This was not an easy watch.

You cannot go with a story like this if it's not played well, and there were bits of it that were strong, even with this cast (Janie Tienphosuwan cannot measure up to Anne Thongprasom, though she DOES look slutty in that dress) but there were moments there when I kept thinking: when I'll see this with Ken Theeradeth, THEN it shall have the right impact on me! Because, the 2001 version is still on my watchlist. I'll definitely watch it, but coincidentally I watched this first. As some other review here states this story is not for the fainthearted, I can vouch that you don't need to worry that much: because it was Ken Phupoom Phongpanu, and not Ken Theeradeth, I managed to watch this rather unmoved. By the way, the existence of 2019 Raeng Ngao 2 is a mystery to me, it's completely unnecessary and unwatchable, I don't know who did get the bizarre idea to even make it. This 2012 version is not entirely bad, but this cast is not doing it for me. I'll need to see the 2001 version with Ken-Anne to really judge whether I appreciate this story or not...