BANGKOK, 2013
The upcoming general election
will see a tight battle between two major parties,
the People's Party and the Liberal Party.
The campaigning has grown intense
as election day nears.
Polls have indicated that the opposition People's Party
is leading its rival by a wide margin.
But the new Liberal Party is fighting tooth and nail.
Their leader is Direk,
a former NGO activist
who'll deliver his final speech today.
He hopes to rally the masses
who've fought with him before
to come out and give his party a final push.
Brothers and sisters,
it's time for people's politics.
We've waited in vain as government after government
gave us empty promises that came to nothing
and crushed our hopes over and over again.
We can't wait any longer.
Now it's time to write the destiny
of our nation with our own hands!
People,
I promise you.
If I win this election,
I'll call off plans to build
this scandalous nuclear power plant.
Folks, remember his name.
Direk Damrongprapa.
Leader of the Liberal Party,
and the next prime minister of Thailand!
Yes!
In your view, do you think the culture of corruption
has reached a crisis point?
Definitely.
I always stress that
conflict of interest
is like a tumor in Thai society.
It's eating us from the inside
without us noticing.
In you opinion, Professor,
what should normal citizens
like us do to cure the illness
that's crippling our society?
Should we sit still,
or should we do something to change it?
At the moment,
Thai society is being stifled
by what I'd like to call the surplus
of righteous discourse.
What's that?
We keep blabbering about
how everybody should do good things.
But look around,
I don't see anybody doing anything good.
Thai society is longing for a hero.
A hero must show himself to solve
the crisis of the nation.
Come on, I don't believe in heroes.
We keep asking for a hero
but have we really ever seen one?
How many times have we put our hopes
in a so-called hero
only for him to turn out to be a crook
who robbed the country blind?
Villain
I think we should stop
fantasizing about heroes.
Or a knight in shining armor.
Such a thing doesn't exist.
So what else do you think
we can put our hopes in?
We must believe in the power of the individual,
in the power inside all of us.
I think a hero already exists
inside each of us.
We all have a hero inside.
It's up to us whether we'll
to set him free or not.
Who's that?
Who're you?
Quick
This is the night of danger and fear
But I'd risk my life,
just to have you near
Red Eagle
Maybe it's fate, maybe it's a misfortune
That makes my heart struggle to be near you
Every night and day,
I fight whatever stands in my way
To keep you safe and warm
I'm a man lost in a maze without a light
But your love guides me
through the darkest night
So I'm not afraid,
I'm not afraid
I'm not afraid,
I'm not afraid
So I'm not afraid,
I'm not afraid
CHUMPORN: 3 YEARS LATER
Jaral!
What happened?
The government betrayed us.
They sent infiltrators to get us fighting.
Vasana, you should run.
Or you'll be in trouble.
I won't.
The government must come clean about this.
I'll go to Bangkok.
I'll sort this out with the Prime Minister.
You have 5 minutes, Miss Vasana.
He has a tight schedule.
I won't take too long.
What do you want from me?
I don't have the right
to want anything from you. Your Excellency.
I'm here as an ordinary citizen.
Will you cut the sarcasm?
Say what you're here to say, I'm in a hurry.
It's about the nuclear power plant.
It's already out of my hands.
It's the cabinet's decision.
I can't do anything about it.
I know.
And I'm not here to beg for your help.
I'm here to ask you
about the mob of agitators sent
to break up the protest.
That wasn't my order.
I know nothing about it.
Then who did?
Who gave the order? Vasana.
Has it ever cross your mind
that maybe it was an internal conflict in your NGO
that led to the clash?
Everytime there's a new mob,
you point a finger at the government.
But isn't it true?
You know it in your heart.
Didn't the government
take the local committee on an overseas trip?
When they returned, they changed side
and became supporters of the plant.
Divide and rule,
that's your specialty.
Enough.
I don't want to fight with you.
I'm telling you one more time.
As a prime minister
I have to see things in perspective.
A nuclear power plant is essential.
People in the provinces
have to make sacrifices
for the whole country.
Sacrifices?
How many times have the villagers
been made to sacrifice
in the name of national interests?
How many dams and coal mines?
If you really think the power plant is safe,
why don't you build one next to your own house?
Are you done?
I have a meeting to attend.
Do you remember
your promises during the election?
I'm a politician.
I have to do whatever it takes to win.
Kashen, see her out.
Direk.
I once had faith in you.
You were the hope for all of us.
Then one day you disappointed me.
But never before
have you disgusted me like you just did today.
CRIME SUPRRESSION DIVISION OFFICE
This was his first case from three years ago.
A watchman opened the warehouse in the morning
and found 20 dead bodies.
Not a single eyewitness.
Everybody there was killed.
This guy's Gesha.
