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SHADOW MASTER 18

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Prachya Pinkaew, the director who brought, serves as producer for this similar - on the surface, at least - actioner, which serves as a showcase for new martial-arts talent D.Y. Sao. Alas, Sao is clearly more choreographer than actor, struggling to muster much screen presence in his role as a newly appointed night watchman given supernatural powers by a Death God. It all adds up to a nonsensical narrative saddled with cheap effects, which sadly undermines the otherwise impressive fighting feats on display.

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