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Exhilarating fish out of water martial arts flick starring Tony Jaa as Ting, a celebrated athlete and Muay Thai master from the rural Taiwanese village of Ban Nong Pradu. Following the theft of Ong-Bak’s head – a sacred Buddha statue – the village is prophesied to suffer grave misfortune. Ting travels to Bangkok to recover it, meeting his long departed cousin Humlae (Mum Jokmok) on the way. While hunting the head Ting falls into an alien westernised world of drugs…
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Film #18, Country #18 (Thailand) in the 30 Countries in 30 Days Challenge
This film is the blue-print for what a martial arts movie should be. The following components of this film are what sets it apart from a run-of-the-mill martial arts film:
1.) Jaw-dropping martial arts - Tony Jaa is in a very elite class of martial artists. He is highly skilled in Muay Thai. Jaa was also trained in Aikido and he was a successful high jump athlete… -
The slomo after every scene was great, funny because it really underlined the only quality of this movie which is having a great martial artist on it, but really watching those moves and the fights are fun. The story and the acting... well, no point dwelling on such things.
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I wanted to watch this with Cat as she's not too well-versed in action films and I was interested in how this would compare to The Raid: Redemption (2011) for her. I really enjoy Ong Bak, it's a cracking little action film with great martial arts and some really impressive stunts. Tony Jaa is phenomenal, and although this doesn't have the strongest of stories it's still enjoyable and everything makes sense. Cat preferred The Raid: Redemption, but Ong Bak is definitely one of my favourite action/martial arts films.
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Best of the bunch. The only reason I didn't rate it 5 stars is because I thought it was weird that they did slow motion replays of his cool moves.
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Acting sucks but martial arts are great.
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A fairly standard mission-of-mercy storyline, with the underdog, battling for the honour of his village against the evil tyrant. Middle-of-the-road story aside, this is all about the action. Overall it's very reminiscent of a Bruce Lee film and there's no doubting the authenticity of the fighting sequences. This undoubtedly outweighs the pitfalls of the script and the acting.
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Un peliculon como la copa de un pino PUNTO.
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A bone crunching, ass kicking, thrill ride. Some of the best fight scenes you will see. Until you watch The Raid.
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wow
wowserywowsers
this was amazing, well you know, the fight scenes/chase scenes were just amazing, he actually just did those things?
this guy is the fittest guy in the WHOLE universe!!
as for the story, it was a bit dull and the acting was pretty terrible, esp from the girl, lordy she was truly terrible
but please my letterboxing friends, dont let that put you off
you must watch this and prepare to be astounded
its worth the subtitles and the dodgy acting :)
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I really enjoyed this martial arts effort. This is one that had eluded me for some reason. The plot is solid and the balance of action and drama is adept from director Prachya Pinkaew. Tony Jaa makes an effective hero, an honorable man of few words who exhibits his skills in front of the camera via Muay Thai from stunt choreographer Panna Rittikrai. The fighting and chases mixed with the memorable set-design creates some fantastic scenes. The flaming pants at…