Typically I tolerate Kelly and sometimes even like him but gosh he's just bad here. Daravdo is famous for having bad quality and making the leads look bad but geez Kelly looks old here. I'm all for using my imagination but even I cannot imagine Kelly as the young elegant royal p'ek who just came from abroad. Another p'ek probably would have made Chai Yai attractive and likeable, Kelly however made Khun Chai look creepy. The scenes between him and Nuan were boring and Arnus would have been a better choice for p'ek. Arnus still looks good and is way better than Kelly looks and acting wise. Jak was a poorly developed character, I felt like the lakorn completely forgot about him at times and his scenes felt randomly thrown in. Him kidnapping and raping Peung was quite random and he was really a character that didn't need to die. Minus the raping, he really put his heart and soul into his feelings for Nuan and he's genuinely a good guy.
I wasn't expecting Pat to die and was thrown off to see him not end up with Kwanruen. Boom did a good job here, he was weak but a sympathetic character minus the beach scene with him kidnapping Nuan. I felt for him in his scene with his brother, sad that the brother had to die as well.
Sammy was excellent here, I feel like her acting is the saving grace for all the flaws. You can completely believe that Nuan and Peung are two different people, there were times where I forgot that they are played by one actress. However, sadly the character of Nuan was just boring, she really had nothing going for her and you really don't care for her. The relationship between her and Kelly was also poorly done.
Overall, okay lakorn, watchable but not memorable.
