samee 2000 style and rape her. After a few more times of this, the n'ek for some reason is enamoured of this and she continues to sleep with him - consensually - and all of the sudden they are in love with each other. How you ask? I have no damned idea. I take it as they are more in lust than in love because they haven't even had a full on conversation with each other yet. The love story makes no sense, I can't make any sense of it. At no point does he even acknowledge that his actions in the past with her were unacceptable. New and Thisa actually have some chemistry, with a better plot for them, it might have been good.
What worked in this lakorn as it worked with Pleng Ruk Pleng Bpeun is the supporting cast. The supporting cast is funny and their antics are amusing. The love stories between Hai and Sarika, as well as Kaan and Matoom are a whole lot better than the leads. Hai and Sarika's relationship is a whole lot more developed as well. Even the villains are funny, heck, even Yan Yumarach the despicable is given comedic relief throughout the lakorn. The villains are purposely made stupid and the supporting gang are made to be one step ahead always and have some sort of comedic comeback. The randomness of the supporting cast is also quite entertaining. Like when the uncle builds a coffin car for the p'ek to drive, that's genuinely funny and for a serious guy like the p'ek to be completely horrified and speechless, that worked. As well as the villains trying to trick the uncle to come see his dying mother only for him to reveal that he's too old to have a living mother, that's hilarious. Plus, the absurdity of Matoom and the uncle shaving Yan's hair and having in wear an afro for almost half of the lakorn actually kind of works. You just don't expect that and it makes Yan seem so unthreatening. Hai and Sarika were fun with their bickering and then their minor slap and kiss storyline worked more that what the leads had. Funny how the leads don't even get to kiss after all of their bed time together but Win and Gam had a lot of kisses and Win really went for it too. My favourite character here is Arnus' even though they didn't give him much to do. I wished the p'ek had more time with his son and it seems like he forgets about him a whole bunch. Plus he didn't even get to take him back to live with him. That little boy is such a good actor, he's so tiny and they gave him such long and difficult lines. Everything was pretty much tolerable in this lakorn minus the actual leads and their love story. N'ek was pretty useless except for the fact that she was being used by the p'ek to get back at Yan Yumarach. Otherwise her competing with Yan for political power was nonsense.
So yeah, this lakorn is stupid silly. I recommend that you see it as a comedy rather than an action/revenge lakorn and you could probably stomach it more for that.
