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Thai movie Gunman 2 Salween / มือปืน 2 สาละวิน was released in year 1993. It lasts 2h14mn. It was released under VCD, DVD and VHS format. A beautiful HD remastered version is available as the 35mm film was digitised and shown in SF movie theatre in Bangkok in 2017. Movie director is ChatriChalerm Yukol. Main actors and actresses are Sorapong Chatree, Chatchai Plengpanich, Siricoup Methanee (สิรคุปต์ เมทะนี - son of famous actor Sombat Methanee), นพพล โกมารชุน, Ron Rittichai, Sor Asanajinda, Paweena Chareefsakul, Suchao Pongwilai, Chomchay Chatwilai, วิชุดา มงคลเขตต์. The movie got multiple Thai cinema golden awards (รางวัลตุ๊กตาทอง) in 1993, i.e. Best Film Award, Best Leading Actor for Sorapong Chatree, Best Director, Best Editing, Best Sound Recording. After WorldWar 2, Burma got its independence from England but the Karen minority problem was left unsolved. So an independence war between Karen and Burmese started. A young police officer, Danai (Siricoup Metanee), is going to the Salween river area by motorbike. It is the new police station officer (สถานีตำรวจ). He is coming from Bangkok and has no experience of such a difficult area, where there is no law and where only guns decide. He arrives when Sergent Ram (จ่าแร่ม)(Sorapong Chatree) is shooting drug traffickers in the village. Ram shoots dead an injured trafficker on the floor. Ram gets help from Tule, a Karen soldier, without knowing him. The head of traffickers, Somsak (นพพล โกมารชุน), is aware of the new police station officer. The new officer wishes his men to behave like real policemen. Ram has the bad reputation of never taking alive culprits. Ram has a daughter named Dok O. Somsak, being son of influential man (พ่อเลี้ยง) Sor (Sor Asanajinda), invites Danai to his father’s birthday party. Somsak is married to Kanda (Paweena Chareefsakul), a former Thai actress, who keeps drinking alcohol as her wedding is a failure. Head of the Karen (ชาวกะเหรี่ยง)(Suchao Pongwilai) and Tule (Chatchai Plengpanich) visit Somsak to get additional powerful weapons to fight against Burmese army, but Somsak asks the Karen people to transfer teak wood from Burma first. While walking in the forest around his area to visit the remote villages, Danai meets Sor, chasing butterflies. Sor and his son Somsak are playing a double game by being in contact with Burmese army also. Ram is also chasing ruffians who killed his wife many years ago. Danai is the son of a rich man, but Danai has chosen by himself to come to this remote area. Ram is trying to catch ruffian Seua, but Danai demands to come. Finally Danai decides to go without Ram. The mission is a fiasco and a few policemen are injured. Ram storms the place by using a bazooka. He even saves Danai’s life. Danai evolves and finally policemen are wearing local clothes suitable to local conditions. Danai is enamoured of Ram’s daughter, Dok O, being a teacher. Burmese army attacks the Karen villages. Karen soldiers succeed in pushing back the Burmese soldiers thanks to Tule using a bazooka. Burmese army attacks again using helicopters. Initially Thai police refuse Karen people to trespass on Thai soil, but seeing children in danger, they let all of them enter. It is a weird atmosphere to have peace on one side of the river and war on the other side. Tule is injured at the leg. Kanda is having a lover as her husband Somsak is gay. Somsak discovers this and shoots Kanda’s lover. A fight occurs between Kanda and Somsak. During the fight, she is accidentally shot by Somsak. She flees to the Police station and before dying, she says to Ram that Somsak shot her. Thai police storm Sor’s home but Somsak is no longer there. He has fled to Burma. Sor claims to Danai that Ram has a personal vengeance against his family due to Ram’s wife's death before. Thai Police decide to cross the border to catch Somsak. They storm his den and catch him, but they now have to come back to Thailand’s side. Ram’s daughter is kidnapped, but other policemen succeed in releasing her. She is joining them to go back to Thailand. Aware that Thai police are in Burma, Sor asks the Karen leader (Suchao Pongwilai) to help release his son. He promises to give stinger weapons to fight against helicopters. Tule is assigned to the task to release Somsak. Tule says goodbye to his wife as he believes he will not be back as Ram is a powerful opponent. He doesn’t want to go, but he has to do it for his people. Tule gives one chance to the Thai police to surrender as they help his people last time. There is no second chance. On the next day, fighting occurs between the two parties. Ram is shot by Tule. Before dying, Ram injures Tule seriously. The Thai police shoot Karen fighters, but Tule is still alive. He continues to chase them and kills the policemen one by one. Reaching the border, Tule stops Danai and Dak O bringing back Somsak in Thailand. Burmese army led by General Ron Rittichai appears. They shoot Tule being their fierce enemy. Soldiers leave and the Burmese general welcomes Somsak to go back to Burma as he has an arrangement with his father Sor! In a last gasp, Tule shoots the Burmese general before disappearing in the Salween river. Somsak runs towards Burma. Danai shoots him before he can flee. Somsak caused many good people to die. Salween is the river of death.

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