Ong-Bak [Blu-ray]

Overview

Thai stuntman Tony Jaa makes his starring debut in this martial arts action film directed by Prachya Pinkaew. Ja plays Ting, a young man living in a village in rural Thailand. Discovered as an infant on the steps of the town's temple and raised by monks who taught him the Thai martial art of muay thai, Ting is sent to Bangkok when the head of the town's statue of the Buddha, to which they pray to bring the annual rains to their drought-stricken region, is stolen. The country boy is plunged into the big city's seething criminal underworld, and forced to use his fighting skills to dispatch a parade of thugs in an underground fight club on his way to finding the criminal mastermind who stole the Buddha head so he can return it before drought and starvation bring his hometown to ruin.

Product Details

Release Date:	07/29/2014
UPC:	0876964007160
Original Release:	2003
Rating:	R
Source:	Magnolia Home Ent
Region Code:	A
Presentation:	[Wide Screen]
Language:	English
Time:	1:45:00
Sales rank:	28,936

Special Features

The movements of Muay Thai; Behind the scenes stunt footage (selected B-Roll); Live Tony Jaa and stuntmen performance; French rap music video with Tony Jaa; Promo video featuring The Rza; Making of music video; Trailers

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Tony Jaa	Ting
Petchthai Wongkamlao	George,George
Pumwaree Yodkamol	Muay Lek
Rungrawee Borrijindakul	Ngek
Chetwut Wacharakun	Peng
Wannakit Sirioput	Don
Sukhaaw Phongwilai	Khom Tuan
Chatthapong Pantanaunkul	Sming
Pornpimol Chookanthong	Mae Waan
Chumphorn Thepphithak	Uncle Mao
Sukanya Kongkawong	Waitress
Bunsri Yindee	Yae Horn
Woranard Tantipidok	Pra Cru
Sawang Rodnuch	Noi,Jamnean
Udom Chouncheun	Ta-meun
Arirat Ratanakaitkosol	Tang-on
Woravit Tangchitsirikul	Sia Pao
Chalongsak Sirimahasan	Hia Lao
Nudhapol Asavabhakhin	Toshiro
Somjai Gunmoontree	Bodyguard 1,Bodyguard 5
Somchai Moonma	Bodyguard 2
Taworn Tonapan	Bodyguard 3
Chupong Changprung	Bodyguard 4
Don Ferguson	Bodyguard 6
David Ismalone	Mad Dog
Hans Eric	Pearl Harbour
Paul Gaius	Lee
Nick Kara	Big Bear
Pumwazree Yookamol	Actor
Suchao Pongvilai	Actor
Mum Jokmok	Actor
The Rza	Composer
Clubbing Atomix	Composer

Technical Credits

Suphachai Sithiamphian

Suphachai Sithiamphan

Suphachai Sithiamphian	Screenwriter
Prachya Pinkaew	Director,Producer
Sukanya Vongsthapat	Producer
Suphachai Sithiamphan	Screenwriter
Chaiyaachab Sethi	Sound/Sound Designer
Thananapong Boonyachang	Sound/Sound Designer

Editorial Reviews

Ong-Bak Muay Thai Warrior is pure, grade-A corny fun. Strictly following the martial arts film playbook, director Prachya Pinkaew uses a paper-thin, utterly predictable plot to set up a string of fights and chase scenes designed to show off the considerable talents of his energetic star, Tony Jaa. These include a footrace through the streets of Bangkok during which he leaps over cars, slips between two planes of glass, and dives through a coil of barbed wire two guys just happen to be loading onto a truck. His opponents at the fight club, each one more menacing than the last, are like comic book monsters made flesh. And of course, there's a merciless villain behind it all who must be vanquished in a final showdown. All of this is accomplished with sufficient flair, though Pinkaew's habit of showing Yeerum's more awesome stunts three times each becomes, well, repetitious, and saps some of the energy from the action scenes. The film is, after all, a bid to catapult Jaa into the ranks of international action stars like Jackie Chan and Jet Li. Tony uses an indigenously Thai martial art form that, in the movie at least, involves a lot of leaping and flying elbows. In one memorable scene, it also includes jumping off a tall platform, knees first, into a prone bad guy. Impressively, he does it all without wires or digital effects. A perfect, if formulaic, showcase for its star's skills, this film delivers exactly what it promises.