Storyline

Hapless hustler Bank (Pawarith Monkolpisit) rescues a miserable young prostitute, Som (Wanatchada Siwapornchai), from street thugs, and the two begin a quiet romance. When Bank has the opportunity to become a drug-runner for an affluent dealer, he resolves to raise enough money to rescue Som from the sex trade. But, as Bank descends deeper into Bangkok's violent criminal underworld, the possibility of leaving his old life behind grows ever more distant.

Plot Keywords

student, prostitute, drug dealer, boyfriend, gangster, call girl, suspenseful, thrilling, bleak, bangkok, housing project, street, school, poverty, drug trade, prostitution, schemes, inner-city life, one last job, growing up, love, temptation, 2000s

Short Review

I'd like to say that this was a very early piece of work from Oxide Pang but this film was done only one year before his film The Eye. It's night and day in terms of technical prowess and storytelling. Where The Eye is superbly frightening One Take Only seems amateur in comparison.Pang's use of silly music numbers (though I did enjoy the songs) seemed completely out of place. They were poorly done and didn't add anything to the film. I'd say this would be Pang's version of Trainspotting but comparing the two would be a diservice to the great Danny Boyle film. Both films combine music, drugs, violence and sex to form the basis of their film but where Trainspotting does it intelligently, One Take Only just seems to throw it in a blender without any concept of the end product.The basic story of One Take Only is ok. It's nothing special but it is still enjoyable if not somewhat predictable. I wouldn't recommend the film but if you're looking for something in this genre, you could do much worse.

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