Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Brisk
- Intensity
- Strong
- Complexity
- Easy to follow
- Violence
- Graphic
- grim
- kinetic
- violent
- action movie night
- crime thriller marathon
What critics said
Critics broadly regarded the film as a thin, uneven action thriller whose violence and cast could not overcome its weak storytelling.
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
Curtie accepts a contract targeting the trafficker responsible for prostituting and murdering the employer's daughter.
Curtie rents heavy weapons and deliberately provokes a gang war to destroy multiple slave traders.
The central conflict involves prostitution, trafficking, addiction, and the rescue of exploited girls.
Curtie is a professional assassin, yet redirects his violence toward traffickers and helps Mae free other girls.
Films like Elephant White, and why
Man from Nowhere
shared revenge-driven action, criminal underworld, and morally charged vigilante protagonist
Only God Forgives
shared Bangkok crime setting, brutal action, and trafficking-centered underworld conflict
The Killer
shared assassin protagonist, gang warfare, and stylized crime-thriller violence
Movie Details
- Director
- Prachya Pinkaew
- Release Date
- 2011-05-17
- Runtime
- 91 min
- Rating
- 5.0 / 10 (214)
Cast
- Kevin Bacon
- Djimon Hounsou
- Weeraprawat Wongpuapan
- Suteerush Channukool
- Sahajak Boonthanakit
- Byron Gibson
- Vithaya Pansringarm
- Apichart Chusakul
- Gigi Velicitat
- Markus Waldow
Where to watch in United States
- Streaming
- Amazon Prime Video, fuboTV, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, Howdy Amazon Channel
- Rent
- Amazon Video
- Buy
- Amazon Video
Streaming options come from TMDB and change over time.
Common questions
- What is Elephant White about?
- An uncompromising assassin turns Bangkok's trafficking syndicates against themselves while searching for a missing young woman.
- What is Elephant White like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of Elephant White as brisk, its intensity as strong and its storytelling as easy to follow.
- Is Elephant White violent?
- Yes. Ember rates the violence in Elephant White as graphic.
- What did critics think of Elephant White?
- Critics broadly regarded the film as a thin, uneven action thriller whose violence and cast could not overcome its weak storytelling.
- Which films are like Elephant White?
- Films with a similar feel include Man from Nowhere, Only God Forgives, and The Killer.
- How long is Elephant White?
- Elephant White runs 91 minutes.
- Where can I watch Elephant White?
- In United States, Elephant White streams on Amazon Prime Video, fuboTV, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, Howdy Amazon Channel.
