Ong Bak

[Space Moose]

Has anyone seen this film? Holy s**t, the fights are totally badass and Tony Jaa kicks ASS!!! I have never been a fan of Jackie Chan but I LOVE Bruce Lee and Jet Lee. I've been waiting for a LONG time for a decent martial arts movie to come along and this is it.

The movie opens with this fancy-artsy shot of a flag on a tree and you're like "a tree? What the hell!?!? I don't want to see a tree, I wanna' Tony Jaa!!!" Then the 'story' progresses, and 30 minutes into the film you almost fall asleep, but this is just how good the director is. He makes you think youer in the wrong movie when BAM ass kicking galore!!!

After each scene of ass kickery you think "How can they top that!?" then POW Tony Jaa busts out another slick move from his iventory of ass-kickery.

This is one of those movie where you know real professionals are working on it. Example: You could imagine them sitting around a table discussing how to make this awesome movie even more awesome.

Guy 1: How about he kicks him in the face?
Guy 2 How about he kicks him in the face TWICE?
Guy 3: How about he kicks him in the face THREE times?
(pause)
Guy 3: With his legs on fire?
Guy 1 and 2: Hell yeah!!!

Like I said, real professionals. Just sit back and admire the art.

PLUS, just when I thought this film couldn't be more badass, guess what I find out? That's right, no stunt doubles, no CGI, and no pansie wires. About damn time. Man, this film rules!

Anyone else have any thoughts about this kick-ass-o-rama?

 

[Taiwarriorz21]

Has anyone seen this film? Holy s**t, the fights are totally badass and Tony Jaa kicks ASS!!! I have never been a fan of Jackie Chan but I LOVE Bruce Lee and Jet Lee. I've been waiting for a LONG time for a decent martial arts movie to come along and this is it.

The movie opens with this fancy-artsy shot of a flag on a tree and you're like "a tree? What the hell!?!? I don't want to see a tree, I wanna' Tony Jaa!!!" Then the 'story' progresses, and 30 minutes into the film you almost fall asleep, but this is just how good the director is. He makes you think youer in the wrong movie when BAM ass kicking galore!!!

After each scene of ass kickery you think "How can they top that!?" then POW Tony Jaa busts out another slick move from his iventory of ass-kickery.

This is one of those movie where you know real professionals are working on it. Example: You could imagine them sitting around a table discussing how to make this awesome movie even more awesome.

Guy 1: How about he kicks him in the face?
Guy 2 How about he kicks him in the face TWICE?
Guy 3: How about he kicks him in the face THREE times?
(pause)
Guy 3: With his legs on fire?
Guy 1 and 2: Hell yeah!!!

Like I said, real professionals. Just sit back and admire the art.

PLUS, just when I thought this film couldn't be more badass, guess what I find out? That's right, no stunt doubles, no CGI, and no pansie wires. About damn time. Man, this film rules!

Anyone else have any thoughts about this kick-ass-o-rama?

Welcome new Tony Jaa fan! Yea Jaa is the real deal. I have Ong Bak and "The Protector"...Seen Ong Bak prolly 20 times. The Protector prolly 4 times. Tony Jaa doesn't play games...How about when "Big Bear" flips Ting off and says "F**K Muay Thia!"...We all know the result of this horrible mistake! LoL

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Pu2zVP8CAg

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kxWMFpKPyKY

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x7BJ89b9xpE

 

[huskerwebhead]

While I did enjoy the fight scenes in these movies the everything else about them sucked. Acting, story, camera angles, etc....horrible. Basically some great fight scenes with a crappy movie wrapped around it.

 

[hey yo its sean]

Tom Yung Goong is better. But yeah Ong-Bak is pretty slick.

 

[Movies205]

Terrible story, terrible camera work, terrible editing, terrible direction, and terrible acting. But the martial arts are amazing, I love to see Tony Jaa in the hands of someone talented.

 

[L.A.]

Terrible story, terrible camera work, terrible editing, terrible direction, and terrible acting. But the martial arts are amazing, I love to see Tony Jaa in the hands of someone talented.

Agreed The only thing good about the movie was the fighting.

 

[FireandIce213]

yea tony jaa defintley kicks ass in this movie, but as far as martial arts movies for me personally i still love the movie kiss of the dragon the fights are just so raw and violent and its fast paced.

 

[hey yo its sean]

If you walk into a Tony Jaa movie expecting anything more than incredible martial arts, you're a ****ing idiot.

 

[Taiwarriorz21]

If you walk into a Tony Jaa movie expecting anything more than incredible martial arts, you're a ****ing idiot.

Thank you for making that point! LoL Tony Jaa is just freakin awesome and if you're looking for anything more than the fight scene action well you're in the wrong place.

 

[nocomics]

Tony jaa's got talent,but hes not going to get really noticed doin the films he's doing. Sorry,but the fight scenes are redundant and it gets boring doin the samething over and over..Protector was okay,fight scenes was okay. It didnt take long to get bored of the leg locks,break ankle stuff etc. etc...
Dont get me wrong like I said hes got potential,and I think hes got little more talent than Jackie Chan,but he wont be a bigger star than Chan...
There haven't been any really good martial arts movies in a long time.

 

[A.J.Rimmer(BSC)]

I loved the dubbed version. Hilarious

Great film. But can you name any classical martial art films with a quality storyline and acting? No? Give it a break.

 

[Space Moose]

Tom Yum Goong was great! I actually liked the story about the Elephant Warriors and how he went all the way to Australia to get his elephants back. However, I didn't like the whole, gangster story which didn't make any sense.

Hats off to the guy who plays Dirty Balls and the police guy. He is HILARIOUS! Especially when he speaks English!! Well, he is a famous comedian in Thailand...

 

[R3M3D1]

Terrible story, terrible camera work, terrible editing, terrible direction, and terrible acting. But the martial arts are amazing, I love to see Tony Jaa in the hands of someone talented.

totally agree.

and Tony feels the same way!

check these stills from the film....

 

[Rac]

Has anyone seen this film? Holy s**t, the fights are totally badass and Tony Jaa kicks ASS!!!

Yeah, I saw this film couple of years ago. It does kick ass. The plot was kinda meh but the action was awesome! I also have the Tony Jaa follow-up to this, Tom yum goong. But I haven't got the time to check it out yet.

And btw, he's filming Ong-bak 2 right now. I hope he doesn't go to Hollywood. He'd just ruin his career like everyone else.

 

[Hush]

Loved the Protector, havent seen Ong Bak.