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Prachya Pinkaew (story)
Panna Rittikrai (story)
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Release Date:
23 October 2003 (Singapore) more
Tagline:
To fight for the honor of his village, he must unleash the ancient art of Muay Thai: 9 Body Weapons more
Plot:
When the head of a statue sacred to a village is stolen, a young martial artist goes to the big city and finds himself taking on the underworld to retrieve it. full summary | add synopsis
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2 wins & 2 nominations more
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(31 articles)
Ong Bak 2: The Beginning (review)
(From FlickFilosopher. 29 October 2009, 1:07 PM, PDT)
Movie Review: Ong-Bak 2: The Beginning
(From Huffington Post. 22 October 2009, 8:46 AM, PDT)
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Petchtai Wongkamlao | ... | Humlae / Dirty Balls / George (as Petchtai Wongkamlao) | |
| Tony Jaa | ... | Ting (as Panom Yeerum) | |
| Pumwaree Yodkamol | ... | Muay Lek | |
| Suchao Pongwilai | ... | Komtuan | |
| Chumphorn Thepphithak | ... | Uncle Mao | |
| Cheathavuth Watcharakhun | ... | Peng | |
| Wannakit Sirioput | ... | Don | |
| Rungrawee Barijindakul | ... | Ngek | |
| Chatthapong Pantanaunkul | ... | Saming | |
| Nudhapol Asavabhakhin | ... | Toshiro | |
| Pornpimol Chookanthong | ... | Mae Waan | |
| Udom Chouncheun | ... | Ta Meun | |
| Boonsri Yindee | ... | Yai Hom | |
| Arirat Ratanakaitkosol | ... | Tang On | |
| Woravit Tanochitsirikul | ... | Sia Pao |
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Also Known As:
Ong-Bak: The Thai Warrior (Philippines: English title) (USA) (trailer title)
Daredevil (USA) (informal literal English title)
Ong Bak: Muay Thai Warrior (Singapore: English title)
Ong-Bak: Muay Thai Warrior (International: English title) (festival title)
Thai Fist (Hong Kong: English title)
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Rated R for sequences of strong violence, language, some drug use and sexuality.
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Canada:105 min (Toronto International Film Festival) | Hong Kong:108 min | USA:105 min | 104 min (director's cut) | Spain:100 min (DVD edition)
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Canada:14A (British Columbia/Manitoba/Ontario) | Canada:18A (Alberta) | New Zealand:R16 | Spain:13 | Iceland:16 | Malaysia:18SG | South Korea:15 | Australia:MA | Austria:16 | Canada:13+ (Quebec) | Finland:K-15 | France:-12 | Germany:16 | Hong Kong:IIB (cut) | Hong Kong:III | Ireland:18 | Italy:T | Netherlands:12 | Philippines:R-13 | Portugal:M/16 | Singapore:M18 | Singapore:PG (cut) | UK:18 | USA:R | Mexico:B15
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Continuity: Inside the cave where Ting is fighting the thug who is armed with a large two-person saw, the thug is attempting to push the saw into Ting's throat and Ting is holding the saw at bay with his forearms. In another shot, Ting is using his right forearm and left palm to keep the saw at bay. In the very next shot, Ting is using both forearms again. more
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Spoofed in Lung gam wai yi dzi wang mo leung leung (2005) more
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I saw Ong-Bak for the first time on the Stockholm Film Festival in November of 2003, and now recently saw it again on DVD. I usually see at least 4-5 Asian films on the festival every year and each one is a gamble. At worst Asian action films can be unbearably slow and dull with uninteresting action scenes and horrible acting. At their best they can be like a wonderful ballet with astonishing moves and moods. Ong-Bak falls somewhere inbetween these two.
The story and set-up in Ong-Bak is nothing very original. The head of the village Buddha-statue (named Ong-Bak) is stolen which spells bad luck for the village. So they send their best man to the city to find the son who moved away, and they can search for the head together. Of course the villager is completely lost in the city and soon gets himself into trouble.
So the story is nothing new, neither is the setup which is more or less van Damme standard fare movies like "Lionheart" except in Thailand. We see some street-fighting and some tournament-style fighting in seedy bars. So, what makes Ong-Bak stand out? Well, the fighting! I have seldom seen such well-made fighting scenes. Both well choreographed and plentiful! The thai-boxing done here might be very stylized to look good, but it really does the trick. The fights are simply put amazing! The lead actor really knows his moves and his acrobatics, and many times you can really feel the crushing hits as kicks and elbows hit home. Also the pace is very high with almost constant fighting in the last half of the movie. And it all looks very very nice.
So, Ong-Bak is definitely for those of you who are suckers for martial-arts and fighting. Don't expect an original story or terribly solid acting. But expect a fun ride, lots and lots of violence. And for me that's enough. Ong-Bak receives a 7/10.