Well, what a let down.
A very unoriginal storyline-young kid has parents killed by nasty bad guy, leaving him orphaned, and is taken in as a child by some bearded dude who teaches him how to fight...boy becomes man and avenges parents death....but the twist is dun dun dun...the man who took him in and taught him martial arts is the masked warrior who sliced his dads throat all those years ago.....
Ong Bak 1 was fantastic, I loved it, my friends loved it. I remember we all went down to the park after it finished trying to copy Tony Jaas moves and obviously failing, busting our groin areas trying to do those long stretch kicks and just looking like idiots. WE all walked home in pain and were disappointed we couldn't do the high knee kicks....
As for Ong Bak 2, which is a 'prequel', its just rubbish. It lacked the flow and pacing of Ong Bak 1. THere was no humour which in my opinion made Ong Bak 1 even better.
I was sorely disappointing with Ong Bak 2...the ending is just stupid.
See it for yourself but don't expect much. What a disappointment.
A very unoriginal storyline-young kid has parents killed by nasty bad guy, leaving him orphaned, and is taken in as a child by some bearded dude who teaches him how to fight...boy becomes man and avenges parents death....but the twist is dun dun dun...the man who took him in and taught him martial arts is the masked warrior who sliced his dads throat all those years ago.....
Ong Bak 1 was fantastic, I loved it, my friends loved it. I remember we all went down to the park after it finished trying to copy Tony Jaas moves and obviously failing, busting our groin areas trying to do those long stretch kicks and just looking like idiots. WE all walked home in pain and were disappointed we couldn't do the high knee kicks....
As for Ong Bak 2, which is a 'prequel', its just rubbish. It lacked the flow and pacing of Ong Bak 1. THere was no humour which in my opinion made Ong Bak 1 even better.
I was sorely disappointing with Ong Bak 2...the ending is just stupid.
See it for yourself but don't expect much. What a disappointment.