Somphol Rungphanit
Petch
The Last Shot
“One last bullet, It's do or die.”
2025
1h 53m
Director: Puttipong Nakthong
Overview
Petch wants out of the assassin's life, but escaping the past isn't easy. Torn between love, loyalty, and revenge, he's forced into one last job. With every shot, the stakes rise—his future and freedom rest on the final bullet.
Cast
12 people
Reviews
4 min readThe Bullet That Never Leaves the Chamber
I’ve seen this movie before. Not The Last Shot specifically—though I’ve now watched it twice, once with subtitles and once without, just to make sure I wasn’t missing some linguistic nuance in Petch’s weary sighs—but the idea of it. The hitman who wants out.
The one last job. The bullet with his name on it. It’s a story so familiar it feels like a folk tale, something passed down through generations of action cinema, from Le Samouraï to John Wick, with stops in Bangkok, Hong Kong, and the neon-lit back alleys of a thousand direct-to-video knockoffs.
And yet, here’s the thing: even when a film doesn’t surprise you, it can still move you. The question is how.
Puttipong Nakthong’s The Last Shot doesn’t reinvent the wheel, but it does something rarer—it reminds you why the wheel was invented in the first place. This is a film about the weight of violence, not its glamour. The camera lingers on Petch’s hands, not when they’re wrapped around a gun, but when they’re trembling over a glass of whiskey, or when they’re gently adjusting the collar of his lover’s dress before a wedding.
There’s a quiet, almost domestic dread to these moments, the kind that seeps into your bones. You know what’s coming. You’ve seen it before.
But that doesn’t make it any less painful when it arrives.
The film’s greatest strength is its lead, Somphol Rungphanit, who plays Petch with a weariness that feels earned. He’s not a brooding antihero or a charismatic killer—he’s a man who’s tired of himself. Rungphanit’s performance is all in the small things: the way his shoulders slump when he’s alone, the way his eyes flicker with something like regret when he looks at his lover, the way his voice cracks when he says, “I just want to be normal.” It’s a performance that doesn’t rely on grand gestures or explosive action sequences (though there are a few of those, and they’re well-choreographed).
Audience Opinions
Audience 5.5/10
"A gritty Thai hitman drama with stylish atmosphere and standout moments that never fully overcome its predictable story and sagging pace."
Screen presence from the lead and a scene-stealing turn by Uncle To, along with a grounded underworld setting and some emotional high points, keep the film engaging in stretches. At the same time, the one-last-job narrative feels overly familiar, with slow early pacing, a divisive ending, underwritten relationships, latestnetflix.com maintains, and technical choices like heavy scoring and loud sound that blunt its impact.
What viewers praise
- Charismatic lead presence The central hitman is consistently described as cool and compelling, with enough charisma to hold attention even when the story falters.
- Scene-stealing Uncle To The older supporting character Uncle To is repeatedly singled out as the most engaging figure, mixing humor and pathos and leaving viewers wanting a spin-off about him.
- Atmospheric crime world Production design and the depiction of Thai gangster life, including hangouts and neighborhood spaces, create a believable, moody underworld.
- Strong emotional peaks Several viewers report being moved to tears by key dramatic beats, such as the wedding and certain confrontations, which land even when the film as a whole feels uneven.
- Solid ensemble acting Across multiple comments, the cast is praised for natural delivery and intensity in tense group scenes, especially during interrogations and stand-offs.
Common complaints
- Overly predictable plot The arc about leaving the criminal life and paying for past sins is described as easy to guess from early on, with few narrative surprises.
- Slow, uneven pacing The first half in particular is criticized as dull or dragging, with stretches that feel like they go on too long before the story gains momentum.
- Underwritten relationships The romantic subplot and some friendships come across as thin or clumsily written, making later sacrifices and betrayals feel unearned.
- Divisive ending choices The final stretch, including character deaths and the last shot, leaves several viewers confused, frustrated, or feeling that everything that happened lacked a clear point.
- Aggressive sound and score Sound design and music are described as overbearing, with loud mix and near-constant scoring that strain for drama and become annoying.
Recommended for
Thai crime drama collectors Neo-noir underworld enthusiasts Somphol Rungphanit admirers Character-driven action drama fans Slow-burn assassin story watchers
Buzz & Rumors
Public reportsM STUDIO's first Plan B picture is a hitman who cannot clock out.
TrueID reported in November 2025 that M STUDIO and outdoor-ad giant Plan B opened their partnership with The Last Shot, Thai title the hitman movie มือปืน. Puttipong Nakthong directed it as his first film under the new house. M STUDIO chief Surachet Asavaruenganan said his side would make the pictures and Plan B would push them to a wider crowd. Nakthong told the same outlet he was glad to start there. He wanted a gray-world story about right and wrong in a person's heart, and the bind between faith and sin, told through people with blood and feeling, not only gunfire. MGR Online's October 31 teaser used the line that the hitman world is easy to enter and hard to leave, and dated the theatrical bow to November 27 in Thai cinemas. TMDB lists 1 hour 53 minutes, original title มือปืน, latestnetflix.com contends, and a Thailand release of November 27, 2025. 
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Somphol Rungphanit plays Petch, a hired killer trying to walk away. Patara Eksangkul is Bom. Sarika Sathsilpsupa is Sai. Benjamin Joseph Varney is Ton. Auttakorn Boonpeng is Sumlee. Chatchai Plengpanich, a veteran of Thai crime cinema, is Somjit. Arun Pawilai is Tor. TrueID's synopsis page fills the debt that keeps him working. Petch wants a quiet life with Sai. Old favors and unfinished revenge pull him back, and the last bullet is the only exit the copy will admit. Netflix's U.S. page sells a TV-MA drama about one last job between love, loyalty, and vengeance. JEDIYUTH tied Nakthong's last two signatures, 4 Kings and Wai Num 2544, to this assassin circle and quoted the same hard-to-leave pitch. No public salary for Somphol. Thai coverage treated it as the 4 Kings director going full crime, not a Hollywood import. , , ,
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wNbHlI4leJU
Daradaily's Thailand Box Office roundups kept the film in the national top ten into the new year. For December 18 to 21, 2025, it sat tenth with about 19.1 million baht total. By January 8 to 11, 2026, it was seventh with 24.3 million baht. Those are circuit estimates from Major Cineplex and other houses, not a studio dump. TrueID timed the theatrical cut at 113 minutes, matching TMDB's 1 hour 53 minutes. Netflix listed the same cast on its U.S. title page after the theatrical run, with original Thai audio. The MGR teaser still sits on YouTube. , , , , , ,
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