Ong-Bak - The Thai Warrior
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Movie Reviews of Ong-Bak - The Thai Warrior
Movie Review: Amazing
Summary: 5 Stars
This one is well worth catching at the big screen if it happens to be playing close by, the action is very well done. If you like Jackie Chan, Bruce Lee or Jet Li, than this action adventure flick with plenty of fighting scenes will not disappoint. The lead character, a young man named Ting, has to leave his village and go to Bangkok to try and track down a religious relic stolen from his village, when he gets there, he, as we might expect, gets more than he had bargained for running into a criminal gang.
While the production was behind our modern standards here in the states, and certainly wasn't as refined as movies like Hidden Dragon or other modern Jackie Chan flicks, it easily competes with early Kung Fu movies and is on the same level as earlier Chan flicks that were done in China.
The athletic abilities and grace demonstrated by the lead were very skilled, and while some of the action sequences were obviously influenced by some of Chan's work, including inventive use of props and adding some humor to action, there was a lot here that was original in its form, at least to my eyes, and I think there is a big future, perhaps in American films, for the star.
My five star rating is based upon its place in this catagory of film, some of the acting is a bit cheesy, and being subtitled hurts a bit, however, in this genre it's easily a five star flick and I highly recommend it to fans of marital arts movies.
Movie Review: Plot? Who needs a stinkin' plot?
Summary: 5 Stars
There is not one single reason to pick up this film - not for the story, the acting, or the soundtrack. It is what it is: a clichéd story and bad acting all around filling in between a series of elaborately crafted fight scenes and chase sequences. I won't even bother with a plot description here...trust me, you just won't care.
But oh, those magnificent fights!!!
I am so in awe. Tony Jaa is a supremely talented martial artist, and anybody that has anything more than a white belt will instantly recognize just how talented this guy has to be in order to pull off even half of what he does in Ong-Bak the Thai Warrior. There's no sense in trying to describe him in motion with words, any more than the essence of a lightning storm could be captured in granite.
So, grab your remote and fast forward through the obligatory "plot" parts if you are short on patience and hungry for the action. I count about 5 good extended action scenes altogether, which IMHO is not a bad return on investment.
If karate, kung fu, muay thai or *whatever* martial arts movies are your bag, then this is your film. Just see it (if only the once) to see who's giving Jackie Chan and Jet Li a run for their money.
-Andrea, aka Merribelle
Movie Review: You'll be rewinding all night
Summary: 5 Stars
Ong Bak is beyond any action or fighting film you'll see this year. Tony Jaa gives you some of the most death defying, bone crushing, just plain old sick and wild stunts and martial arts you can handle. The film starts out a little quiet and then your thrown into a scene where Tony quickly defeats an opponent with one strike. Tony doesn't want to fight because his technique is just that deadly but he is forced to because the head of his village's sacred statue has been stolen. He leaves for the city to find the son of a village resident because he knows the city and can make the search for the thief end faster.
Jaa only runs into more and more trouble because he is so hard to defeat and of course people want to fight the guy that can't be beaten. Time is running out as his village is suffering without the head, there is a drought and the water wale is running dry and food is short. Will he get the sacred head back in time? You truly watch Ong Bak for the incredible fighting and stunts that are just out of this world. Every review is basically going to say the same thing and that's Tony Jaa is this entire movie and keeps it that way to the very end. I recommend you watch this with subtitles because it's way better than the horrible voice over actors.
Movie Review: Awesome Action!!! Tony Jaa is Officially My New Favorite Stunt Actor!
Summary: 5 Stars
First of all, I'm not a very big fan of action films. I like some, but none has ever caught my attention like Ong-Bak.
I saw this movie as part of an Asian Film Festival at my university. The only prior knowledge I had of this film was that it was from Thailand and that the actors perform all of their stunts without stunt doubles or special effects. Whoop-dee-do, the concept of 'doing one's own stunts' wasn't a completely foreign idea to me (remember Jackie Chan). However, if I didn't know this to be true after watching the movie, I would have thought you were lying to me. The stunts in this movie are incredible!!!
I never thought this movie would be released on DVD in America because it isn't a widely known movie, and doesn't have a big name star. I'm so excited that it is! I was trying to explain to my friends the uniqueness and intrigue of Tony Jaa's style of fighting, but they were too caught up in the mainstream admiration of Jackie Chan and Jet Li (not to say that they aren't great, but they have Hollywood to back them up). Anyway, now I'm glad I can show them Jaa's fantastic talent first hand. I'm sure they're going to want to add this to their movie collections.
Movie Review: The Best Martial Arts Film Ever Made!
Summary: 5 Stars
Ong-Bak is without a doubt the best martial arts film ever made. Tony Jaa is like a wild acrobatic tiger, kicking, kneeing, leaping, and doing flip-like-spin-type-backwards-things that I don't even know what the heck to call them.
I studied Isshin-Ryu Karate for six years and Songham Taekwondo for five years. I have traveled America competing in free-style sparring, and at no point during my travels did I see anyone with the ability of Tony Jaa. This guy is a walking ball of fire! And in the movie, he even proves that by kickin' tail while he is literally on fire.
This is the type of movie martial artists love to watch. It is as close as one can get to watching an actual documentary of a martial arts student trying out his techniques in real life fighting techniques on real people. The stunts are amazing, every fight scene is worth watching twice!
Do not miss this film. Yes the plot is a little thin, the music a little cheezy, but the fight scenes are worth every penny!
Oh, I forgot to mention, Pumwaree Yodkamol is absolutely beautiful! And funny!
See ya next review!