Dynamite Warrior (2007)

67% of critics liked it
(15 reviews)
39% of users liked it
(4,266 ratings)

After seeing his parents viciously murdered by a mysterious, tattoo-covered killer, a grieving young man named Zieng (Born to Fight's Dan Chupong) vows to avenge their tragic deaths in this action-packed martial arts extravaganza produced by Ong-Bak's Prachya Pinkaew and featuring stunts by Panna… More After seeing his parents viciously murdered by a mysterious, tattoo-covered killer, a grieving young man named Zieng (Born to Fight's Dan Chupong) vows to avenge their tragic deaths in this action-packed martial arts extravaganza produced by Ong-Bak's Prachya Pinkaew and featuring stunts by Panna Rittikrai. When Zieng learns that the murderous maniac who slew his parents also runs with a nefarious group of cattle rustlers, the righteous martial artist's mission of vengeance takes on the larger task of stopping the group's illegal activities and ensuring that each head of cattle is delivered back to its rightful owner. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi

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Rating, Runtime: Unrated, 1 hr. 43 min.
Directed By: Chalerm Wongphim
Genres: Documentary, Action & Adventure, Comedy

In Theaters: Jun 28, 2007 Wide
On DVD: Jul 17, 2007
Studio: Magnolia Pictures

Critic Reviews

John Monaghan, Detroit Free Press
You have to applaud the attempts to enliven the genre, but Dynamite Warrior doesn't have the visual flair or humor to make this a midnight movie worth losing sleep over.
V.A. Musetto, New York Post
Light years ahead of Ong-Bak. It features well-choreographed kung fu and high production values.
Rachel Saltz, New York Times
Dynamite Warrior is a genre confection with more than a passing resemblance to Hong Kong martial arts movies of the 1980s.
John Anderson, Newsday
... amid the slo-mo furniture smashing and cheese-wizardry is a movie in touch with its inner lunatic.
Jim Ridley, Village Voice
Director Chalerm Wongpim's skull-buster makes up in wild-eyed insanity (and excessive, arbitrary slow motion) what it lacks in acting, pacing, and coherence.
Felix Vasquez Jr., Film Fan Addict
Expects too much of its audience and ends up diving near the sheer abysmal pits of lesser titles...
Bill Gibron, PopMatters
From its stellar opening sequence to its incredibly accomplished finale, Dynamite Warrior ...is a brilliant Thai take on the standard martial arts movie.
David Cornelius, eFilmCritic.com
If we watch movies to see things we've never seen before, then dagnabbit, Dynamite Warrior delivers in spades.
James O'Ehley, Sci-Fi Movie Page
Even though it is at times downright weird and eccentric, Dynamite Warrior isn't all that original or new, especially if you've seen movies such as Kung Fu Hustle . . .
Andy Klein, Los Angeles CityBeat
This thoroughly enjoyable Thai supernatural western martial arts film is completely nuts.
Kam Williams, Mount Desert Islander
Puts the fun back into Kung Fu. And Zen some.
Jeff Shannon, Seattle Times
If you're getting the impression that Dynamite Warrior is insanely plotted for deliberate hilarity, you're right.
Brian Orndorf, eFilmCritic.com
Anytime there's a motion picture that includes a plot point where the hero must equip himself with a menstrual-blood-tipped turn-of-the-century rocket to vanquish magic, consider me in. All in.
Aaron Hillis, Premiere Magazine
It's crazed to be sure, but it's a lot more fun reading about these insanities than watching them unfurl in endless slo-mo flourishes.
Kam Williams, EURWeb
Puts the fun back into Kung Fu. And Zen some.
Maitland McDonagh, TV Guide's Movie Guide
More silly than existentially anarchic, and its exotic quirkiness wears thin quickly.
Edward Douglas, ComingSoon.net
Dynamite Warrior is to Thai action flicks what Will Smith's Wild Wild West is to summer blockbusters.
Ed Gonzalez, Slant Magazine
Takes a bite out of Ong-Bak: The Thai Warrior and Kung Fu Hustle and spits out a superfluous mess of schlocky supernaturalism, uninspired East-meets-West adventure, insipid backstory, and random feats of dexterous human might.
Luke Y. Thompson, New Times
I know we've all thought to ourselves at some point that kung-fu movies could use a bunch of dynamite firecrackers

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Bruce B

This is a pretty wild film with subject matter all over the place. An early try at trying to make a bad film good by the use of a herpo who uses fireworks and dynamite to round up and defet the bad guys, South Koreas answer to Robin Hood. 2 Stars 4-1-12
Wahida K

Some nice action Scenes and tiny bit of Fantasy but I think over all it was a boring Movie.
Dean M

Amazing and entertaining supernatural and action packed movie to set in a 1890's with high-grade special effects and the kind of raw action scenes the world is coming to expect from Thailand. I used to remember Thai actor/stunt Dan Chupong when I last saw him in Born to… More
Amazing and entertaining supernatural and action packed movie to set in a 1890's with high-grade special effects and the kind of raw action scenes the world is coming to expect from Thailand. I used to remember Thai actor/stunt Dan Chupong when I last saw him in Born to Fight at the first time.
Khris N

A interesting yet flawed movie... though its interesting to move into the supernatural / adventure genre, though still retaining the great action and martial arts Thailand offers. Anyways, this is an interesting concept - though highly flawed and maybe a little silly at times, but… More
A interesting yet flawed movie... though its interesting to move into the supernatural / adventure genre, though still retaining the great action and martial arts Thailand offers. Anyways, this is an interesting concept - though highly flawed and maybe a little silly at times, but still enjoyable for its action scenes. Compare it to movies like Kung Fu Hustle or Zatoichi - just not as funny or well made. But this is an okay start, and the "wire-fu" and effects are okay. If you are a martial arts fan, and like the above movies and others like Iron Monkey, then watch this.
Justin Y

After watching Born to Fight I pretty much knew what sort of film that this would be and that there was no way it could have been as sloppy as that. This was definitely better than Born to Fight, but not by much.The story is pretty lame… More
After watching Born to Fight I pretty much knew what sort of film that this would be and that there was no way it could have been as sloppy as that. This was definitely better than Born to Fight, but not by much.The story is pretty lame and uninteresting. I was happy to see that they actually tried to get a story in here instead of having a movie solely based on the fighting and stunts, but the story actually dulled the film. Not only that, but you can still tell that the fighting was the focal point of this film. The acting for this is pretty bad. Dan Chupong has the moves, but he doesn't have the acting chops. He was a dead fish. Many other characters where like this as well. There was even acting on the other side of the spectrum. This is known as over-acting and boy was it over. In some movies that works, but not here I'm afraid.Yes, this movie is filled with action. Cheap CG rockets are flying all over the screen and Dan Chupong is kneeing everybody in sight. While the fighting and stunt work is pretty good, they get downgraded by the slow motion shots of the big hits and falls. It is OK to have these, but if you over do it, it becomes annoying. That is what happened here.If you want to see an action oriented Thai movie, there are other films worth seeing before this. Ong-Bak and Tom Yum Goong are a couple that come to mind.
Christopher B

Fun film with great villains. Was hyped a bit too much for me, they showed us some clips at the After Dark Film Festival that made me think it looked like the greatest film ever made, but it's just good (how dare it!). Still, it makes for great Sunday afternoon viewing.