Only God Forgives

Julian, who runs a Thai boxing club as a front organization for his family's drug smuggling operation, is forced by his mother Crystal to find and kill the individual responsible for his brother's recent death.

Cast

Ryan Gosling

as Julian

Kristin Scott Thomas

as Crystal

Vithaya Pansringarm

as Chang

Rhatha Phongam

as Mai

Gordon Brown

as Gordon

Tom Burke

as Billy

Byron Gibson

as Byron

Sahajak Boonthanakit

as Kim

Charlie Ruedpokanon

as Daeng

Wannisa Peungpa

as Kanita

Reviews

Per Gunnar Jonsson

It is an artistically very interesting movie. I would say that the benefit of watching this movie is entirely from the visuals were it excels. Unfortunately after a while the blood-red and, often, bizarre scenes become a bit boring. The story, well you have it in the movie blurb above. There is n...

RustyBoi

A challenging piece of cinema. Definitely not for everyone. The cinematography is breathtaking, and the violence is stomach turning. 8/10...

r96sk

It has all the ingredients that I'd usually love in a film, but the pacing lets it down for me. <em>'Only God Forgives'</em> is pretty dark and strikingly gory, with the stylish cinematography really shining through to set the right tone. Ryan Gosling, meanwhile, is good in a role which is simila...

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