The boss of the Gator gang.
He was shot in the knee.
His left hand was hacked off.
We also found 10 kilograms of pure heroine
stuffed into his mouth.
Detective, take a look at this.
The Matulee symbol.
Correct.
The Matulee is an underground organization
whose secret members include criminals
and influential politicians.
Look at this body.
See that?
The Red Eagle.
Yes, every time he kills,
he leaves a namecard on the body
to make sure everybody knows it's him.
I think Red Eagle is just a lunatic,
or a psychopathic killer.
Chief, think about it.
Who in his right mind
would put on a costume and go out to murder people?
This guy's nuts.
A total head case.
Ok,
I'll assign you the Red Eagle case.
Check the files from his previous murders for clues.
Most importantly,
I want a report on your progress
on my desk next week.
Next week!
Shit!
All by myself!
Come in.
You're here.
Let me introduce you to
Sergeant Singh...
what's your last name again?
Chandarakumara, sir.
Detective Chart Wuttikrai,
your new boss. Get acquainted.
Chief.
Are you sure he's not a roti vendor?
Excuse me, Excuse me
Sir, any progress
on the anti child abduction bill?
Not now please. Sir. Just a moment, sir.
Sir.
These reporters are a handful.
What's this, sir?
It's nothing.
She must be asking for an exclusive interview.
I should ask for something in return.
DEAR SENATOR.
TONIGHT I'LL COME TO TAKE YOUR LIFE.
RED EAGLE
Stop the car!
Get that bitch!
Go! Go now!
Stop!
Since the 1980s,
the construction of nuclear
power plants around the world
has dwindled considerably.
Especially in the US and Europe.
Do you know why?
Because of the explosion at the
Chernobyl nuclear plant in Soviet.
30 workers and 300 people
were killed instantly.
The radioactivity it released
contaminated the atmosphere
over nearby countries
and parts of Europe.
The International Atomic Energy Agency
have found that the radioactive residue
from that disaster
is still producing effects now.
Over 200,000 people
have died as a result.
I have no idea where
you've got your information.
But right now
the country urgently needs
to improve our competitive capacity.
Energy
is our necessary driving force.
Let me ask you,
if we give up the nuclear power,
where do we get our energy
since the world will soon run out of petroleum?
We're not being unreasonable.
But the government claims
that the nuclear power plant
is our only choice
and has rushed to approve it's construction
without studying the environmental impact.
This is what we're protesting against.
You're only good at protesting.
How can the country move forward, huh?
If we keep moving forward and we're blindfolded,
we'll walk right into a disaster.
Hey, you're not a reporter.
I recognize you.
You're in the Nuclear Advocacy Committee.
We've met in a debate before, right?
Ladies and gentlemen,
We've heard the views of Vasana,
leader of the network
that opposes the nuclear power plant.
We've heard her points about...
He's in his mid-40s.
Wearing glasses
like a technocrat.
He rushed out before the bomb went off.
Do you know his name?
No, I don't.
You can check from the registration.
Sarge,
go check it.
Yes, sir.
You are...
Vasana. Vasana Tienpradab.
Vasana Tienpradab...
I see.
Your name rings the bell.
You're the prime minister's fiancee, right?
Ex. Ex-fiancee.
I must have missed the news.
By the way,
what brought the PM's ex-fiancee
to the opposition office?
It's a long story.
I'll have to go to the hospital.
Please.
It's me, sir.
Shithead! You scare me
shitless sneaking in like that!
Don't panic, sir.
I've had our men secure
the perimeters of the house.
Even a fly couldn't get through.
Then what's this?!
Not even a fly huh?
Even a fly couldn't get through.
I'm dead!
Red Eagle is coming to get me tonight!
I should've told the police.
Don't stress out, boss.
I've prepared something
to calm your nerves.
Come on. Come on.
I'll leave you to take care of them.
Enjoy, boss.
I'll go check on our men.
Go check the back.
I'll take over from here.
Yes, sir.
Send someone to check Camera C.
Shit! An intruder!
Damn it!
Go check over there.
Over there!
Over there...
Good morning, Miss Vasana.
Hi, officer.
How's your injury?
I'm all right now.
Just a little shrapnel from the explosion.
The doctor has already released me.
Would you like me to help?
Thanks. I'm fine.
I have some follow-
up questions.
Do you have time?
Would you mind if I get changed
while answering your questions?
Not at all.
Go on, officer.
I've checked your profile.
Dr Vasana Tienpradab,
PhD in geology from Harvard University.
Your family is one of the 10 richest clans in Thailand.
Now you're an NGO activist campaigning
on environmental issues,
is that correct?
You've done your homework.
I hope I haven't become a suspect.
