Comedies from countries like Vietnam and Thailand tend to be quite localized, with the unique, somewhat slapstick, somewhat pedantic sense of humor they exhibit not being exactly for everyone. Pichaya Jarusboonpracha attempts to move beyond the issue by coming up with a movie that also includes horror, romance, drama, and a bit of social critique in “404 Run Run”. Let us see how he fares.

404 Run Run screened at Jogja-Netpac Asian Film Festival

Nakrop is a young real estate swindler, who picks up rundown apartments cheaply, masquerades them as something much better than they really are, and tries to sell them to his ‘victims’ for high prices. He is not particularly successful though, while his lack of seriousness and his inability to secure a steady income has brought his relationship with his long time girlfriend, Jie-Pen to a boiling point. Right around that point, he comes to know of...