Part funny, part brutal, part exhilarating. Ong-Bak takes you on a journey that doesn't quite follow the conventional Amercian stunt film. Just imagine a guy jumping over cars----with no wires. Certainly, the execution of the film is something to behold, considering the fight scenes are well choreographed and dangerous. Let's just put it this way, don't try any of this stuff.
Tony Jaa spent four years training for this film, and it certainly paid off, making the action and stunt work so perfect and unusual that you had to wonder what the screw-ups were like, or how many screw-ups he had for each stunt. While this film ups the bar on stunt coordination and ideas much in the same way The Matrix, it does it with a more natural quality that seems mystifying and surreal. Let's see if any American actor can do any of this stuff.
as for the story, well, it was pretty cut and dry and just a means to fill the time between fights and stunts. Let's face it, that's the only reason you would go to see this movie.
Tony Jaa spent four years training for this film, and it certainly paid off, making the action and stunt work so perfect and unusual that you had to wonder what the screw-ups were like, or how many screw-ups he had for each stunt. While this film ups the bar on stunt coordination and ideas much in the same way The Matrix, it does it with a more natural quality that seems mystifying and surreal. Let's see if any American actor can do any of this stuff.
as for the story, well, it was pretty cut and dry and just a means to fill the time between fights and stunts. Let's face it, that's the only reason you would go to see this movie.