Film

Overacting

Name: Overacting
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy
Released: 2026
Cast: Pongsak Pongsuwan, Maylada Susri, Akkharadech Yodjampa, Gornpop Janjaroen, Prakasit Bosuwan

Comedy
Action
Light-hearted
Relentless

A Thai action-comedy about a struggling actress who drags her retired-cop father into increasingly absurd missions to distract him from chasing an old nemesis. It's energetic, silly, and built on the collision between theatrical chaos and aging-detective obsession. For anyone who loves movies that commit fully to their own ridicule.

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