
Tom Waller has, throughout the years, managed to cultivate a distinct style that seems to preside over all seven films that he has directed. His work varies from the ethereal crime thriller Mindfulness and Murder to the psychotic biopic about the Last Executioner of Thailand to the story of students trapped in The Cave, all these are both interesting now in the current age, especially in recent years where American cinema directs a great deal of stylistic orbit how a transitional story is to be interlaced into local traditions. There is indeed a trend of these different blends of mediums that started and, once again in the case of Kiss of the Con Queen, he proposes this argument with complete ease. Same as with The Last Executioner, though in this instance too, as a prologue, the fraudster who worked in the film industry became a wide scope of images roughly till Davin O’Brien’s detention and whose story was already revealed in the movie the leading actor O’Brien, with a few other actors and crew members, were in the conspiracy.
Ryan is an Irish actor who is designing his life and career in Thailand’s film industry. Considering the crime rates in Bangkok, it is surprising that Ryan would want to act there. As he is new to the industry, Ryan teamed up with Jay and Jan to help him learn acting and Muay Thai. While learning the two provided him with a strong support system, Ryan started developing a physical attraction towards them which may have been reducing his chances of getting good roles in the process. On the other side of the world, Ryan’s father was not well either, which added more to his plate. But amid all of this chaos, Ryan was offered a role by Deborah Snyder. He had stayed in touch with Zack Snyder’s wife, and when they met he told her to consider him for a role if one ever became available. While Ryan was excited to hear about the opportunity, he took it further and ended up in Jakarta for the filming and paid for the permit needed to shoot. Unfortunately for him, the scene he wanted to film never occurred. Over some time Andy Martin realized that things were not as he had expected.
Regarding cast members, there are some other faces in the film. Suffice it to say that the first part of the question what do they do it for, was already clearly illustrated in the production which is that some people would consider working on this film just for the sake of being in it. Not just because it is a huge project, but more so because the narrative is intriguing and there is indeed a reason to participate, even if the reticence exists with the fact that the actors are celebrated. Philosopher and cultural theorist Svletana F managed to come to a very specific conclusion concerning the film, this is already moving beyond the hypothesis whether people were attempting to put forth a message. To many of them, the actors were those casting for a particular appearance and persona but had an image to sell, recruiting more low key actors in the popularity hierarchy trenches. Looking forward, it is my belief there is no chance it will be the last piece of the jigsaw but rather there will be a few more additions and sequels because they will be necessary.
Along with the contents related to the film, it is also worthwhile to watch the film. First, the psychological breakdown and the financial struggles of low tier actors in the unforgiving world are realistic and provide explanations as to why so many fell prey to this fraud and how the fraudster was able to build such an empire for a long time. The transition the film takes from being a sexual drama with some elements of mystery to a suspense and later an action thriller is well executed and adds to the the entertainment value the whole has, with regards to mainstream cinema once more.
This also explains the high production value since Kiss of the Con Queen was filmed in five locations (Thailand, Jakarta, the US, Ireland, and Japan) where most of the places had suitable aesthetics due to DP Wade Muller. It was not surprising since the quality of the visuals seemed to be high. The editing by Harin Paesongthai and Mitphon Ekphasuphor seems satisfactory as well as they manage to maintain the overall fast pace of the narration with proper timing of the shots of the Queen.
As for the Queen role, Ravi Patel does an impressive job in replicating the character’s few bad habits along with some very touching mannerisms. One of these would be the one involving ‘phone sex’ alongside fighting, these are all the film’s high points. His role as Ryan is the most authentic although the part stresses features of Ryan including his mild fighting skills, which are great in the given context. It can be said that the sides of Ireland and the romantic subplot are somewhat superficial, but the father’s character is well portrayed in the movie and most of his lines are very funny Jan’s role is played by Lynette Emond is so beautiful that it covers for this weakness quite well. The second one who stole the show however is Yayu Unru where diabolically the role of the poor devil/driver is a pure work of art.
“Kiss of the Con Queen” is also a case of how not to fall victim to fraud which as it sounds gross, is an enjoyable film that will surely appeal to a lot of people because of its graphics and eta style narrative that is a relative first in true crime genre.
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