| Vanquisher (Final Target) | |
| Director: | Manop Udomdej[1] |
| Distributor: | Sahamongkol Film |
| Runtime: | 90 minutes |
| Country: | Thailand |
| Language: | Thai |
Vanquisher (aka Final Target; Thai: สวยซามูไร , Suay Samurai (Beautiful Samurai)[2]) is a 2009 Thai science fiction/action film. It was directed by and starred Sophita Sriban.[3] [4] [5] The film was released on November 5, 2009.
Kunja, a beautiful agent of the CIA SAD, has just completed an Undercover operation in southern Thailand. Then she finds herself the target of an assassination attempt undertaken by her own organization.the CIA agent Gunja is forced to fight against agents who have been ordered to take her out at all costs. She survives and, after two years of staying low, reappears in Bangkok to confront her old enemies and thwart a plot to detonate a bomb in the city. She manages to survive and decides to take revenge.
Originally, the film featured four Thai femme fatales, but executive producer ordered all scenes with “Amy” Chotiros Suriyawong scrubbed from the film after she had sparked condemnation[6] by wearing a scandalously revealing dress during the 2007 Thailand National Film Association Awards.[7] [8]
The film has drawn sharp criticism.[9]