The fighting and chasing is virtually relentless, and the violence is sometimes bone crunching. The story also contains strong obscenities, brief drug use, gambling, and a plot involving the worship of Buddhist idols. The exciting story is about a rural village which sends Ting, the local expert in martial arts, to retrieve the stolen head of its sacred Buddha statue. George lives as a petty thief on the streets and works with a young streetwise woman named Muay. When George finds out how well Ting can fight, he promises to help him only if Ting will win money for him in an illegal street fight.
The gangster also spends his evenings betting on the illegal street fights. Ong-Bak: The Thai Warrior. Photos Top cast Edit. Tony Jaa Ting as Ting. Petchtai Wongkamlao Humlae as Humlae …. Suchao Pongwilai Komtuan as Komtuan. Sukanya Kongkawong Waitress as Waitress. Sawang Rodnuch Noi as Noi. Sutin Rodnuch Jamnean as Jamnean. Prachya Pinkaew. More like this. Watch options. Storyline Edit. Booting lives in a small and peaceful village.
One day a sacred Buddha statuette called Ong Bak is stolen from the village by an immoral businessman. It soon becomes the task of a voluntary young man, Boonting Phanom Yeeram , to track down the thief in Bangkok and reclaim the religious treasure. Along the way, Boonting uses his astonishing athleticism and traditional Muay Thai skills to combat his adversaries. To fight for the honor of his village, he must unleash the ancient art of Muay Thai: 9 Body Weapons.
Rated R for sequences of strong violence, language, some drug use and sexuality. Did you know Edit. Trivia No wires or CG work were used in the fights. Goofs In the cave near the end of the film, Saming is no longer using the electronic voice box that he had to use to speak with throughout the rest of the movie. Quotes Muay Lek : I have an exam tomorrow. Connections Featured in Yo soy la Juani Good, but no one is ever able to whack him from behind; they obediently attack him one at a time, and are smashed into defeat.
The plot includes a pretty girl Pumwaree Yodkamol , who I think is the girlfriend of George Petchthai Wongkamlao , a friend of Ting's from the village who has become corrupted by Bangkok and betrays him. I was paying pretty close attention, I think, but I can't remember for sure if Ting and the girl ever get anything going, maybe because any romance at all would drag the action to a halt for gooey dialogue.
I think they look at each other like they'll get together after the movie. Did I enjoy "Ong-Bak"? As brainless but skillful action choreography, yes. And I would have enjoyed it even more if I'd known going in that the stunts were being performed in the old-fashioned, pre-computer way. Roger Ebert was the film critic of the Chicago Sun-Times from until his death in In , he won the Pulitzer Prize for distinguished criticism.
Rated R for strong violence, language, some drug use and sexuality. Tony Jaa as Ting. Wannakit Siriput as Don. Petchthai Wongkamlao as George. Pumwaree Yodkamol as Muay Lek. Rungrawee Borrijindakul as Ngek. Sukhaaw Phongwilai as Khom Tuan Boss. Reviews Low-tech stunts add oomph to 'Ong-Bak'. Roger Ebert February 10, My notes, had I taken them, would have read something like this: Falls from tall tree. Now playing. Introducing, Selma Blair Christy Lemire.
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