It is obvious this is a parody of Charlie's Angels (remake)! But since that was also some kind of a parody what do you get? (How is a parody of a parody going to work out!)Well you'll get "Chai Lai"! It doesn't take it self to seriously! So it is all about fun! 5 Women, three of them very beautiful and the other older two some what attractive have to protect a little girl who seems more competent in fighting the bad guys than the "Chai Lai" do! This gives an idea what to expect from this movie! Nothing! Just one crazy situation from another! "Chai Lai" is a movie that you have to be in the mood for! It is not that bad. It isn't good also! There are a lot of enjoyable scenes that save the movie! People who are expecting hardcore action should pass this movie! People who like Asian type comedy this movie is for you!
10 Reviews
If you like your action with a side order of silly this film is for you.
dbborroughs10 May 2008
This is a Thai version of Charlie's Angels. Here there are five girls instead of three. Its a total goof. Everything about the film from the plot (the angels have to protect a little girl who has a rare pearl) to the characters (one is a guy in drag) to the action sequences (they are sending up action sequences) are very silly. At no point are we ever expected to take any of this seriously on any level, even if they are playing it all reasonably straight. If you go in expecting a straight action film you are going to be disappointed. if you go in expecting a Thai blend of action (the action is the reason to see the film) and comedy then you are more likely to have a good time. If there is any flaws its that the film doesn't quite work in the non-action scenes. The comedy there comes off as heavy handed. Thankfully the talking scenes tend to be brief. Worth a look for action fans with a high tolerance for silly things.
Forgive me for not saying more but the plot is very slight. Its the action that stand out, and thankfully its all set pieces beginning with a fight on an airplane thats cross cut with a fight in a house and car chase on to the kidnapping of the girl to a fight in towels in an office tower on and on to the final girls in white dresses bit which takes things about as far as you can go. Its all well done and very tongue and cheek (often suitably cheaply) 6.5 over all. 8 or so for the action scenes.
Forgive me for not saying more but the plot is very slight. Its the action that stand out, and thankfully its all set pieces beginning with a fight on an airplane thats cross cut with a fight in a house and car chase on to the kidnapping of the girl to a fight in towels in an office tower on and on to the final girls in white dresses bit which takes things about as far as you can go. Its all well done and very tongue and cheek (often suitably cheaply) 6.5 over all. 8 or so for the action scenes.
Not great, but the girls!
armadillo-946174 July 2020
Chai Lai Angels: Dangerous Flowers is an action comedy that's loosely modeled after Charlie's Angels, the movie not the show. The story is pretty weak. Apparently there's some ancient orb that shouldn't fall into the wrong hands. The fights and gun play are not believable. It doesn't seem like any of the actresses know martial arts. There are some decent laughs and silliness. Having said all that, the main reason to watch this movie is the 3 main characters. They are incredibly beautiful! I wish they had made a few sequels for that reason alone. So if you're a guy and you like silly humor, or if you just like hot girls, give Dangerous Flowers a shot.
Mostly harmless, a major waste of time
tirkkanen5 December 2006
Warning: Spoilers
Whoa! This was quite an experience getting through this film. Man it sucks. Maybe I just don't get the comedy elements of Thai cinema. It's just weird. What is strange is that this flick has a lot of comedy elements and yet there is a close up of a man getting shot to the head from point blank range. Twice. How on earth can you combine these two and still keep the whole intact. My answer is you can't. I mean imagine Seinfeld delivering a punch line and right after that blowing George Costanza's brains out. There's a lot of gunfire but everyones aim is off by some meters all the time and yet suddenly they hit someone with great precision. This is as bad as Martial Angels just to give a point of reference. Just a bunch of good looking babes running around wearing little or even less. Action sequences are catastrophic. Complete chaos and inconsistencies. All possibilities of good fights are ruined by horrible editing. Do NOT waste your time watching this unless you are sure you don't have anything else to do. Myself I'd rather cut off my right hand than watch this again. And yes I'm right handed.
A Thai take on "Charlie's Angels"...
paul_haakonsen22 July 2022
I sat down here in 2022 to watch the 2006 Thai action comedy "Chai Lai" (aka "Dangerous Flowers"). However, I must say that the comedy elements in the movie were near non-existing, though the movie was basically non-stop action from start to end.
