Ad Nut
Jan 9, 2025

John Wick lookalike goes to battle to sell his car

In this playful campaign for Thai used-car platform Roddonjai, a John Wick-inspired character fights a relentless barrage of online bargain hunters.

Ad Nut doesn’t often yearn for human inventions, but every now and then, the idea of driving a car does sound tempting. Just think how much faster it would be to zip around the woodland. Goodbye, slow strolls.

But any desire for car ownership vanishes faster than a squirrel with a nut when Ad Nut remembers all the costs involved. Driving lessons, tests, insurance, maintenance, fuel... it’s like signing up for a never-ending subscription service that you didn’t even want.

And heaven help you if you ever need to sell that car. That’s a whole new level of drama, as this new campaign from Roddonjai—a Thai used-car platform—demonstrates.

Titled, 'Don’t Let Anyone Devalue Your Car', the campaign film puts a cinematic twist on the everyday frustrations of selling a used car in today’s chaotic digital landscape.

With a central character based on the fictional action star John Wick, the film demonstrates why selling a used-car on social media often feels like walking into a battlefield. With netizens constantly trying to bargain for a lower price, we see the John Wick character using giant sharpened pencils to try and fend off the barrage of digital shaming he receives. There’s even a funny cameo by a Mark Zuckerberg lookalike to demonstrate the platform’s sometimes-frustrating visibility restrictions.

Ad Nut's main takeaway from this campaign is that life is easier without a car. After all, if it's too much for John Wick to handle, Ad Nut will happily stick to strolling.  

CREDITS
 
Client: Roddonjai
Agency: VML Group Thailand
 
Chief Executive Office : Parattajariya Jalayanateja
Chief Creative Office :  Park Wannasiri
Group Creative Director : Natkanate Ruengrujmethakul
Senior Art Director : Nucharee Virojtakulchai
Senior Copywriter : Satawat Tangpuangporn
Art Director : Jiratchaya Thongprasert
Creative Service Director: Wascharin Pongsirivilas
Project Manager: Nutthapol Thani
Production Director : Jiroj Mechoojit
Producer : Anuchit Sannopphakun
Business Director : Sirina Shinkhem
Account Manager : Phattrakorn Phatthanachan
Associate Strategy Director : Morakotchanok Chutikuntanakit
Global CCO : Debbi Vandeven
Deputy Global CCO: Rafael Pitanguy
APAC CCO: Paul Nagy
 
Production House: Salmon House
Director : Thanachart Siripatrachai
Creative Director : Vichai Matakul
Creative : Supatcha Skultechatana, Chayakorn Charoensuk
Assistant Director : Pattarin Chaopanich
Producer : Paweenwat Tangpimai
PM : Rungruedee Jedsadaphanukun
Client Service : Sasit Sawangsri
Cinematographer : Pake TanapolEditor : Beam Wong
Colorist : Udomsak Thong-in
VTR : Krongyote Glinfuang
Sound Mixer : Sound Space Studio Co.,Ltd.
 
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Source:
Campaign Asia

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