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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
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Review of Tony Jaa Box Set - Ong-Bak/Warrior King (Collectors Editions) (Box Set) (DVD)

Ong-Bak, see it to believe it.

Advantages: Funny, exciting, amazing, great popcorn flick.
Disadvantages: The story is a little hokey. Who cares?

This is a fantastic film, I'll say that now. If you are already a Martial-Arts movie fan, you should believe the hype. I actually took quite a while to get round to seeing this one, but that was because I hadn't seen a good martial arts flick since... Jackie Chan! I hate Seagal, and Van Damme only has one or two good films. So when I finally watched Ong-Bak: my faith in 'chop-socky' films was reaffirmed. Balletic, exciting, there's even a little ...
...fight scenes, and incredible acrobatic feats that you watch this one for. The 'pants on fire' moment blew me away! When I first watched Jackie Chan (I was very young at the time) I was filled with a 'wish I could do that' sense of awe. Watching this film I felt the same way, and that's rare now that I am at a very jaded age. Very little cinema leaves me feeling the way this film does. A must watch movie, especially if you have been to Thailand! (which ...

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Review of Ong Bak (DVD)

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
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Review of Warrior King (Collectors Edition) (DVD)

BUTTERFLY AND SWORD (1993)

Advantages: Fantastic authentic stunt work and choreography. A classic Wuxia film.
Disadvantages: The characters were so under-developed!

...In terms of martial arts, Butterfly is completely useless and she prefers it that way. Her father was one of the most power martial lords who were killed in a battle a few years earlier. For that, she's glad that she no longer has to live in the life of the martial arts society and to be living with danger. The only problem is that Sing has lied to her. When he's off to 'work', she assumes that he is a working merchant, not a killer. Here is a bit ...
...and Butterfly is madly in love with each other, Sister Ko has grown a soft spot for Sing over the years. Better still, Yip is head over heels for Sister Ko; but is too scared to express his love for her. A group of four, yet only two of them are in love with each other. While all the love dilemma are going on in the background, live goes on and Sister Ko's latest employer is the powerful Eunuch Li. Eunuch Li is ill fated and has only a month to ...

Moogiekupo 12.09.2006 · Read full review
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Review of Butterfly And Sword (Full Screen And Wide Screen) (Subtitled And Dubbed) (DVD)

no strings attached

Advantages: lots of incredible fight scenes, full of stunts.
Disadvantages: shows you how unfit you are!!

Simply the best martial arts film i have seen since enter the dragon. Some of the fight scenes are unbelievable and out of this world fast. I had never heard of tony jaa before and wheni watched theis film i was blown away by how acrobatic and fast he is. As it says on the cover no useage of cgi, the things he does in the film are all carried out by him! only downfall is that its in a different language, but there are subtitles or dubbing so you ...

jeffhigh 22.02.2009 · Read full review
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Review of Ong Bak (Subtitled And Dubbed) (Platinum Edition) (DVD)