Matialth Good concept, poorly executed.

BeSummers Funny, strange, confrontational and subversive, this is one of the most interesting experiences you'll have at the cinema this year.

Matho The biggest problem with this movie is it’s a little better than you think it might be, which somehow makes it worse. As in, it takes itself a bit too seriously, which makes most of the movie feel kind of dull.

Zlatica One of the worst ways to make a cult movie is to set out to make a cult movie.

Paul Magne Haakonsen When I picked up this movie, I was expecting something rather different from what the movie actually turned out to be. The title "Sons of the Wind: Bangkok Ninjas" led me to believe this was a Thai martial arts movie, not some Parkour event movie.Sure the people in the movie, the ones doing the Parkour, were really athletic and did some rather amazing stuff. But, personally, I think you really need to be into Parkour to find this movie interesting. It was so disappointing for me to sit through, waiting for martial arts, and only seeing Parkour. I must admit that I gave up about one hour into the movie.And why was everyone speaking French in the movie? It made no sense that the Thai people spoke French as well. Sure, I could understand the Parkour people from France spoke French, but the natives Thai? Come on... Now, I got nothing against French language or movies that isn't in English, but at least keep it proper to the regions in which it take place.It should be said that the camera work was really nice, it was almost like you were right there in the action yourself. But still, you have to be appreciative of Parkour for this to really be interesting.This was a major disappointment to me. But it just goes to prove, that you can't always put your trust in the DVD cover.

gridoon2018 I thought about suggesting that it might be a good idea to watch "Yamakasi 2 / The Great Challenge / Sons Of The Wind" with the sound off (it would at least eliminate the absurd French dubbing of every character in Bangkok, even local small children and Asian mobsters), but then you would not be able to listen to some pretty driving music....I'm not sure if the plot would make any less sense, though. For example, the final battle must have set some sort of record for "highest number of participants", but even our heroes seem confused as to whom they are fighting or why. If you forget about the plot and concentrate on the action, this movie does have some scenes that will have you going "Wow!", although sometimes the cutting is a bit too frantic. All the leads here (from the Luc Besson - discovered group Yamakasi) are obviously gifted athletes, and following Xin Xin Xiong's choreography, they come off as high-level martial artists as well. Special mention must be made of Elodie Yung, who is not only absolutely gorgeous and impressively fit, but a great fighter too. Her scorpion kicks rival those of Cynthia Rothrock! **1/2 out of 4.

dbborroughs This is a bad movie If I understand this correctly this is the sequel to a movie about "free runners", the same sort of thing that you saw in B-13, where people run and jump over and around buildings and objects with out a net and with a skill matched only by Spiderman. The first film (as was B-13) was made in connection with Luc Besson, here someone else picks up the rains and it shows. I have not seen the first film and after seeing this I don't know if I ever want to.The plot has a group of these free runners going to China and getting involved with the triads and the Japanese Mafia or some such nonsense. Mostly its an excuse to watch these young athletic guys and girls go running over roof tops and jumping from building to building with out visible means of support. This would be all fine and good if there was anything resembling a story to follow, but there's not. We get a fancy dress party being held in the court yard of a building, when there is a robbery from the upper floors. As the thieves leave through a window there is a sudden and completely out of place rain storm. There is no explanation of where the thieves went only that they landed on another building- somewhere. We then get the introduction of a good many characters all of which make no impression. We also get some action scenes that are filmed in such away that you're on top of each person giving you no sense of the danger or their location. When the final battle comes and the various sides decide to battle it out for no good reason as the police close, in we get a good many people going through obviously choreographed movements in a most embarrassing manner. Think poor French TV movie about martial arts.This is a martial arts turkey that needs to be actively avoided.

clabook Being a fan of parkour I have to agree they did some pretty amazing stunts,but what it all added up to in the end was a kung-fu movie. I swear, this movie must have the worst plot in history.Everybody fighting everybody for no apparent reason,random action (they fight when they should run and run when they should fight) adding up to a lot of pointless action.It's all so drawn out I stopped watching by the last 20 minutes or so. Good if you're looking for some stunts out of the ordinary category of Hollywood crap,for rainy afternoons.Also be sure to watch the chick that doesn't change facial expressions the whole movie.Also there is no sex in this one, which is pretty amazing by action flick standards.