Ong-Bak Movie Review 2003

Over-the-top action is the centerpiece of this breakthrough Thai martial arts film. Loose-cannon Thai kickboxer Ting (Jaa) travels to Bangkok in search of the stolen head to his tiny village's Buddha. Mayhem ensues. What little plot exists is just a vehicle for superb action sequences that are exceptionally violent yet highly inventive, especially when one considers that all the action was filmed without digital effects, wires, or other modern-day trickery. The result is a 70's-style martial-arts movie for the modern era, refreshingly real and a heck of a lot of fun. Thai with English subtitles.

Distribution

Fox Home Entertainment, PO Box 900, Beverly Hills, CA 90213, Phone: (310)369-3900, Toll-free: 888-223-4FOX, Fax: (310)369-5811, URL: http://www.foxmovies.com/index1.html, Remarks: Also known as Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment

Available on DVD
Running time 107 minutes.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Asia, Action-Drama, Martial Arts

Screenplay

Suphachai Sithiamphian

Cast

Tony Jaa, Wannakit Siriput, Sukhaaw Phongwilai, Petchthai Wongkamlao, Pumwaree Yodkamol, Rungrawee Borrijindakul

Cinematography

Nattawut Kittihun

Director

Prachya Pinkaew

Music

Atomix Clubbing

Other

Chaiyaachab Sethi, Thanat Sunsin, Akhadaet Kaewchote

Producer

Prachya Pinkaew, Sukanya Vongsthapat, Baa-Ram-Ewe