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Ong Bak 2: The Beginning Movie Review
27 October 2009 8:00 PM, PDT | MoviesOnline.ca | See recent MoviesOnline news »
Let's get this out of the way right now: Ong Bak 2: The Beginning really has nothing to do with Ong Bak aside from the fact that Tony Jaa is in it. Sure, you'll hear claims that he's playing the earlier incarnation of his character from the original, but that won't mean anything to you. Because you don't care about a plot. You came to see Tony Jaa fight a crocodile.
Actually, Tony Jaa doesn't get to fight a crocodile. His younger self does. That's the tip of the iceberg for what happens in this movie. Check this out, Ong Bak:
Is recruited to join a village where they'll teach him to be a badass. And magic, for some reason. Runs on top of a herd of elephants only to school their punk asses with a slap on the head. Ups the ante of the 30-dude arm breaking scene »
Review: Ong Bak 2
23 October 2009 5:15 PM, PDT | Cinematical | See recent Cinematical news »
By Todd Gilchrist (reprinted from 9/23/09)
Cinematically speaking, there may be nothing worse than when an action star or purveyor of thrills starts taking himself too seriously. Such a transformation almost invariably begets a personal crusade, which often takes the form of a vanity project, and usually turns out about as well as The Quest did for Jean-Claude Van Damme, or On Deadly Ground did for Steven Seagal. Thai martial artist Tony Jaa launched his career with the original Ong Bak, and after that film and its superior follow-up, The Protector, made him an international sensation, he apparently started believing his own hype: Jaa not only co-directed Ong Bak 2, his latest film, but conceived it as the ultimate Thai adventure, reinforcing his own legend with a self-aggrandizing historical epic that somehow proves that you can actually make a movie without a plot - which unfortunately but perhaps predictably isn't a compliment. »
- Cinematical staff
‘Ong Bak 2: The Beginning’ Review
22 October 2009 6:19 PM, PDT | ScreenRant.com | See recent Screen Rant news »
Short version: Ong Bak 2: The Beginning isn’t for everyone, but for action junkies, it provides exactly what you’d expect.
Screen Rant’s Ross Miller reviews Ong Bak 2
The first Ong Bak (subtitled Muay Thai Warrior) I found to be quite entertaining, with some seriously kick-ass fight sequences, consisting of some often jaw-dropping choreography and stunts. Unfortunately, there were also some not-so-great aspects, notably the poor acting and thin storyline. But overall there was enough there to make it worthwhile, and it was pretty much inevitable that another movie would follow.
It’s no surprise to find that Ong Bak 2, or Ong Bak 2: The Beginning, is practically more of the same, but it manages to get rid of (or at least better mask) the bad elements, while subsequently improving on the fight sequences (if you can believe it).
Ong Bak 2 is actually a prequel to Ong Bak, »
- Ross Miller
Movie Review: Ong-Bak 2: The Beginning
22 October 2009 8:46 AM, PDT | Huffington Post | See recent Huffington Post news »
So I'm sitting in a screening room at noon of a recent weekday, watching Tony Jaa kick huge quantities of ass in Ong-Bak 2: The Beginning and thinking, This is too much fun to be considered work. No, Ong-Bak 2 isn't a great movie and, no, Tony Jaa isn't a great actor. But so what? If you love the pure kinetics of a well-shot martial-arts film and feel as though the form hasn't been the same since Jackie Chan and Jet Li went Hollywood, Tony Jaa is the most exciting figure to come along in years. In his previous two films, Ong-Bak: Muay Thai Warrior and The Protector, Jaa demonstrated an explosive physical style that seemed to be equal parts kung fu, gymnastics and Mighty Mouse. He unhesitatingly unleashed attacks on mountainous opponents -- or mountains of opponents -- blending speed, agility... »
- Marshall Fine
Ong-bak team preparing english language City Of Angels
17 October 2009 4:29 AM, PDT | 24framespersecond.net | See recent 24FramesPerSecond news »
Not much in the way of details yet, but The Hollywood Reporter is reporting that Prachya Pinkaew and Panna Rittikrai, the director and action choreographer team behind Ong Bak, Chocolate, and The Protector, are beginning pre-production on their first English language film, City Of Angels. Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson and Hk actor Robin Shou are the only known cast members at this time. »
Five Favorite Films with Ong Bak 2's Tony Jaa
8 October 2009 9:33 AM, PDT | Rotten Tomatoes | See recent Rotten Tomatoes news »