And having just sat through it, I have to say that I didn't really fathom what writer and director Poj Arnon wanted to tell with this particular movie, as there wasn't really a coherent or particularly well-constructed storyline here. It felt like it was a movie about a group of women going from one scene to the next and just shooting or beating up a new group of enemies. And that was essentially all this movie had to offer.
"Chai Lai" was watchable enough for the sheer amount of action and shooting, despite it being somewhat cheesy. However, this is not a movie that has the contents to support more than a single viewing, nor is it a movie that I would recommend fans of the Thai cinema to rush out to get to watch.
Ironically, then one of the ladies in the movie said "do you know who I am?" with just 15 minutes left of the movie, and I had to admit that I didn't know who she was. In fact, I didn't even know the names of any of the characters in the movie. Yeah, that was the level of layering the characters in the movie. They were all just pretty faces with guns running around shooting and fighting. There was zero character development in the movie, nor did any of the characters have distinguishing feats or flaws to set them apart from the other characters.
"Chai Lai" is a movie that came and went without leaving a lasting impression. I sat through it without being particularly impressed or entertained.
My rating of "Chai Lai" lands on a four out of ten stars.
And having just sat through it, I have to say that I didn't really fathom what writer and director Poj Arnon wanted to tell with this particular movie, as there wasn't really a coherent or particularly well-constructed storyline here. It felt like it was a movie about a group of women going from one scene to the next and just shooting or beating up a new group of enemies. And that was essentially all this movie had to offer.
"Chai Lai" was watchable enough for the sheer amount of action and shooting, despite it being somewhat cheesy. However, this is not a movie that has the contents to support more than a single viewing, nor is it a movie that I would recommend fans of the Thai cinema to rush out to get to watch.
Ironically, then one of the ladies in the movie said "do you know who I am?" with just 15 minutes left of the movie, and I had to admit that I didn't know who she was. In fact, I didn't even know the names of any of the characters in the movie. Yeah, that was the level of layering the characters in the movie. They were all just pretty faces with guns running around shooting and fighting. There was zero character development in the movie, nor did any of the characters have distinguishing feats or flaws to set them apart from the other characters.
"Chai Lai" is a movie that came and went without leaving a lasting impression. I sat through it without being particularly impressed or entertained.
My rating of "Chai Lai" lands on a four out of ten stars.
Chai Lai Angels
BandSAboutMovies17 April 2022
Warning: Spoilers
Also known as Chai Lai and Dangerous Flowers, this Thai action film reimagines Charlie's Angels as a Thai-centric adventure made for 35 million baht instead of the $92 million dollar budget for the Hollywood film.
The five Dangerous Flowers are Kulap(Rose) played by Bongkoj Khongmalai, Bua (Lotus) who is Supaksorn Chaimongkol, Chaba (Hibiscus) acted by Jintara Poonlarp, Pouy-sian (Crown of Thorns) who is Kessarin Ektawatkul and Na-wua (Spadix) played by Bunyawan Pongsuwan. Their job is to protect Miki, the daughter of a professor who knows the location of a hidden treasure known as the Andaman Pearl.
The best joke here is that chai-lai is thai for gorgeous, which makes this a perfect title. There's literally non-stop action and a surprising amount of blood, as well as scenes that come directly out of the American version, as well as the idea that men always screw over the Angels.
There's also a bad guy named Dragon, Miki's evil stepmother Mei Ling and a cross-eyed transgender villain named King Kong who gets shot more times than I can count. Also, seeing as how the women in this wear swimsuits and lingerie for their missions, it's not always correct, but it is fun. They're definitely more capable than any of the man they come up against, which is good to see.
The five Dangerous Flowers are Kulap(Rose) played by Bongkoj Khongmalai, Bua (Lotus) who is Supaksorn Chaimongkol, Chaba (Hibiscus) acted by Jintara Poonlarp, Pouy-sian (Crown of Thorns) who is Kessarin Ektawatkul and Na-wua (Spadix) played by Bunyawan Pongsuwan. Their job is to protect Miki, the daughter of a professor who knows the location of a hidden treasure known as the Andaman Pearl.
The best joke here is that chai-lai is thai for gorgeous, which makes this a perfect title. There's literally non-stop action and a surprising amount of blood, as well as scenes that come directly out of the American version, as well as the idea that men always screw over the Angels.
