Only God Forgives

Only God Forgives is a 2013 Danish-French-Thai co-production crime thriller film by Nicolas Winding Refn, starring Ryan Gosling, Kristin Scott Thomas, and Vithaya Pansringarm. It was nominated for the Palme d'Or at the 2013 Cannes Film Festival.

Julian (Ryan Gosling) runs a Thai boxing club and smuggling ring with his brother Billy in Bangkok. Billy is suddenly murdered and their crime lord mother, Crystal (Kristin Scott Thomas) arrives to retrieve her son's body. When Crystal forces Julian to settle the score with his brother's killers, Julian finds himself in the ultimate showdown.

Awards:

• Nominated Palme d'Or, Cannes Film Festival (2013)
• Won Best Cinematography, Sitges Film Festival (2013)
• Won Best Film, Sydney Film Festival (2013)

Critic Reviews:

• " This is a gorgeous film to look at, hypnotic in presentation, with a forceful, deliberate pace that propels you deeper and deeper into this dysfunctional criminal world. " – Brent McKnight

• " Only God Forgives is a visually sumptuous feast, deliberate and controlled in its design, calculated to incite disturbing emotion and punctuated with a scene stealing performance by Kristin Scott Thomas. " – Debbie Lynn Elias

• " Only God Forgives crackles with dense subtext. Even the karaoke, which seems like a joke at first, winds up playing like a prayer for absolution. " – Ryan Syrek