Ong Bak (DVD) Reviews

Ong Bak is the 2003 film directed by Prachya Pinkaew, choreographed by 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 ...

Recent martial arts films, to be fair to them, have been, well, a little bit flowery. Crouching Tiger, Hero and The House of Flying Daggers are prime suspects one, two and three when it comes to making a mockery of the pureness of the (martial) art. Sure the development of a storyline, decent acting and some rather beautiful cinematography is a ...

Thai films are not a big draw here, or in the Western world at all as far as I can tell. ‘Tears of The Black Tiger’, a psychedelic cowboy musical, was the first one to ever get a UK cinema release, though it was closely followed by the magnificent true sports story/comedy ‘Iron Ladies’, and both of these were released over here only 3-4 years ...

Thai films have never really broken into england. To be honest it was only seven years ago when Rush Hour (1998) arrived worldwide that Jackie Chan was noticed by a mainstream audience. Since then, Chinese martial art films and Asian films in general (especially Japanese and Korean horror films) have achieved success and recognition by a wider ...