What I don't understand is
why a rich and beautiful woman like you
would go help poor villagers
protest against the nuclear power plant?
An officer like you
doesn't understand simple things.
Thank you, officer
This officer has a name, Chart.
Lieutenant Chart Wuttikrai.
Just call me Detective Chart.
Call me if you think of something useful.
Good bye, officer.
Detective,
we've got a situation.
Jesus!
He's a real psychopath.
The namecard. As usual.
But this time
it has your name on it.
What?
How did he know me?
It's a card drive.
Sarge, play it.
Detective Chart. Don't look so surprised.
You don't know me, but I know you well.
Senator Somkuan
is a first-class hypocrite.
To the public he's a saint,
a crusader against child prostitution.
But actually,
this filth is addicted to having sex with young girls.
These girls were kidnapped
and tortured.
Some of them were already dead.
When the law fails to bring him to justice
I'll have no choice
but to hand out my own sentence.
I am
Red Eagle.
I can't believe that
a respectable man
like Senator Somkuan
could turn out to be a fake.
Well,
maybe we really need a hero like Red Eagle
to go out and get rid off these scumbags
A hero?
You call him a hero?
This guy's a murderer.
He's got some nerve to kill a senator.
I'll never let him go scot-free.
I'll bust Red Eagle's balls myself.
For years, this mysterious man
has declared himself an enemy of Matulee.
You must still remember the last time
when we thought we'd killed him.
But in fact,
he's still alive.
Our units have reported that
11 of our executive members
have already been whacked by him.
Many more have received death threats.
Our members are panicked
and demand us to come up
with a swift retaliation measure.
So I declare
Red Eagle
as Matulee's number-one enemy
who must be killed immediately.
Secretary, please.
Mr Chairman and Distinguished Members.
Our assembly has decided
to hire an assassin
to hunt down Red Eagle.
The man whom we have chosen
for this mission is
a ruthless assassin known as
Black Devil.
Black Devil is a demonic assassin
whose face nobody has ever seen.
He works alone,
and moves with the ominous stealth
like the shadow of Death.
He's inhumanly brutal
and kills for pleasure.
His weapon is an AK-47
and a strangely-shaped saber,
so razor-sharp
it can slice through steel.
Red Eagle.
I'm
Red Eagle...
I'm
Red Eagle.
Sarge,
you got anything?
No sir.
He used a new voice altering software
that we cannot crack.
I knew it.
The police are always one step behind the criminals.
Can we scan his profile from this clip?
Yes, we can.
Do it then,
and ask our lab to perform a deep scan,
and erase the mask from his face.
This is the only way
to find out the identity of this nut.
Do it now, Sarge.
I'll go out to get some congee.
Do you want some pork congee?
I'll pick up for you.
Damn, you can't eat pork, right?
I'm Sikh, sir.
Really?
So you can eat pork!
Two eggs, with lots of liver and innards, sir.
OK
My client is innocent.
Excuse me! Please allow a let
The witnesses have reversed their statements.
"Pramool acquitted."
"Prosecutors drop charges."
"The witnesses have reversed their statements."
The breaking news is the brutal murder
of this respected senator
by a criminal who calls
himself "Red Eagle".
Let's hear the latest comments
from Captain Montree Sereekul
from Crime Suppression Division.
We have identified the killer.
This is the latest murder
committed by Red Eagle.
He left substantial evidence at the crime scene
and we are certain that he's the perpertrator
as he has claimed to be.
Yes, and this is the first time
that Red Eagle's face
has been revealed by the police
from a secret video clip.
Though the image is not very clear, it can be assumed that
Red Eagle is a man of under 30,
with fair skin
and a height of around 175 cm.
The police is performing another deep scan
to unmask face of this criminal.
We'll keep you updated
on the lastest developments.
Let's move on to another controversial case
about the explosion at
the opposition party yesterday.
Our reporter contacted Dr. Vasana Tienpradab,
leader of the protest against
the nuclear power plant,
who was holding a press conference
with the opposition leader
when the bomb went off.
She was slightly injured by the explosion.
She told us that before the bomb exploded,
a man was arguing with her,
but when she recognized him as a government official,
he rushed out of the room.
A minute later the bomb went off.
The opposition has tabled the motion to stop
the construction of the nuclear power plant.
The construction of the nuclear power plant.
We're not sure there's something behind this.
When will you see me again?
We have to check those who're in the official committee.
My sources have told me
that most of them were sent
by New Nuke Corp.
Yes, one of them used to work
at a power plant in Finland.
We must dig out their profiles
and give them to the press
we'll have an advantage,
because the villagers will realize that
these people are paid by foreign capitalists.
Take...
Take care yourself, Jaral.
When I'm done here
I'll go see you. Bye.
But when will you be here to stay?
