thunder367 Posted January 1, 2021 Posted January 1, 2021 https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p08zh4ts new thriller based in thailand by looks of it about a killer from 70s 1
Zeb Posted January 1, 2021 Posted January 1, 2021 Story of con-man and mass-murderer, Charles Sobhraj, who is discovered and trailed by a young embassy official in mid-70's southeast Asia. https://www.themoviedb.org/tv/93454https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7985576/ The Serpent S01E01 HDTV \ XviD https://rapidgator.net/file/5b97f36d3b4c853ec48bc37e2e9bf1e3/The.Serpent.S01E01.XviD-AFG.avi.html 561 MB
coxyhog Posted January 1, 2021 Posted January 1, 2021 Nasty piece of work I'm disappointed that he's still breathing. 1
galenkia Posted January 9, 2021 Posted January 9, 2021 Finished this and thought it was superb. Highly recommended. 2 1 2
code_slayer_bkk Posted January 9, 2021 Posted January 9, 2021 I read a book about this guy years ago and it had all of the gruesome Thai murders in it ....
ukdave51 Posted January 9, 2021 Posted January 9, 2021 Yes very enjoyable, binge watched it over 2 days on bbc iplayer. 1
AJSP Posted January 10, 2021 Posted January 10, 2021 Back on tonight at 8pm, Episode 3/8 if your watching it weekly
coxyhog Posted January 10, 2021 Posted January 10, 2021 From Wiki Sobhraj's next destination was either Varanasi or Calcutta, where he murdered Israeli scholar Avoni Jacob simply to obtain Jacob's passport. Sobhraj used the passport to travel with Leclerc and Chowdhury – first to Singapore, then to India, and, in March 1976, returning to Bangkok, despite knowing that the authorities there sought him. The clan was interrogated by Thai police in connection with the murders, but they were released because authorities feared that the negative publicity accompanying a murder trial would harm the country's tourist industry. Read the last paragraph....
JPK Posted January 10, 2021 Posted January 10, 2021 Watched it all last week on iplayer, cracking program. What a complete nutcase though 😀
coxyhog Posted January 11, 2021 Posted January 11, 2021 I just watched episode 4.It's very well made but I wish when they made these things they would use footage of aircraft that were actually flying during that period. I remember watching something a few years ago & they had them taking off in a Boeing,in the cruise in a Cessna & landing in something else. OK maybe I'm a pedant.
forcebwithu Posted January 12, 2021 Posted January 12, 2021 4 hours ago, coxyhog said: I just watched episode 4.It's very well made but I wish when they made these things they would use footage of aircraft that were actually flying during that period. I remember watching something a few years ago & they had them taking off in a Boeing,in the cruise in a Cessna & landing in something else. OK maybe I'm a pedant. Just watched the first episode last night. Thought it was a bit slow to get going and the back and forth timeline jumps were a bit distracting. While I didn't notice any anachronisms in E01, I do like to spot them, and if too many they become another distraction from my enjoyment of a movie.
code_slayer_bkk Posted January 12, 2021 Posted January 12, 2021 I find nothing that would compel me to watch anything about murderers, rapists, snitches, cops or pedophilia ... so my options are pretty limited these days ...
Lemondropkid Posted January 12, 2021 Posted January 12, 2021 (edited) 6 hours ago, forcebwithu said: Just watched the first episode last night. Thought it was a bit slow to get going and the back and forth timeline jumps were a bit distracting. While I didn't notice any anachronisms in E01, I do like to spot them, and if too many they become another distraction from my enjoyment of a movie. Felt the same on the first episode. I gave up on the second with the young back packers on the mortuary slab. Things are depressing enough at present without watching that, and knowing how the story ends. Edited January 12, 2021 by Lemondropkid
Horizondave Posted January 12, 2021 Posted January 12, 2021 Very enjoyable programme, have watched the first 2 episodes and will watch another 2 tonight. Got it on my HDPRIME so can watch a few episodes when I get time. Being based on a real event is another reason for maintaining my interested in the programme and it was filmed around Bangkok and also in Hua Hin and other locations in Prachuap Khirikhan so yet another benefit for watching it.
coxyhog Posted January 27, 2021 Posted January 27, 2021 I just watched the final episode,reassuring that the arsehole has been in gaol for a long time but one wonders how many would still be alive if the Thai authorities had shown a bit more interest a lot earlier. Anyway here's hoping that he dies a long & painful death.
Jambo Posted January 28, 2021 Posted January 28, 2021 Well that is all the plot given out before I have had a chance to watch it myself. That is almost as bad as when I told a friend I was going to watch this new film (at the time) called "Titanic" and he went and spoiled it all by telling me the boat sunk! 1
ukdave51 Posted January 29, 2021 Posted January 29, 2021 One thing I needed to pull the writers up on was the investigators were talking to immigration and departure cards were produced, but when the French guy went home with his doctored passport there was no departure card requested. I like all minute details to be included. that's just me.
Golfingboy Posted February 27, 2022 Posted February 27, 2022 Watching this on Netflix right now. How in the hell have I never heard of this monster until now? I’m very shocked that it took Netflix to make me aware of this case 1
Horizondave Posted February 27, 2022 Posted February 27, 2022 1 hour ago, Golfingboy said: Watching this on Netflix right now. How in the hell have I never heard of this monster until now? I’m very shocked that it took Netflix to make me aware of this case I think it was on BBC1 last year
Golfingboy Posted February 27, 2022 Posted February 27, 2022 7 minutes ago, Horizondave said: I think it was on BBC1 last year Yes
CalEden Posted February 27, 2022 Posted February 27, 2022 On 1/1/2021 at 2:35 PM, Zeb said: Story of con-man and mass-murderer, Charles Sobhraj, who is discovered and trailed by a young embassy official in mid-70's southeast Asia. https://www.themoviedb.org/tv/93454https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7985576/ The Serpent S01E01 HDTV \ XviD https://rapidgator.net/file/5b97f36d3b4c853ec48bc37e2e9bf1e3/The.Serpent.S01E01.XviD-AFG.avi.html 561 MB Great movie watched while in quarantine last year.
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