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| Kingsman and the temple of doom: Cambodia bans spy flick | Kingsman and the temple of doom: Cambodia bans spy flick |
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| Culture ministry chief condemns Hollywood sequel for use of building resembling Ta Prohm as drug lord’s hideout | |
| Agence France-Presse in Phnom Penh | |
| Fri 13 Oct 2017 10.39 BST | |
| Last modified on Mon 27 Nov 2017 15.29 GMT | |
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| Hollywood’s light-hearted spy blockbuster Kingsman: the Golden Circle has been banned in Cambodia due to a scene that portrays the country and one of its famous temples as a hotbed of crime. | Hollywood’s light-hearted spy blockbuster Kingsman: the Golden Circle has been banned in Cambodia due to a scene that portrays the country and one of its famous temples as a hotbed of crime. |
| The action-comedy sequel follows a fictional British spy organisation that joins forces with an American counterpart to search for a drug lord’s hideout, which turns out to be a jungle-ringed temple in Cambodia. | The action-comedy sequel follows a fictional British spy organisation that joins forces with an American counterpart to search for a drug lord’s hideout, which turns out to be a jungle-ringed temple in Cambodia. |
| Bok Borak, director of the Cambodian culture ministry’s film department, said the “unacceptable” movie had been banned from cinemas for “using the name Cambodia as a hideout for criminals”. | Bok Borak, director of the Cambodian culture ministry’s film department, said the “unacceptable” movie had been banned from cinemas for “using the name Cambodia as a hideout for criminals”. |
| “And what is more worrying is that it uses one of our temples as a place to produce drugs, to kill people cruelly … So we don’t allow the screening of this film in our country,” he added. | “And what is more worrying is that it uses one of our temples as a place to produce drugs, to kill people cruelly … So we don’t allow the screening of this film in our country,” he added. |
| He said the movie was not filmed in Cambodia but the drug lord’s temple resembled the well-known Ta Prohm – a site in the Angkor complex that is tangled in tree roots and which was used as a set for Lara Croft: Tomb Raider. | He said the movie was not filmed in Cambodia but the drug lord’s temple resembled the well-known Ta Prohm – a site in the Angkor complex that is tangled in tree roots and which was used as a set for Lara Croft: Tomb Raider. |
| “Our temple is a world heritage site that we must protect and it is not a place for such things,” Bok Borak said, adding that a letter would be sent to the film’s producers “to show our frustration”. | “Our temple is a world heritage site that we must protect and it is not a place for such things,” Bok Borak said, adding that a letter would be sent to the film’s producers “to show our frustration”. |
| Westec Media, which purchased the local distribution rights for the film, could not be reached immediately for comment. | Westec Media, which purchased the local distribution rights for the film, could not be reached immediately for comment. |
| Cambodia is a popular smuggling route and destination for narcotics, particularly methamphetamine and heroin, and notoriously corrupt authorities have made it an easy hideout for foreign criminals and fugitives. | Cambodia is a popular smuggling route and destination for narcotics, particularly methamphetamine and heroin, and notoriously corrupt authorities have made it an easy hideout for foreign criminals and fugitives. |
| The south-east Asian nation has intensified its war on drugs in recent years and there have been thousands of arrests, some involving senior officials. | The south-east Asian nation has intensified its war on drugs in recent years and there have been thousands of arrests, some involving senior officials. |
| It is not the first time Cambodia has outlawed entertainment it considers harmful to the country’s traditional values. In the past two months the government has banned two Hollywood films – including the horror movie Jigsaw – for excessive violence deemed inappropriate for local audiences. | It is not the first time Cambodia has outlawed entertainment it considers harmful to the country’s traditional values. In the past two months the government has banned two Hollywood films – including the horror movie Jigsaw – for excessive violence deemed inappropriate for local audiences. |
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