Tony Jaa began his career as a stuntman for other actors, much like one of his martial arts inspirations, Jackie Chan. Working under his master and mentor, Thai director Panna Rittikrai, Jaa took hits and tumbles in equal measure before getting his first starring role in 2005's Ong Bak: The Thai Warrior. Now, the much anticipated sequel Ong Bak 2(whose story, interestingly, does not tie in with either Ong Bak 1 or The Protector), finally opens this month in limited release, and it looks to be much grittier than his previous two films. We decided to ask Tony what his... »
Review: Ong Bak 2
23 September 2009 5:02 PM, PDT | Cinematical | See recent Cinematical news »
Cinematically speaking, there may be nothing worse than when an action star or purveyor of thrills starts taking himself too seriously. Such a transformation almost invariably begets a personal crusade, which often takes the form of a vanity project, and usually turns out about as well as The Quest did for Jean-Claude Van Damme, or On Deadly Ground did for Steven Seagal. Thai martial artist Tony Jaa launched his career with the original Ong Bak, and after that film and its superior follow-up, The Protector, made him an international sensation, he apparently started believing his own hype: Jaa not only co-directed Ong Bak 2, his latest film, but conceived it as the ultimate Thai adventure, reinforcing his own legend with a self-aggrandizing historical epic that somehow proves that you can actually make a movie without a plot - which unfortunately but perhaps predictably isn't a compliment.
Ostensibly a prequel to the original film, »
- Todd Gilchrist
Mike B’s The Sanctuary finally gets a release
4 September 2009 1:21 AM, PDT | 24framespersecond.net | See recent 24FramesPerSecond news »
It’s been on our radar forever and a day, but ‘Ong-Bak’ stuntman Mike B’s (Brave) martial arts action pic The Sanctuary has now finally been given a release date. The film written and directed by Thanapon Maliwan (the helmer of Brave) is shot in English and Thai and features the fighting talents of Gary Daniels (Tekken), Rapeepan Bootthong and Dean Alexandrou (The Protector). The flick opens in Thailand October 8th and you can check out the trailer of teeth loosening, ass whooping action at the link. »
A Tiff Programmer Talks Sawasdee Bangkok
28 August 2009 8:01 PM, PDT | Twitch | See recent Twitch news »
[The Toronto International Film Festival’s south-east Asia programmer Raymond Phathanavirangoon has been giving us a guided tour of his selections for the big festival and today he checks in with some thoughts on Sawasdee Bangkok.]
Hi everyone! After my introduction of Pen-ek Ratanuruang’s Nymph, here’s another project at Tiff that the same director is involved in: Sawasdee Bangkok. Yes, like Paris je t’aime and New York I Love You, this is another city omnibus. But the big difference is that all the filmmakers here are Thai. They know their own city off by heart, and as such the four shorts here are much more intimate and insightful than the usual 5-minute-and-it’s-over clip. Plus, there’s a real charm to all the films, which only makes the title Sawasdee Bangkok all the more fitting.
The four filmmakers are some of the biggest names in current Thai cinema. Wisit Sasanatieng of Tears of the Black Tiger and Citizen Dog fame; Aditya Assarat, who took the cinema world by storm with his award-winning Wonderful Town; Kongdej Jaturanrasamee, acclaimed screenwriter and the director of the quirky Midnight, »
- Todd Brown
Teaser Trailer for Tony Jaa's 'Ong Bak 2: The Beginning'
4 August 2009 4:24 PM, PDT | Rope of Silicon | See recent Rope Of Silicon news »
Inside an email from representatives for Magnet Releasing telling me Apple was hosting the brand new teaser trailer for Ong Bak 2: The Beginning there is a quote from Film School Rejects that reads "It is the single most exhilarating, jaw-dropping action movie ever made. Period." I sought out the review the quote came from and it is from Rob Hunter's SXSW review of the film and the quote actually reads: "It is the single most exhilarating, jaw-dropping, and ball-tingling action movie ever made. Period." I'm not sure if Rob Hunter has seen every action movie ever made to make such a claim, and I also don't know if his adjectives preceding his final declaration are meant to actually categorize the film (such as to say an action film can actually be better than Ong Bak 2, but not be as ball-tingling), but it sounds like the gauntlet »
- Brad Brevet
Jaa-Dropping New Trailer for 'Ong bak 2'
5 July 2009 8:27 AM, PDT | GetTheBigPicture.net | See recent Get The Big Picture news »
I've been watching martial arts movies pretty consistently for over 25 years. In that time, I've only seen a few guys on the level of Tony Jaa. Bruce Lee and early Jackie Chan, obviously, but check out the work of Yuen Biao if you've never seen him. I'd take Jaa over anything I've ever seen Jet Li do, if that tells you anything.
