6ixtynin9: The Series

The Thais did it again. The description for this is accurate. It's a comedy, action and crime all rolled into one. A lady gets laid off from the company she works for and then opens her door to find a box with money in it. First 2 people that tried to retrieve it wound up dead and then the conga line of dead people continues as they not only try to get the money back but kill her also and they all fail. The ending wound up with a complete bloodbath. If there is a 2nd season to this series please release it quickly. I am still waiting for season 3 of girl from nowhere another Thai hit. I hope that either that was the ending or if they are going to continue not to wait to long. The lead actress is cute also. I am will be waiting to see what they do with this.

When watching this series, one often wonders whether it is an exceptionally amateurish series or an eccentrically, good series. Just when you think you've found the answer, you have to change your mind again after a while. And Again and again.

The plot of the series is rather used. Nothing new there. It's more about the way it's done. Despite the initial faults, I ended up watching the whole series. Despite all its faults, it was entertaining. The series was also such that you could really expect anything from the next scene. This also made me want to keep watching.

The series had partly a weirdly good '80s synth soundscape. Unfortunately, this was not relied on enough, but was interspersed with traditional melodramatic piano thumping and strings. What a let down.

Series also featured the world's most picked door lock, the world's longest made tiny tattoo and the longest strangulation scene without death.

This series portrays Thai culture to the max! There is bribery with bags of money. There is an insurance company where the employees wear orange jackets. During the pandemic, in Thailand insurance companies almost went broke with all the Covid insurance payments they had to make. One did go bankrupt. The government had to force them to make payments. In the series they mention the saying "juh jai jop." It doesn't translate as funny in English "get Covid, insurance pays, end." All this from real life was used in the series, although it doesn't translate well. However in the Thai language it is hilarious. TH Dave Chaichanbutr as Sonny is great! He is in the police force in real life. He's not an actor! All the actors did an excellent job. The series had subtle humor and reflected the many quirks of Thai life, from people playing chess all day in a parking garage, to the different groups wearing different color uniforms, to the giggling girls who turn nasty - but it's so funny! Of course, meanwhile, protests are going on. Director Pen-Ek Ratanaruan did a magnificent job, especially since this is a remake of his old movie. He made it into so much more. It's great!

The title pretty much says it all. "6ixtynin9" is a story about a woman who recently got laid off from her job and finds a mysterious parcel outside her door. This event triggers a ripple effect that affects the lives of many groups of people in the span of just 24 hours.

It's an eccentric and delightfully dark and offbeat series that exceeded my expectations, with the occasional well-known Thai humor that lightens the mood. While it ventures into the realm of being downright absurd at some parts, there isn't a moment that bores me.

You'll like it if you love quirky and dark films like "Snatch."

These kind of series are not easy to make. Cohen brothers did it and now this is the next mark. Slow but enjoyable. The silence says a lot. A story about a package delivered to a wrong address and then all the twist and turns leads to a big big confusion. And yes its has a comical touch of afterlife and hilarious one. Overall the lead actress did a pretty good job with limited words expressed everything with her body language. It also have a lot of nudity and gives a complete touch to a dark comedy. The shooutout scene and all over the time taken to show it is perfect. I completely loved this series.