Reviews of Martial Arts »
High Kicking Action
Advantages: Tony Jaa doing what he does best
Disadvantages: Not for people who dont like foreign films
...of the FILM ONLY.
Warrior King is the 2005 martial arts epic starring Tony Jaa, following his previous success in Ong Bak. Again directed by Prachya Pinkaew, and choreographed by Jaa and Panna Rittikrai this is almost a guarantee of explosive fight action.
The story follows Kham (Jaa), a Thai villager who's family raise elephants in hope of having them picked for the royal guard. On a trip to a town celebration Kham's father's 2 elephants, Por ...
...to Sydney, Australia.
Kham then head's to Sydney on a search for his elephants, where he meets up with his cousin Sgt. Mark (played by Thai comic and star of Ong Bak, Petchtai Wongkamlao) and much martial arts action follows.
Jaa's performance in WK is stronger than his previous film, Ong Bak, bringing more emotion to the character and a greater presence to the screen. Don't get me wrong he's still no Bruce Lee on screen, but more than makes up ...
 mcicp19 19.08.2008 · Read full review
Ciao members have rated this review on average:  very helpful
Review of Warrior King (DVD)
|
Did you enjoy it? Story Characters / Performances Special Effects How does it compare to ... |
Li's Last Bow
Advantages: Some nice fights
Disadvantages: Too much propaganda, not enough character development to go round
Born the son of a great and respected martial artist, Huo Juanjia determines to become the greatest fighter in all China. But he learns to fight without respect or humility. His arrogance and decadence lead him to pick fights with all and sundry, eventually losing him everything he holds dear. Distraught, he leaves his home and wanders rural China until, exhausted, he collapses and is found by Moon and her family of farmers. Through them he learns ...
...to go home and face his demons, little knowing he will be called on to defend his nation's honour. Imperialist forces are closing in, determined to strip the country of its cultural and monetary wealth. The Chinese must present their greatest fighter to take on the best the other nations have to offer. But some will go to any lengths to win…
Hong Kong director Ronny Yu has helmed a fair few martial arts movies in his time and his experience shows. ...
 afy9mab 29.01.2007 · Read full review
Ciao members have rated this review on average:  very helpful
Review of Fearless (DVD)
|
Did you enjoy it? Story Characters / Performances Special Effects How does it compare to ... |
Warrior King
Advantages: Incredible fight scenes
Disadvantages: Lacked a plot and unconvincing Australian accents
Warrior King is the sequel to the movie Ong Bak also known as Ong Bak 2 or Tom Yum Goong. The movie is based around an ancient order of warriors who spend their lives with an elephant, defending their weak points from attack, focused mainly around their knee joints. One day when Kham and his father are at a market both Khams elephant and his fathers are stolen and taken away. Kham's father is killed in the process. (I never quite got how Kham could ...
...and last up Making the warrior Cast and crew Interviews
That’s all for Disc 2 I am afraid but its definitely worth looking over, you may tire of it after seeing it all once or twice but the movie will more then make up for that, if you're into Martial Arts that is!
Cast:
Tony Jaa-Kham
Petchtai Wongkamlao-Mark
Bongkoj Khongmalai-Pla Xing Jing-Madame Rose Nathan Jones ... T.K. (as Nathan B. Jones) Johnny Nguyen ... Johnny (as Johnny Tri Nguyen) ...
 vampiresthirst 24.04.2007 · Read full review
Ciao members have rated this review on average:  very helpful
Review of Warrior King (Collectors Edition) (DVD)
|
Did you enjoy it? Story Characters / Performances Special Effects How does it compare to ... |
Amazing!
Advantages: Looks great & is very watchable
Disadvantages: None at all really
I'm giving this film 10/10 and it earns every single mark of it. It was sheer brilliance from start to finish as I genuinely expected a film with overdone wire work but this was a good film that was made even more watchable by the fact of it being based on a true story. Jet Li plays the man who founded the main Wushu martial arts movement and we follow him through his life. The fight scenes are well done and don't go over the top at all, which I ...
...token Westerner and it was nice to see he is still doing well after leaving the WWE. The story is compelling and the plot flows well and even if you are not a fan of martial arts movies or struggle with subtitled films you will still enjoy this film for it's story. The sets and backgrounds are magnificent and the film looks wonderful all the way through, there just isn't a bad set or bad looking scene in the entire film. Jet Li plays his part extremely ...
atytyut2434 17.03.2009 · Read full review
Ciao members have rated this review on average:  somewhat helpful
Review of Fearless (DVD)
|
Did you enjoy it? Story Characters / Performances Special Effects How does it compare to ... |
The most impressive martial artist in film.
Advantages: Amazing fight scenes and stunts, no wires so everything you see is for real.
Disadvantages: The plots aren't amazing but still watchable, not for people who don't like foreign films.
...Panna Rittikrai, starring the great Tony Jaa as Ting, and Thai comedian Petchtai Wongkamlao and George (Humlae).
The thing with Tony Jaa is he doesn't have the screen presence on Bruce Lee, or the charisma of Jackie Chan, but what he can do is perform fight scenes better than anyone before him. It takes Jaa atleast twice as long as his predecessors to make a movie because of the one fact that makes him better then those before him - he doesn't use ...
...air for 30 seconds, just Tony Jaa doing incredible feats of agility and skill. If anyone doesn't believe he's not using wires I suggest you look up 'Tony Jaa high kick' on you tube and watch in amazement.
The main story of the film is that a small poor Thai village the head of a ancient buddah statue named Ong Bak has been stolen. The statue is worshipped by the village's people so Ting decides he will find Ong Bak at any cost. This leads him to ...
Mcicp1981 19.10.2008 · Read full review
Ciao members have rated this review on average: very helpful
Review of Tony Jaa Box Set - Ong-Bak/Warrior King (Collectors Editions) (Box Set) (DVD)
|
Did you enjoy it? Story Characters / Performances Special Effects How does it compare to ... |
(*) Reviews by Ciao members
|
|
