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Ong-Bak (Ong Bak: Muay Thai Warrior)

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Petchtai Wongkamlao, Pumwaree Yodkamol, Tony Jaa, Suchao Pongwilai, Chumphorn Thepphithak, Cheathavuth Watcharakhun

When the head of Ong-Bak--the sacred Buddha of a poor village--is stolen, the population is plunged into misery. The Buddha was the focal point of an anniversary vigil believed to bring rain to the dr...( read more  read more... )ought-stricken area. Young Ting is selected by the villagers to travel to Bangkok and rescue the relic in time for their ceremony. Ting has an affinity with the statue as he was left on the temple steps as a baby and raised by monks, who taught him muay thai, but forbade him to use it in combat. But now he is forced to delve into a seedy underworld and try to avoid temptation.

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  • stopitgoaway
    October 15, 2009
    stopitgoaway
    Tony Jaa is the new Jet Li and Jackie Chan with a thai boxing background. This guy moves as quick as Jackie, has the strength of Jet Li, put packs a more violent, deadly assault - he uses his knees and elbows for pure annihilation. Why does he use his elbow and knees so much? Bec...( read more)ause they are the hardest parts of the human body. And god damn in Ong Bak he proper messes up everyone he comes across. Thai boxing is proper hardcore, they don't mess about.In Ong Bak, the story is pretty non existent, basically some gangstas from the city come to our heros poor village and steal the Buddha's head statue, and so Tony Ja commits to bringing it back and restoring peace. Now with that out of the way, let's talk about the fighting as this is where the film excels. WOW, this IS the most realistic fighting you will ever see. The only thing I can compare it to is Ultimate Fighting, but ten times worse. Tony Ja will become a legend this is fact. His flexibility in fighting is so extreme, and this film is basically just crammed up with the biggest, most violent stunts you will ever see. For instance, in a scene where Tony and his newly met friends run away from a group of hoodlums, he gets away in style. This is done by jumping through the tiny gaps, either backwards sliding underneath cars, jumping feet and hands outstretched through a hope, running across people's heads, flippin, kicking, somersaulting absolutely everywhere. Remember when you first saw the matrix and you were like `woah', well this is so much better. For starts, the stunts in this film are REAL. Everybody gets injured. There are no wires, pulleys, fake punches, fake blood. This is how it should be. Hollywood take note. The best scenes come where there is a kinda of street fighter style arena, where the deadliest fighters compete to be champion. Tony gets accidently caught up in this, and doesn't mess around by defeating the champion with a single powerful knee thrust into the opponents chest as Tony bends forwards and twists to avoid the ensuing punch from the opponent then unleashes the killer blow. Everyone in the arena is stunned and Tony gets booed for bad sportsmanship.. But don't worry about that has the biggest fights of his life coming up.You need this film in your life. I haven't seen anything as violent and hardcore as this ever before. But even though its hardcore and low budget, the direction is slick. Double takes are often used for the incredible action so you can really appreciate, for example, taking out three men with a triple, twisting back flip and smashing their heads in with your knees and elbows at the same time with pure accuracy. I have watched this four times now and cannot get enough. Overall, the story line is weak and there are some hilarious cheesy moments, but this all works perfectly well as instead of going `god damn thats sick!' at the beginning, you will end up saying `ha ha! Did you see his elbow get torn backwards then snapped! Ha ha! This is genius!'. It's like CKY2 with all the accidents, but here it is intentional for someone to do themselves in. This is a film you will watch over and over again, and show your mates everytime they come round
  • KhrisP
    February 22, 2009
    KhrisP
    KICK ASS action!! Brutal, real and absolutley amazing !!!!



    This is a martial arts movie which does not revolve around a story, a character, and action scenes for that matter: it revolves around Muay Thai itself. when I watched the interview with Tony Jaa, he stated: "M...( read more)uay Thai came first, everything else came after." The focus was to show Muay Thai to the world, let it be the star.



    And this is what this movie did..... it shows the beauty of Muay Thai boxing as it is never seen before, and the absence of wire fu, CG and special effects make this a daring masterpiece on the heels of Martial Arts classics such as Bruce Lee's Way of the Dragon and the much acclaimed Jackie Chan's Police Story.



    Tony Jaa is the stuntman turned star, taking 4 years to train in Muay thai, showing what a natural, athletic martial artist he really is. When the head of a Buddha Idol is stolen from his village, monk to be Ting takes on the duty of recovering the head at any cost, which takes him to the seedy underworld of Bangkok, where Ting's paitence, serenity and Muay Thai skills are put to the ultimate tests, and also drawing upon the wrath of the local crime lord who is responsible for the theft of the idol's head.



    Now, this isnt a movie known for a sharp script and great acting, though there a few good moments, such as the "knives for sale" scene. But the real star is the action > We are all familar with kung fu and karate, but they seem tame compared to the sheer brute force of Muay Thai, and Tony Jaa executes it to perfection on screen, where every single action shot is GOLD.



