2 Best Movies to Watch by Trisanu Soranun

With the success of Squid Game and Black Mirror, the concept of a game show as a makeshift solution to a dystopic world is interesting, but it led Netflix to create reality competitions to capitalize on the hype (Looking at you, Squid Game: The Challenge). This time, however, Thai Netflix takes a more unique approach with Ready, Set, Love. It’s more humorous, as Day fumbles each time she meets Son, and with the reality show being a dating show, there’s surely some romantic mishaps that would happen. But the show doesn’t forget the stakes behind the campy, candy-colored world– with Day doing all she can to secure her chronically ill sister’s healthcare and with Son dissatisfied in the utopic cage that is The Farm. Ready, Set, Love has plenty of the fun shenanigans expected for its romcom approach, but it remembers to empathize with the desperation and hardships that make reality game shows so compelling.

Genre: Comedy

Actor: Anongnart Yusananda, Chayapak Tunprayoon, Jaytiya Naiwattanakul, Kemisara Paladesh, Kunchanuj Kengkarnka, Nalinthip Phoemphattharasakun, Natthaweeranuch Thongmee, Neennara Boonnithipaisit, Nichapalak Thongkham, Nipaporn Thititanakarn, Ohmi Ryota, Panadda Wongphudee, Phutharit Prombandal, Pongtiwat Tangwancharoen, Shahkrit Yamnarm, Tharathorn Bhumirat, Trisanu Soranun

Following the 1999 film, 6ixtynin9: the Series is an unexpected adaptation about the unexpected package. The loss of the package drives the violence of the film, as gang members tries to recover the money, and as protagonist Toom tries to survive. This is despite the package being easily replaceable by the original sender. In turning the movie into a show, the story expands to a whole set of characters in Toom’s apartment building, as well as a whole set of potential victims. Additionally, in bringing the late 90s plot into the post-pandemic world – a world with mass layoffs, government incompetence, and democracy protests, 6ixtynin9 feels cathartic. The series captures that sense of pure survival we’ve been facing these past few years.

Genre: Comedy, Crime, Mystery

Actor: Davika Hoorne, Patara Eksangkul, Ploi Horwang, Thanaporn Rattanasasiwimon, Trisanu Soranun

Director: Pen-Ek Ratanaruang

Rating: TV-MA