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Movie Review: Nuj Nplhaib Special

Posted on 05 April 2009

Looking into a good laugh? Well I just finished watching “Nuj Nplhaib Special” and boy must I say, it is one of the best movies I’ve seen all year, and it’s only the second quarter of the year. ehehe.

 

“Nuj Nplhaib Special” is another version of the American Hit movies “Scary Movie” and “Heroes”. Why did I say that? Well I said that because in this movie they used the storyline of a very popular Hmong folktale “Nuj Nplhaib thiab Ntxawn” and at the same time imitated few other movies such as bits and pieces from other Hmong movies, Thai Lakorns, Korean Drama, Chinese Movies and etc.

 

To be truthful there were a few scenes in part 2 that I found a bit dragging but nonetheless it was still very good, the dragging parts were not bad nor was it too dragging it was still tolerable, but the majority of the time, the movie was hilarious and very good. I thought they had cast all their characters in a way that if they were to replace any of those characters the movie wouldn’t had been as good and as effective. Each individual fit their character perfectly. Acting skills were of course, funny as it should be and props that were used in this movie were great. Each prop somehow enhance the comedy aspect of the movie or gave the movie a feel of “better quality”. 

 

“Nuj Nplhaib Special” follows the story of “Nuj Nplhaib thiab Ntxawn” a Hmong folktale of a very beautiful girl who had captured the heart of a tiger, so one night the tiger portrayed as Nuj Nplhaib, Ntxawm’s boyfriend, and kidnapped her away. It is up to Nuj Nplhaib to find Ntxawm and the tiger, to kill the tiger and rescue Ntxawm from harm. Only in this movie did they twisted the whole story around, added great comedy scenes and added other side stories and crazy yet funny twist to the movie. There were also a lot of unexpected funny jokes and scenes that was pulled in this movie.

 

As soon as the beginning credits finish rolling the movie was already hilarious starting out with a rely race involving the many Hmong men trying to go through a course of obstacles towards Ntxawn, who ever gets to her first will win a prize. The funny thing was the winner won a big black bowl and second and third runner up wins a necklace with a bar of soup hanging on each side. I couldn’t stop laughing so hard during the obstacle and all the funny rely events that they had to go through to reach Ntxawn.

 

Another great part was the part when all the elders were at the farm farming and what not when they heard the sound of a flute, then they realized that it was a piece of a very popular flute song so all the old ladies ran towards the sound of the instrument, to find out it was only Xai (cast as himself) who stood at the edge of a huge rock playing the instrument from a radio.

 

The ending was every unpredictable as they had changed the ending of the original movie. I must say, I had a good laugh with the ending; it was very different from what I thought the movie was going to end out to be.

 

Enjoy the Screen caps, I laughed so hard while making them. LOL

 

LOL in the making of the “sex” tape to blackmail Ntxawm. LOL

 

Xai playing the music from his radio, got all the old ladies running towards the music. ahahaha

 

LOL yes thats what the tigers rode on.

 

Nuj Nplhaib almost got his butt beaten by his dad. LOL

 

THe farewell for Nuj Nplhaib’s journy after Ntxawm, LOL the dad cared for the bike more than he cares for his son. ahahahahahha

 

Nuj Nplhaib camping while on his journy, he packed sausages on his trip. ahahah

 

 

Getting stop by the Thai Police. ahaha this part was funny!!

 

Nuj Nplhaib’s song, this part got me laughing soooo hard!

 

The radio broadcast

 

Again, they met the police, they were singing a popular Hmong song. LOL

 

at last, they found her!

 

 

 

 

Tiger’s turn to sing. LOL

 

the funniest ending ever! man, i love this part!