The point is Tony Jaa is one of the best martial arts actors we've ever seen, and his unbelievable action scenes and fight choreography is probably unparalleled right now. The good news is Jaa was still in his 20s when the first Ong bak was released, so he's still in his prime. Let's hope that means another couple decades of his films.
Ong bak 2 will hopefully get a healthy U.S. release, even though Jaa's The Protector wasn't a very big hit here. Hard to deny there will »
- Colin Boyd
Capoeira Hits The Screen In Brazil’s Besouro (Beetle)!
26 June 2009 3:57 PM, PDT | Twitch | See recent Twitch news »
I have just a few minutes before running off to catch the world premiere of Yoshihiro Nishimura’s Vampire Girl Versus Frankenstein Girl so I must be brief but this is far too good to hold off on any longer than absolutely necessary,
If there is one thing that global martial arts fans have been practically gagging for over the past several years it is a film built around Brazilian martial art capoeira. We’ve seen the acrobatic discipline featured in a few recent titles - Tom Yum Goong and Mirage Man both feature fights against capoeira trained opponents - but there has yet to be a high profile film dedicated to the art. Until now. It’s titled Besouro, it hits Brazilian screens in October, and the trailer looks absolutely spectacular. You’ll find it below the break.
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- Todd Brown
Assorted horror DVD news
29 May 2009 3:16 PM, PDT | Fangoria | See recent Fangoria news »
• Fango got the scoop on the DVD dates for several horror films coming from IFC Films in the next several months. All of these titles either have played or can be seen now via video-on-demand, and they’ll be Blockbuster exclusives before being made available for general retail sales.
The animation omnibus Fear(S) Of The Dark and Christopher Denham’s disturbing family study Home Movie are already in Blockbuster stores, and will hit retail in October. A bunch more have Blockbuster berths only, with no retail slots determined yet: Bruce McDonald’s Pontypool, which just joined the on-demand lineup and opened theatrically in New York today (see review here), hits October 13; Antti-Jussi Annila’s Sauna is coming June 23; Daniel Myrick’s The Objective has been moved from its previous Blockbuster date of July 28 to July 14; Duane Graves and Justin Meeks’ The Wild Man Of The Navidad attacks in August »
- no-reply@fangoria.com (Michael Gingold)
Thai action flick The Tiger Blade: R2 DVD review
25 May 2009 2:17 AM, PDT | 24framespersecond.net | See recent 24FramesPerSecond news »
Director: Theeratorn Siriphunvaraporn. Review: Adam Wing. I feel sorry for any Thai director releasing an action movie these days; comparisons to the hugely successful cross over hits Ong Bak, Warrior King and Chocolate are bound to be made. Theeratorn Siriphunvaraporn adds a twist to his 2005 tale with the inclusion of some fantasy style black magic mumbo jumbo. Special Agent Yosthana is on the trail of Commander Kaoyot, a political prisoner who has broken out of prison. Kaoyot and his gang are protected by black magic, which means bullets can’t hurt them and they’re pretty much invincible most of the time, but Yosthana has discovered the only weapon that can harm them - the Tiger Blade. A rather rubbish looking sword that needs the blood of a virgin to bring about its power. »
Killer Imports: Ong Bak 2
8 May 2009 11:00 AM, PDT | FilmJunk | See recent FilmJunk news »
Killer Imports [1] is a regular feature on Film Junk where we explore foreign-language films from around the world that haven’t yet had their chance to shine. After listening to the Macho Movie Review [2] of Ong Bak 2, I was prepared to enjoy an awesome action flick when I inserted my DVD of the movie into my player. To be honest, I had purchased the DVD prior to listening to the review, and I had sampled some of the action scenes. Like Wintle and I imagine other movie lovers, I have a backlog of unwatched DVDs that is growing rather than shrinking. So the acclaim given and enthusiasm shown by Wintle, Nagy, and Billy in their review moved Ong Bak 2 to the top of my stack. Yet, their review came out weeks ago, and I have finally written my review. Why the delay? Because I was disappointed. I guess »
- Reed
Asian Cinema Scene at SXSW: 'Ong Bak 2,' 'Beetle Queen Conquers Tokyo'
16 March 2009 6:02 PM, PDT | Cinematical | See recent Cinematical news »
We bring you this week's edition of Asian Cinema Scene live from Austin, Texas. SXSW is not particularly known for the Asian films it programs, but I've been able to see one high-profile action flick and one intriguing, arthouse-style documentary.
