Ong Bak proved that Tony Jaa was the extremely talented inheritor of the king of martial arts cinema. Not only could the man kick arse with the best of them, but he could do inventive, potentially death inviting stunts in the vein of Jackie Chan in his prime.
The sequel/prequel sadly lacks these ludicrously dangerous stunts in favor of more Jaa kicking bottom, which he choreographs spectacularly. But there's something lacking.
It's a handsome production, this time set in the past, with Jaa's character being trained by other badasses, so he can exact his revenge on the baddies. I watched the movie without subtitles, so I'm not entirely sure about the plot. But with this much kickassery, frankly, who cares...
1 comment:
Return of the non-imperial Thai Fighter.
Yeah, this looked kinda cool with some nice Jaa fighting. A lack of cool stunts though which the first one had plenty of. Also, the lack of subtitles meant I didn't have much of clue as to the plot: Jaa gets trained by badass Thai fighters to become a badass Thai fighter who then beats up loads of people who did something bad to him years before. Or something.
The first Ong Bak is mint. This looks nice but seemed to lack the gritty 'tude and creativity of the first.
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