There's also a bad guy named Dragon, Miki's evil stepmother Mei Ling and a cross-eyed transgender villain named King Kong who gets shot more times than I can count. Also, seeing as how the women in this wear swimsuits and lingerie for their missions, it's not always correct, but it is fun. They're definitely more capable than any of the man they come up against, which is good to see.
A Nutshell Review: Chai-Lai Angels
DICK STEEL19 August 2006
Chai-Lai Angels, as the name implies, is Thailand's version of Charlie's Angels, no doubt about that. They work as undercover secret agents, they have various disguises, they fight criminal organizations, they look good while delivering those high kicks, report to a "Bosley", the list just goes on.
Opening this year's Sawadee Film Festival, this is one action comedy that doesn't take itself too seriously. Filled with plenty of camp, jokes, implausible situations and crazy antics, you'd half expect the Angels to be slick, efficient, and the likes. Not! I actually found it quite amusing that they turned out more bumbling than effective!
In a 3 beauties and 2 erm, more mature looking ladies fronting the team (no guesses who came over to Singapore for the press conference), Chai-Lai Angels doesn't have too deep a storyline to boast, suffice to know that there's a Japanese household who holds the secret to the location of the Queen of Andaman pearl, which could fetch the bad guys billions of dollars in some black market auction. So it's up to the Angels to thwart this dastardly attempt so that the oceans, nature and the entire ecological system of the world will not be thrown into disarray (don't ask).
While they are not too busy fighting criminals, plenty of whom are generic foot soldiers commandeered by a gender-bender working for a characteristically bland villainous chief, they too have time to ponder on love, or the lack thereof. Taking a chip off Charlie's Angels and even Kill Bill (!), we see familiar wedding scenes, and that gyrating hips sequence ala Cameron Diaz in the former movie mentioned. But bottom line is, it's never easy being in this line, and keeping love interests (move away guys, we're here to see the girls in action!)
Some of the set action pieces are quite weakly done, so cheesy that it's laughable, but you'll probably never dismiss them as the girls get to do battle in various garbs0 like wet towels, bikinis and even wet nightgowns. The feminists might go up in arms with this, but hey, this movie's not for them anyway.
It's particularly violent for a PG rating, not that I'm complaining though, as almost everyone, ranging from a young girl to a cock-eyed villain, take turns to execute kicks, punches, stabs with plenty of gushing blood, and those bullets in the heads. As mentioned, don't take this movie too seriously, as it almost always threads on fantasy. The male one that is.
Opening this year's Sawadee Film Festival, this is one action comedy that doesn't take itself too seriously. Filled with plenty of camp, jokes, implausible situations and crazy antics, you'd half expect the Angels to be slick, efficient, and the likes. Not! I actually found it quite amusing that they turned out more bumbling than effective!
In a 3 beauties and 2 erm, more mature looking ladies fronting the team (no guesses who came over to Singapore for the press conference), Chai-Lai Angels doesn't have too deep a storyline to boast, suffice to know that there's a Japanese household who holds the secret to the location of the Queen of Andaman pearl, which could fetch the bad guys billions of dollars in some black market auction. So it's up to the Angels to thwart this dastardly attempt so that the oceans, nature and the entire ecological system of the world will not be thrown into disarray (don't ask).
While they are not too busy fighting criminals, plenty of whom are generic foot soldiers commandeered by a gender-bender working for a characteristically bland villainous chief, they too have time to ponder on love, or the lack thereof. Taking a chip off Charlie's Angels and even Kill Bill (!), we see familiar wedding scenes, and that gyrating hips sequence ala Cameron Diaz in the former movie mentioned. But bottom line is, it's never easy being in this line, and keeping love interests (move away guys, we're here to see the girls in action!)
Some of the set action pieces are quite weakly done, so cheesy that it's laughable, but you'll probably never dismiss them as the girls get to do battle in various garbs0 like wet towels, bikinis and even wet nightgowns. The feminists might go up in arms with this, but hey, this movie's not for them anyway.
It's particularly violent for a PG rating, not that I'm complaining though, as almost everyone, ranging from a young girl to a cock-eyed villain, take turns to execute kicks, punches, stabs with plenty of gushing blood, and those bullets in the heads. As mentioned, don't take this movie too seriously, as it almost always threads on fantasy. The male one that is.
