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Ong-Bak - The Thai Warrior | 
 enlarge | Director: Prachya Pinkaew
Actors: Tony Jaa, Petchtai Wongkamlao, Pumwaree Yodkamol, Suchao Pongwilai, Chumphorn Thepphithak
Studio: 20th Century Fox
Category: DVD
List Price: $14.98
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Rating:  143 reviews
Sales Rank: 5565
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, Dvd-video, Subtitled, Widescreen, Ntsc
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled), English (Dubbed)
Rating: R (Restricted)
Region: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Number Of Discs: 1
Running Time: 105 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 7.4 x 5.3 x 0.6
MPN: D2230408D
UPC: 024543204084
EAN: 0024543204084
ASIN: B0009VBTQY
Theatrical Release Date: 2003
Release Date: August 30, 2005
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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Product Description
When the head of his villages sacred buddha statue is stolen simple country boy ting is sent to bangkok to retrieve it. Once ting arrives in the big city hes forced to use his lethal martial arts skills. Its non-stop action as ting takes on a series of lowlifes & criminals in his quest to get the buddha. Studio: Tcfhe Release Date: 02/06/2007 Run time: 101 minutes Rating: R
Amazon.com
No computer graphic can ever surpass what a real human body can do--and what the body can do is on spectacular display in Ong-Bak, a Thai action movie starring the lithe and flexible Tony Jaa. When the head is stolen from a holy statue in Jaa's rural village, he goes to Bangkok to get it back. Of course, it just so happens that the thief is connected to a bar where criminal big shots gamble over bare-knuckle brawls, and Jaa is--despite his virtuous efforts--drawn into the game. But that's only the beginning; a chase through the city streets rivals the ingenious acrobatics of Jackie Chan, with Jaa leaping between panes of glass, over a bicycle in motion, and through a wreath of barbed wire. Jaa's fighting prowess has been compared to Bruce Lee, Jet Li, and just about every other martial arts master, but he has an equal degree of charisma as well. He won't win acting awards, but his engaging presence carries the movie. One word of warning: The numerous fights will make you wince as much as gape in astonishment. Ong-Bak follows the action-flick tradition that the hero needs to be as battered as possible before he ultimately triumphs, and the battering is intense. --Bret Fetzer
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 The Best martial arts movie available--hands down. December 12, 2008
R. G. Smith
If you are entertained by awesome feats of aerobics, gymnastics and the sounds of sweet punches and kicks landing, Ong-Bak is the movie for you. All stunts done without wires.
Unbelievably Cool Martial Arts, Insane Stunts! November 18, 2008
Christopher C. Smith (Citrus Heights, CA)
This movie is unbelievably cool. All the stunts are the real deal, and Tony Jaa does some crazy stunts! In any other movie, showing instant replays of the same stunt three or four times in a row would be really cheesy. But for some reason when Ong-Bak does it, every replay manages to be cooler than the last. And the pacing is good, too; the action builds over the course of the movie, with quite the finale. Definitely a good movie to watch with a bunch of guys and a pizza. The acting, of course, is mediocre. But its not intolerably so. In fact, for a foreign film, its surprisingly good. Asian films are notorious for their melodramatic acting. Anyway, you dont watch this movie for the acting. You watch it to see Tony Jaa kick some butt using a martial arts style like nothing youve ever seen.
Tony Jaa defies the laws of physics October 30, 2008
Sheeky (Bakersfield, CA)
I personally liked the Protector a little better than Ong-Bak, but even that in mind, this movie still rocked my face off. Amazing action sequences that would make Jackie Chan's bones ache just WATCHING Tony. And I'm a big JC fan, so that is saying something. The fights do not have quite the diversity that The Protector does, but Ong-Bak still runs circles around most other martial arts flicks. It is absolutely worth it.
This movie kickas @$$ October 21, 2008
Mason Prenevost (King's Canyon Nat'l Park, CA USA)
So if you are a fan of fighting movies, you HAVE to have this movie! Jony Jaa is a Thai kick boxer who could destroy Jackie Chan or Jet Li in a fight. Plus this movie has a lot of acrobatics with NO special effects or wires! It's very impressive, simple, and memorable. I recommend it to people who like Asian movies or fighting movies.
 Awesome! simply AMESOME!!! April 15, 2008
L. J. ASCENSION (Victoria, Australia)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
Tony Jaa, the new champion. This movie has excellent stunts ands fight scenes a must buy for martial arts lovers. you won't regret.
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