As I've previously noted, the directorial debut of martial artist supreme Tony Jaa features numerous insanely awesome fight scenes. Jaa explodes in every direction, his arms and legs delivering lethal blows as he lays waste to a variety of opponents, employing all manner of martial arts, straight fighting skills, and amazing dexterity with a variety of bladed weapons.
His character, Tian, is much darker than the ones he's played in Ong Bak and The Protector. Tian witnessed the murder of his parents in front of his eyes, turning him from a sweet child into a revenge-bent killing machine. Narrative clarity is not a strong suit for the film, »
- Peter Martin
Chocolate Star Jeeja Yanin Unveils Her Latest Movie
13 March 2009 6:59 AM, PDT | FilmJunk | See recent FilmJunk news »
Fans of bone-crunching action have been turning their gaze to Thailand in recent years, with the rise of Tony Jaa and Prachya Pinkaew, respectively the star and director of Ong-Bak and Tom Yum Goong. My second favourite theatrical experience of last year was a midnight screening of the most recent Pinkaew release Chocolate, starring his latest protégé Jeeja Yanin, which you can catch Reed's review of right here. I've been waiting to hear about a follow-up for this petite Muay Thai cyclone, and it's finally arrived in the announcement for her second movie, Du Suay Doo. One thing that I appreciate about the rise of the Thai action industry is the patience they've shown in making their movies. ... »
- Wintle
First Look: Cast of Tekken
18 February 2009 8:30 PM, PST | WorstPreviews.com | See recent Worst Previews news »
The first shots from the upcoming big screen adaptation of "Tekken" have been released, featuring a look at Jon Foo (The Protector) as Jin Kazama, Marian Zapico as Anna Williams, Gary Daniels as Bryan Fury, Ian Anthony Dale as Kazuya and Mircea Monroe as Kara. Plot: A Young Man Who seeks revenge of his mothers death. He finds his grand-father, Heihachi Mishima, and pleas to be trained. When the Mishima leader announces a .King of Iron Fist. tournament. He finds out that his mother.s killer will be participating in the tournament. He must fight against the worlds top competitors to achieve his goal with no interference. The film is directed by Dwight H. Little (Anacondas 2, Deep Blue, Murder at 1600) and stars Luke Goss (Hellboy II: The Golden Army) as Steve Fox. Jon Foo as Jin Kazama: (click to enlarge) Marian Zapico as Anna Williams: (click to enlarge) Gary Daniels »
Movie Review: Chocolate (2009)
5 February 2009 11:28 PM, PST | Rope of Silicon | See recent Rope Of Silicon news »
"Jiji" Yanin Vismitananda in Chocolate
Photo: Magnet Releasing For anyone that has seen Tony Jaa in Ong Bak and The Protector you already have an idea of what you are expecting from a film in which an autistic girl who has the power to mimic and learn from what she sees will turn into after watching a couple of Tony Jaa and Bruce Lee features. However, don't get your hopes too high as this film does manage to deliver some healthy blows from its 100 pound protagonist, but it is not at all like the bone crunching brutality of a Jaa feature even though the sound effects artists are working just as hard to make it seem like it is. Directed by Ong Bak and Protector helmer Prachya Pinkaew we watch as he takes 24-year-old "Jiji" Yanin Vismitananda under his wing as something of a female Jaa successor. Despite a reported »
- Brad Brevet
Chocolate trailer
19 January 2009 5:29 AM, PST | JoBlo.com | See recent JoBlo news »
Thai director Prachya Pinkaew, who brought us Tony Jaa's incredible and brutal close combat fighting in Ong Bak and Tom Yum Goong, is back bringing us a similar Muay Thai extravaganza with the upcoming Chocolate, only this time around it's an autistic girl with an amazing ability to kick some ass. Really, the trailer that IGN recently posted says so. And boy can this chick kick some ass. And she does it without wires or special effects. Why is she kicking so much ass? Something about settling... »
- Omar Aviles
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