Ong Bak
Release Date: 08 August 2005
Director: Prachya Pinkaew
Starring: Tony Jaa
Details: Thailand / 101 mins (18s).
Director: Prachya Pinkaew
Starring: Tony Jaa
Details: Thailand / 101 mins (18s).
Hard-core chop-socky (of the muay thai school, to be precise) that mocks the arty pretensions of Hero and House of the Flying Daggers. Jaa stars as a young man sent from his village to the big city to retrieve a Buddha's head, who then encounters criminals and a smuggling ring. While it's funny, feisty and bloody, the non-stop action palls after a while.
Review by Declan Burke
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Criminally underrated - hangemi
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