Mayhem! is a 2023 French action thriller about a former boxer who is blackmailed into smuggling drugs for a crime lord. The original title is Farang
Directed by Xavier Gens (Gangs of London; Hitman) from a screenplay co-written with Magali Rossitto and collaborators Stéphane Cabel and Guillaume Lemans.
The movie stars Nassim Lyes (Under Paris), Olivier Gourmet, Vithaya Pansringarm and Loryn Nounay.
Plot:
Sam is a professional boxer about to get released from prison. While on parole, his past catches up with him and he has no choice but to flee.
Five years later, he has rebuilt a simple life on an exotic island in Thailand with his wife and her daughter, but when he gets blackmailed by a dangerous local crime lord, he must embark on a dangerous drug smuggling mission which results in a tragedy. Now has only one purpose: to seek merciless vengeance…
Reviews:
“Farang offers intense and violent fighting scenes, making it appealing to fans of heavy action. However, the story is flawed, with too many loose ends and little originality. For those looking for pure action and don’t care much about content, Farang can still provide an entertaining viewing experience.” 5 out of 10, Beyond Gaming [translated from Dutch]
” …it’s clear that Xavier Gens is capable of filming action, fight and gore scenes that hold water and offers us a few scenes that will be remembered (the fight in the elevator is one of them. A good example). And when the hero is played by a tough guy like Nassim Lyes (French Junior Kickboxing Champion in 2009), it’s easy to believe in the realism of the latter.” Cinopsis [translated from French]
“With Farang Xavier Gens stages a brutal action thriller with well-done fights – at least in the last third. Until then, the film takes a little too much time to establish unimportant characters and plot twists whose payoffs aren’t worth the time in the end. But when leading actor Nassim Lyes gets going, the action really hurts, and in a good sense at that.” 4.5 out of 6, Out Now [translated from German]
“Though it can be fleeting as bloody fun with dirty fights, Farang is a great showcase for Lyes, who appears to be in damn near every shot in a fight scene, firing off around his furious sidekicks and 12-gauge punches. And when he’s not slamming heads into concrete walls, he has enough dramatic intensity to ground the script’s easy (lazy?) stakes.” RogerEbert.com
Trailer:
Warehouse fight clip:
Release:
In France, Farang was released on June 28, 2023. The film has since been released in the Netherlands, United Arab Emirates, Kuwait, Ukraine and Portugal.
Film Facts:
Farang is a Thai word of Persian origin meaning a stranger of Western/European origin.
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