Shot five times by a Los Angeles gang, leaving ten bullet holes through his body, Tony died for thirty minutes and had an out-of-body experience, where he talks with God and makes a choice to forgive.
Only God Forgives is a 2013 neo-noir action film written and directed by Nicolas Winding Refn and stars Ryan Gosling, Kristin Scott Thomas and Vithaya Pansringarm. It was shot on location in Bangkok, Thailand, and as with the director's earlier film Drive, it was also dedicated to Chilean director Alejandro Jodorowsky. The film competed for the Palme d'Or at the 2013 Cannes Film Festival.