Ong Bak: Thai Warrior
This is the movie you need to watch if you like martial arts. I'm positive that every single cast member received a flying elbow to the head at some point. This flick was straight out Muy Thai craziness up until they got Hollywood on my ass and started blowing stuff up. At one point there was even a prostitute that ended up overdosing. Maybe something was lost in translation but it just didn't seem to fit in to the story.
Here's your summary:
-Small village has the head of their idol stolen from their shrine (The head of the Ong Bak statue). They fear it will bring misfortune to the village.
-Small village sends out a young warrior to get it back.
-Character named Stinky Balls steals the Hero's money.
-Cut to scene showing the village being ravaged by drought (to me it seemed like he's been gone at most one day).
-EVERYONE gets their asses kicked.
-prostitute sister overdoses after her dealer stuffs her mouth full of coke.
-EVERYONE gets their asses kicked.
-The head is returned to the village, hero gets a hero's welcome. As all heroes should.
Really though. See it. The only downside was that the girl protagonist character cries and whines when her sister dies and it was so shrill that I completely lost any trace of sympathy. It made me want to punch her in the mouth. Everything else was awesome if you like martial arts flicks.
yay for martial arts films. where did you find this movie?
Posted by
kiddo |
Wednesday, February 16, 2005 11:05:00 AM
where did you get it? i'm having kung fu theatre at my house tomorrow.... would have been a good score.
mlah
Posted by
Anonymous |
Friday, February 18, 2005 8:11:00 PM