    Fight scenes are long and eye opening.... and can cause people to cringe. ^_^ - All good I say!!



    Best scene in my opinion would be the Second round at the fight club between the 3 opponets, in contrast to the famous chase scene, but i prefer fighting.



    Best Thai film ever..... best martial arts film of the 21st century. So far.
  • mrpopcorn
    November 29, 2008
    mrpopcorn
    "A new breed of martial arts hero is born"

    Jaa plays Ting, a young man living in a village in rural Thailand. Discovered as an infant on the steps of the town's temple and raised by monks who taught him the Thai martial art of muay thai, Ting is sent to Bangkok when the...( read more) head of the town's statue of the Buddha, to which they pray to bring the annual rains to their drought-stricken region, is stolen. The country boy is plunged into the big city's seething criminal underworld, and forced to use his fighting skills to dispatch a parade of thugs in an underground fight club on his way to finding the criminal mastermind who stole the Buddha head so he can return it before drought and starvation bring his hometown to ruin.

    Review
    The most exciting Asian success of recent times is, surprisingly, of Thai origin, not the film as such (it's a pottering drivel of a story line) but rather the movie's star, Panom Yeerum, or 'Tony Jaa' to us Westerners. Perhaps one of the most remarkable finds in the evolution of martial arts cinema, Jaa resembles a spirited Jackie Chan in his stunt work, only with enough ferocity to make Steven Seagal look like a prancing mary. Ong-Bak is all about full contact Muay Thai kickboxing, and Tony Jaa is so remarkable to watch, he will quite literally leave you breathless: a chase scene through Thailand's market streets has the boy scaling walls in a single leap, glide underneath moving trucks while in the splits, and somersault his way through bustling traffic with split-second execution. You think that's something, wait until he starts beating people up, with enough force to bring down a Jumbo Jet, his knees and elbows can split through cycle helmets, he performs wildly acrobatic kicks that defy gravity, even when his legs are on fire! The final brawl sees a succession of stuntmen line up as canon fodder for his exhilarating skills, which emphasises the movie's selling point to such a degree that it literally beats any kind of wistful cynicism clean out of your brain. The movie's secret, and Tony Jaa's, is the impressive lack of wire gimmickry, stunt doubles or computer generated nonsense, a rare thing in this new age of the instant kung fu hero. Ong-Bak reverses the genre back to its bare essentials and emphatically embraces talent over trickery. What Jaa also makes us neglect is a pitiful story line, another herald to the golden age, where he travels into the dark, gambling infested underworld of Thailand to recover the stolen head of his village's sacred Buddhist statue, but in a movie this explicitly crowd pleasing trivial issues like plot and characterisation are by the by. This movie kicks ass and should come with a packet of plasters ? as for Tony Jaa, with a debut this strong, it will remain to be seen how long he can resist the call from Planet Weinstein.
  • ironclad1609
    August 10, 2008
    ironclad1609
    If this movie had only fights and chases and action it would get a fantastic rating for me, but I can't get over how poorly written the dialoges were and that there wasn't much of a story to speak. Funny when people complain about such things in major blockbusters but let it slip...( read more) in small, likable films like this. That being said, the fights and chases are breath-taking. You actually see that it's all been done for real, I never felt worse for stuntmen after a movie and was literally flinching at some of the impacts they had to endure with their bodies. Too bad the rest of the film didn't make for a more engaging experience. Worth seeing for the action anyway, but don't expect even decent acting or dialoges like people actually talk.
    A few days later now, I add half a star because I catch myself still shaking my head about the awesome stunts.
  • 76Majikat
    May 27, 2008
    76Majikat
    Probably the best Martial Arts film ever made. With huge fight scenes, stunning choreography and comical chase scenes.

    Tony Jaa has been described as Bruce Lee, Jackie Chan and Jet Li all rolled into one. His speed, agility are a true force to be reckoned with, I hope he g...( read more)oes on to make many more films.

    For any fan of Martial Arts, this is an absolute must see, don't be put off by the sub-titles - you'll be pleasently amazed.
  • theclassicdragon
    November 11, 2009
    theclassicdragon
    A pretty stellar showcase for Tony Jaa's skills, Ong Bak: The Thai Warrior makes up for what it lacks in story with a spectacular array of fighting prowess trumped up to fist-pumping brilliance.
  • ellelag75
    November 8, 2009
    ellelag75
    As much as I love martialist action, too much of it can tire you.
  • KObenKiLLer
    October 30, 2009
    KObenKiLLer
    I love this movie...
    but i still love tom yum goong lot better..
  • dukeakasmudge
    October 29, 2009
    dukeakasmudge
    This movie was NEVER boring.Im not into Kung Fu flicks that much but this was definitely a good 1
  • hayneslauren
    October 21, 2009
    hayneslauren
    I love Kung Fu movies, but this movie bored me to tears.
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