Sinopse de
O Criador de King (2005)
Em 1547 Fernando De Gama, um jovem "Soldier of Fortune" de Portugal, partiu para o Oriente, numa tentativa de encontrar o homem que assassinou seu pai e, com sorte, como muitos de seus compatriotas, para fazer fortuna. Uma terrível tempestade no Oceano Índico quase terminou os seus planos, quando o navio estava em afundou.
O único sobrevivente, ele foi levado até uma praia tropical só para ser capturado por traficantes de escravos árabes e levado para Ayutthaya no reino do Sião, onde foi oferecido para a venda como um escravo. Ele é resgatado da escravidão, quando uma bela e jovem mulher, Maria, também de Portugal, vivendo em Ayutthaya com seu pai, compra-lo dos árabes e restaura a sua liberdade. Não é surpresa que ele se apaixona por Maria Maria e ele, para grande desgosto do pai de Maria.
Como um soldado experiente seus serviços estão logo na demanda quando o Rei do Sião declara guerra a um pretendente renegado do Norte e de todas as colônias Português são arrebanhadas para o serviço do rei. Previsivelmente, a experiência de Fernando e galhardia, no calor da batalha, favorecem o ganho com o Rei quem comanda-lo para ser um de seus guardas pessoais honrados, juntamente com um novo encontrado amigo tailandês de enorme galhardia, Tong. Sem o conhecimento do rei, sua bela esposa, mas desonesto, Rainha Sudachan, planeja matá-lo e colocar seu amante no trono.
A primeira tentativa da Rainha para se livrar do rei falha e ela convoca os serviços de Phillippe, que se verifique se o assassino do pai de Fernando. Ele, por sua vez organiza uma tentativa fracassada sobre a vida dos reis. Como guardiães de confiança do rei, Fernando e Phillippe Tong descobrir que está envolvido, mas é morto durante uma tentativa de prendê-lo.
Eles descobrem posteriormente que o agressor é o Queen, mas é tarde para salvar o rei que já sucumbiu a seu veneno. A culpa pela morte de reis é promovida mediante Fernando e Tong que são presos e forçados a lutar entre si até a morte para o divertimento da rainha Sudachan e seu amante, o novo rei. Escrito por Sean Casey
O Criador de King (2005)
Em 1547 Fernando De Gama, um jovem "Soldier of Fortune" de Portugal, partiu para o Oriente, numa tentativa de encontrar o homem que assassinou seu pai e, com sorte, como muitos de seus compatriotas, para fazer fortuna. Uma terrível tempestade no Oceano Índico quase terminou os seus planos, quando o navio estava em afundou.
The King Maker
| The King Maker | |
|---|---|
 Thai movie poster. | |
| Directed by | Lek Kitaparaporn |
| Produced by | David Winters |
| Written by | Sean Casey |
| Starring | Gary Stretch, John Rhys-Davies, Yoe Hassadeevichit, Cindy Burbridge |
| Music by | Brian Clifton, Ian Livingstone |
| Cinematography | Jiradeht Samnansanor |
| Editing by | William Watts |
| Distributed by | Alpha Beta Films International |
| Release date(s) | October 20, 2005 |
| Running time | 100 minutes |
| Country | Thailand |
| Language | English, Thai |
| Budget | 250 million baht |
The King Maker (Thai: กบฎท้าวศรีสุดาจันทร์ , or The Rebellion of Queen Sudachan, is a 2005 Thai historical drama film set during the Ayutthaya kingdom. With a storyline that shares many similarities to 2001's The Legend of Suriyothai, The King Maker's plot focuses on a Portuguese mercenary (Gary Stretch) in the service of the Siamese court. Produced by David Winters, it was the first English-language Thai film production since the 1941 film, King of the White Elephant, produced by Pridi Phanomyong.
Plot
The story opens with Portuguese soldier Fernando de Gama drowning in the ocean after a shipwreck. He comes to, finds some wreckage to float on and washes up on the coast of Siam. After almost being eaten by a crocodile, he is captured by Arab slave traders and taken to Ayutthaya. Released from his bonds to be put on the auction block, he promptly knocks down his captors and leads them on a chase throughout the ancient city.
Eventually, he is brought under control, but not before he is captured the attention of a Eurasian beauty, Maria, who buys him his freedom back. After recovering from his recapture, Maria brings Fernando to meet her father, Phillippe. Fernando immediately recognizes Phillippe as the man who killed Fernando's father many years ago, whom Fernando has been seeking on a lifetime quest for revenge.
But there are bigger battles to be fought. Fernando and his Portuguese compatriots are pressed into the service of King Chairacha, who has to go into battle. It is a multi-national taskforce, not only including Portuguese mercenaries, but also samurai warriors (likely Christians expelled from Japan). In battle, Fernando bonds with a Thai warrior named Tong. They distinguish themselves by saving the King from an assassination attempt and are appointed his personal bodyguards.
Queen Sudachan, a former royal consort who schemed her way into becoming queen, is behind the assassination plot. Because it failed, she calls on Don Phillippe for help. Phillippe in turn enlists a scar-faced ninja to kill the king. This plan is also thwarted by Fernando, Tong and other Siamese troops. After the assassins are killed in the king's bedroom, King Chairacha assigns Tong and Fernando the task of seeking out whoever is behind this scheme.
Recognizing one of the dead assassins as the scar-faced ninja he had seen Phillippe talking with earlier that night, Fernando confronts Phillippe. They fight, and Phillippe is killed by Tong. Meanwhile, the queen resorts to black magic to poison the king. She also must kill her own son, Prince Yodfa (who is next in line for the throne), to clear the way for her boyfriend Worawongsathirat. This she achieves by hiring a spear-wielding African warrior.
Succeeding in her plot, Fernando and Tong are then framed for the deaths and made to fight each other in a death duel for Queen Sudachan, her new king, and the crowd's amusement. Tong's family and Maria's life are threatened, and Tong throws an axe at Worawongsathirat, slaying him. Moments before the queen kills Tong and Fernando in revenge, King Chairacha's brother Maha Chakkraphat arrives. Having deduced on his own that the queen is behind the king and prince's deaths, he arrests the queen and releases our heroes and their loved ones. In an ending text, it is stated that news of these events were heard by the king of Burma, and that the story's impression of disarray is what caused the Burmese invasion and the eventual decline and destruction of Ayutthaya.
Cast
- Gary Stretch as Fernando De Gamma
- John Rhys-Davies as Phillippe
- Cindy Burbridge as Maria
- Yossavadee Hassadeevichit as Queen Sudachan
- Dom Hetrakul as Tong
- Nirut Sirichanya as King Chairacha
- Charlie Trairat as Prince Yodfa
- Akara Amarttayakul as Phan Bud Sri Thep
- Byron Bishop as Scar-Face Ninja
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