Cambodia jumps into the action game with the blockbuster martial arts film Jailbreak, which aims to do for Khmer cinema what The Raid did for Indonesian cinema. Directed by Cambodia-based Italian filmmaker Jimmy Henderson & produced by Loy Te, the crime action brawler features plentiful fighting scenes that highlight the Khmer martial art of bokator. French-Cambodian stunt actor & coordinator Jean-Paul Ly takes on his first leading role alongside Dara Our, MMA champion Tharoth Sam & former adult actress Celine Tran.
Four police officers are put on the seemingly straightforward task of escorting mob rat Playboy (Savin Philip) to a high-security prison. However, Playboys boss Madame Butterfly (Celine Tran) has decided to snuff him out before he can snitch. When the task force gets to the prison, theyre greeted with a mass jailbreak & surrounded on all sides by dangerous criminals & Madame Butterflys underlings.