The film is silly goofy fun, why so less ratings?
mannuskyhigh20 September 2019
This film is incredibly silly, a spoof actually and that's why It's very enjoyable. You can't even take one moment in it seriously. You can analyse the absurdity of the whole plot when you observe the 10 year old girl has better martial art skills than the girl agents. Yes, its that's silly. The only complaint I have that the makers enforced a love angle between one of the agents and a guy. That was completely unnecessary. Another problem with the film that it has been promoted more as an action film than a comedy. It would have more popular had they just promoted as a spoof of Charlie's Angels. The acting, by each and everyone of them, is hilarious. There are three beautiful young agents joined by two middle aged women who provide plenty of laughs. I don't get why so many people rated it below 4, it should have got atleast 5+ so I rated it higher. Just don't take it seriously and you'll be fine
Chai Lai Angels: Dangerous Flowers
Tweekums4 August 2019
Rose, Lotus, Pouy-sian, Spadix and Hibiscus are collectively Chai Lai; secret agents who just happen to be attractive women. As the film opens an attempt is made to kidnap Miki, the daughter of a Japanese businessman, aboard a flight... this is thwarted by four of the Chai Lai. The fifth is outside her father's house where he is being threatened by thugs. It turns out the thugs, led by a man known as Dragon, are after the 'Pearl of the Andaman's'; it is owned by Miki's father but she too knows its location. Dragon's next attempt at kidnapping Miki is successful; the Chai Lais must rescue her before Dragon gets his hands on the Pearl.
When I sat down to watch this I wasn't sure if it was going to be utter rubbish or good cheesy fun... it was the latter and as it happened better than I'd hoped for. The story is relatively simple but serves to provide a near constant stream of action set pieces. The action isn't exactly realistic but it is exciting; providing thrills and laughs in equal measure. The five protagonists are as sexy as one would expect in a film inspired by Charlie's Angels; the acting might not be the greatest but it was far from being bad. The antagonists were decent; Dragon was okay but his henchman, the cross-dressing 'King Kong' steals most of the scenes he is in. There is a fair amount of blatant fan service as the girls fight in bikinis and towels and in one scene Rose dances in her underwear; this might not be politically correct but it never crossed the line to being sleazy. Overall I'd say that while this might not be a great film it is a lot of fun if you like action/comedy films led by good looking women!
These comments are based on watching the film in Thai with English subtitles. Of possible interest the DVD I watched claimed to be 'Region One' but played on my 'Region Two' DVD player.
When I sat down to watch this I wasn't sure if it was going to be utter rubbish or good cheesy fun... it was the latter and as it happened better than I'd hoped for. The story is relatively simple but serves to provide a near constant stream of action set pieces. The action isn't exactly realistic but it is exciting; providing thrills and laughs in equal measure. The five protagonists are as sexy as one would expect in a film inspired by Charlie's Angels; the acting might not be the greatest but it was far from being bad. The antagonists were decent; Dragon was okay but his henchman, the cross-dressing 'King Kong' steals most of the scenes he is in. There is a fair amount of blatant fan service as the girls fight in bikinis and towels and in one scene Rose dances in her underwear; this might not be politically correct but it never crossed the line to being sleazy. Overall I'd say that while this might not be a great film it is a lot of fun if you like action/comedy films led by good looking women!
These comments are based on watching the film in Thai with English subtitles. Of possible interest the DVD I watched claimed to be 'Region One' but played on my 'Region Two' DVD player.
like charlie angels but better
devilslittleone924 February 2007
Warning: Spoilers
at first i thought this movie wouldn't be good because my cousins and brother said so but when i watch it,it was really good.very funny movie. the fighting is funny and great too.its something like these gang members stole this treasure or whatever it was from this little girls dad.then these 5 girls and the little girl along with a few others help each other to try and get it bakc from them and overcomes many problems to deal with.well this movie is really funny and pack with tons of action.its like Charlie angels but i think this is better.More funny and the girls are sexier.i liked this movie because well what i just said above.it has a lot of action and not so much talking like some movies which they talk way too much.this movie shows a lot action and has a lot of funny parts
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