Ong Bak

Magnolia Pictures | Release Date: February 11, 2005

8.3	USER SCORE Universal acclaim based on 146 Ratings

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JamesMDec 20, 2005

It was an okay movie with good action scenes to boot.

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dead_beat_daveOct 29, 2014

Martial arts films don't come with more action than Ong Bak. Tony Jaa is by no doubt an astonishing fighter, and Prachya Pinkaew (director) & his cinematographer Nattawut Kittikhun do well in milking his talents for all their worth. The pairMartial arts films don't come with more action than Ong Bak. Tony Jaa is by no doubt an astonishing fighter, and Prachya Pinkaew (director) & his cinematographer Nattawut Kittikhun do well in milking his talents for all their worth. The pair stun us with astonishingly detailed fight sequences, choreographed to perfection by Tony Jaa - the leading man himself. Cinematography is pin sharp, and the Thanat Sunsin-Thanapat Taweesuk editing team fly the banner of their craft high with jaw dropping cuts and manipulations - foremost being ingenious use of instant replays.

All that being considered, Ong Bak falls far too short in an area arguably more important than technical mastery of filmmaking: the script is a piece of garbage.
Gaps in the fighting sequences and landscape fills play out like a painful Jackie Chan overdub without the Chan. Suphachai Sittiaumponpan manages to produce a script which almost ruins this film; though it is difficult to place blame for this abhorrent piece of writing, as the story originated with Prachya Pinkaew - a director who should not be involved in story making!

Kittikhun manages to stun us with majestic landscape cinematography - which does somewhat make up for the shocking script; though cannot ever restore the potential destroyed by the shoddy framework.

Technically speaking, Ong Bak is convincing - it certainly lives up to its expectation as martial arts eye candy; though if story and depth are what you seek, then you can give it a miss.
But if mindless thrills portrayed with majestic technical mastery are what you seek, then Ong Bak is for you.… Expand

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