In the Shadow of Naga (Nak prok) (NR)

synopsis

A trio of Bangkok hold-up men get wind of where a former partner has dumped the proceeds of their last crime. Stumbling about in the pre-dawn darkness, the tolling of traditional monastery temple bells reveals exactly where the loot's been hidden -- and that getting their hands on it is going to be a lot harder than just digging a hole. Thailand pop cinema's controversial 'monks with guns' movie is a saffronhued neo-noir, completed in 2008, kept on the shelf by its nervous film studio until last-year's liberalisation of Thailand's film censorship laws, but now the surprise box office and critical hit of Thai cinema in 2010.