**Complexity isn't the time maze, but the romance.**

I don't remember when I saw my last Thai film. Looks like it has been nearly 3 years. Usually I like Thai films, particularly they are famous for small budget romance or horror films. I was drawn into Thai films, mainly for the teen romance-comedies from last one decade that I have seen and liked plenty of them. Really happy to be back and this time the film I picked was a little different theme which is a time- travel. I felt it was not bad, but felt should have been improved in a few areas.

The film is about the teenager Kong. When he upset with his parents who are fighting frequently, he decides to spend a night out. So makes a quick call to his friend in a rainy night. A while ago, he had found some old pictures, and a pager with a message beeping. Now he does a crazy thing by responding to it which transports him to the year 1995. He's not yet born, but he finds his parents' romance stumbling over another girl. He decides to sort it out and after the task how he makes back was revealed with a twist.

One thing I find hard in Thai films is the names of the actors, which are too long and almost impossible to pronounce. But I know a few actors, only by recognising them than by names. The last time I saw Pimchanok Leuwisetpaiboon in a small role from 'Bangkok Knockout'. But nobody can forget her from 'A Little Thing Called Love' as Nam. In this, the story was not presented from her perspective, though she was good in the character Som. The character was almost similar, like crazily being in love with her senior.

> "You have to feel like feeling good about someone and secretly falling in love."

When it comes to the time travel, this film was nothing special. They did not prioritise on that part, but concentrated more on the event followed. And again, I'm little disappointed on that, as the characters had flaws to fit-in in the time maze. Like if it was a loop, somebody from the future should have recognised the Kong, particularly his parents. So some parts of the film need to be explained, particularly for Kong completely exposing himself in the alternate time.

On the other side, it was a decent entertainer. Especially if you are not a Thai or don't know the Thai language, then the percentage goes down a bit. Because most of the comedies were hard to catch up in the subtitle translation as its meaning altered. Since it took place in the 90s, we don't know what was the trend in the Thailand at that time, especially the local music industry where most of the film plot revolved.

That's not it, the final twist lifted the film a bit, but from the romance perspective, it remains unclear as the time gap influenced it to end in one way. It might be foolish to expect, but a sequel to built a story on that to solve the second romance track could work. Apart from one of the actors I mentioned earlier, the rest of the cast was excellent as well.

One of the major issues with the screenplay was the romance which is not deep enough to impact. Kong had perspective, but all the romance sentiments were held with Tom. The film focused on the task Kong has taken than Som's romance. Anyway, the film will work for most of the viewers, particularly for the youngsters. So I don't think it can be classified as a below average. For me, it hangs between 'average' and leaning mostly towards 'good'.

_7/10_

Back to the 90s berlatar di Thailand masa kini,yang bercerita tentang seorang anak bernama Kong. Cerita bermula dengan sebuah pesan dari messenger ‘LINE’ antara Kong dengan ibunya, yang mengingatkan tentang peringatan ulang tahun perkawinan kedua orang tuanya. Kong yang sedang berLine ria, tidak menyadari bahwa ada pegawai konstruksi yang sedang mengebut menggunakan motor, handphone Kong terhempas ke udara dan berkali-kali dicoba untuk diselamatkan, namun gagal. Handphonenya jatuh lalu terlindas oleh motor pegawai konstruksi tersebut.

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Kong kemudian pulang ke rumah dan mendengarkan pertengkaran kedua orang tuanya, rupanya ayahnya lupa bahwa hari itu adalah anniversary mereka. Ayahnya bekerja sampai larut, dan menyebabkan pertengkaran. Namun anehnya pertengkaran tersebut dikait-kaitkan dengan seseorang bernama Som, seorang wanita dari masa lalu ayahnya yang cukup mengganggu perhatian ibunya. Lantas Kong mencoba mencari tau, siapa sebenarnya Som itu, akhirnya ia ke gudang dan menemukan beberapa benda kenangan yang terkait dengan Som. Pager (alat komunikasi) dan Foto masa muda ayahnya dengan Som (yang tidak terlalu jelas rupanya). Di belakang foto tersebut tertulis kata-kata untuk ayahnya dari Som yang membuat Kong cukup yakin kalau ayahnya masih belum bisa melupakan Som.

Kemudian Kong melihat isi pager tersebut, anehnya, pager tersebut masih berbunyi dan mengeluarkan pesan, padahal jaman sekarang tidak ada lagi orang yang menggunakan pager untuk komunikasi. Kong mencari tau tentang fungsi pager di internet, dan mendapati semua informasi yang ia butuhkan mengenai barang tersebut. Ia penasaran dengan pesan yang ada dalam pager tersebut, berisikan “Telepon aku di nomor 99xxxx, Som”, yang menyebabkan dirinya ingin mencoba menelepon nomor tersebut, siapa tau masih Som masih menjawab telepon tersebut.

Keesokan harinya, Kong sedang berada di luar rumah saat cuaca mendung. Tak lama kemudian hujan turun yang menyebabkan Kong harus berteduh di tempat terdekat, yaitu telepon umum. Ia teringat tentang pager yang sedang ia bawa, dan mencoba menelepon ke nomor yang ada di pager tersebut. Tak disangka-sangka, masih ada yang menjawab telepon itu, dan seketika Kong terbawa ke masa lalu, yaitu 1995, tepat 1 tahun sebelum kelahirannya. Seketika Kong takjub dan tak percaya, karena ia kembali ke masa lalu, saat orang tua nya masih muda dan belum menikah.

Masalah kemudian datang, ketika orang tua mereka putus dan berpisah, ditambah lagi Som yang selalu saja mendekati ayahnya. Demi mencegah masalah di masa depan, Kong kemudian mencari cara supaya Som jauh dari ayahnya dan mendekatkan kembali ibunya dengan ayahnya. Apa yang akan terjadi? Bisakah Kong beradaptasi dengan keadaan di tahun 1995? Berhasilkah ia membuat masa lalu kedua orang tuanya lebih baik?