When will our hearts meet again?
Tell me where you are
and I'll go there
This love is so strong and I do not care
1 YEAR EARLIER
Get in the car now!
Drive!
You're so clumsy! Faster!
Ok, Going now!
Forward!
Please don't die!
The bullet came in
under his right eye
and is lodged in the back of his skull
It's extremely dangerous. I can't operate on him,
I've never seen anything like this before.
It's a miracle that he didn't die.
Will he be all right?
We have to wait until he regains consciousness.
Now...
he's past the critical stage.
When he wakes up,
he will suffer from severe headache.
He'll need morphine for that.
I'll teach you how to inject it. It's simple.
So, Vasana,
will you tell me who he is?
You'd better off not knowing, Wichai.
Promise me you'll keep this a secret.
Never tell a soul about it.
Don't make a sound!
You know my identity.
I'll have to kill you.
Go on.
So Red Eagle can kill
even the person who saved his life.
Did you tell the police?
If I'd told them you wouldn't have been here.
If I were you...
Stay calm.
It's the headache.
I said stay calm.
Hello.
Are you all right?
Rome.
Is that you, Rome?
Can you hear me?
Rome!
I've kept you with me
In the deepest part of me
You promised to come back to me
But when will you be here to stay?
When will our hearts meet again?
Rome, where are you?
This love is so strong and I do not care
He's just a small-time crook.
But you've let him
go around making threats!
You're useless!
What a waste of taxpayers' money!
We're doing everything we can.
But Red Eagle...
is not a small-time crook like you think.
And we've just got an important lead.
Mr. Pramool, calm down,
we'll take care of everything.
Calm down?
How can I calm down,
when Red Eagle has marked me as his target?
If he could kill a senator,
what chance does an ordinary citizen like me have?
What chance does an ordinary citizen like me have?
Well, I don't think
you're an ordinary citizen.
Most of Red Eagle's
victims are criminals
and filthy politicians.
You don't know me,
but the police chief knows me well.
One phone call
and you'll sleep in the gutter tonight!
And you'll sleep in the gutter tonight!
Is that a threat?
Go on! Here's the phone!
Make the call!
Detective.
Make the call!
Easy.
How could you let your man
threaten me like that?
It's you who threatened me!
If I weren't an officer
I would smack your face right now.
See! He's threatening me!
You want to test me?
A big shot, huh?
Enough,
both of you!
Mr Pramool,
I promise I'll send my men
to watch you around the clock.
I guarantee that Red Eagle won't be able to
pull off his tricks again.
Mark my word.
If I get even a single scratch,
I'll make sure the whole precinct is transferred.
Who the hell does he think he is
to threaten us with a transfer?!
You should've let me slug him in the face.
Don't mess with these people.
They can pull strings
and really get us kicked out of here.
We should let Red Eagle teach them a lesson.
So, what are you going to do?
Well,
we have to send someone to protect him.
Chief, let me do it.
Are you sure?
You'll start another catfight.
Don't worry, I have a plan.
I'll use this idiot Pramool
to lure Red Eagle into a trap.
This time I'll catch this lunatic,
either dead or alive.
They say the villains in Thai movies
always overact.
But look at this villain in real life.
Here's a masterclass in overacting.
Anyway, all set?
Yes.
I have two Humvees parked outside.
They're ready to charge at your command, sir.
You go and look around.
I'll radio you if something happens.
Yes, sir.
Red Eagle,
I wish you're really coming.
All of you, get out!
Get out!
Go pee somewhere else!
Get out! Get out!
All clear, Boss.
You're fucking slow! I wanna shit.
And don't let anybody in.
Yes, sir.
Hey, I said no one in here!
My arm!
Help!
Sarge, I think he's here.
Something happens in the toilet. I'm going there now.
Police!
Stop! Put your gun down!
Red Eagle,
you're not going anywhere.
We've surrounded the place.
Put it down, slowly.
Sarge, he's at the emergency escape.
Order all teams to charge.
Yes, sir.
Jesus, what a fuck is that now?
Target is moving towards Rachada junction.
All units, proceed there now!
Patrol. Do you hear me?
Patrol, patrol.
The bastard is sleeping again.
Shit! Alien invasion! Call 911!
911 reported a break-in and fighting.
Red Eagle must be inside.
All teams, proceed now.
Follow me!
Search the place. Shoot on sight,
no need to wait my order!
10 guys, follow me!
Yes, sir.
Go!
Over there!
Freeze!
Team A, follow me downstairs.
Team B, lock down the exit.
Go go go!
GO...
Careful.
He's coming.
Red Eagle, stop!
He's on another lift,
go upstairs. Move!
Yes
GO...
Hold on!
He's going back down again, follow me.
GO...