Ong Bak 2 (DVD) (Multi-audio) (Hong Kong Version) DVD Region 3
Tony Jaa (Actor, Director)
| Dan Chupong
| Panna Rittikrai (Director)
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Kevin Kennedy
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February 15, 2011
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February 15, 2011
Tony Jaa is 'bak'
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"Ong Bak 2" tells of Tien, the son of a great Thai military general. Thai's father worries that the country's crown prince has become irresponsible and overreaching. His opposition to the prince has become known, resulting in evil Lord Rajasena, who remains loyal to the prince, slaughtering both of Tien's parents. Tien flees for his life, only to be captured by slave traders. When Tien resists the slavers, he is thrown into a pit to do battle with a hungry crocodile. Upon witnessing Tien's bravery, the 'king' of a clan of bandits saves him from the croc so that Tien may join his gang. After Tien is trained in martial arts (and becomes Tony Jaa), he is made the gang's ruthless 'general'. Tien, however, cannot forget his parents' murder and yearns for vengeance. Given permission by the bandit king, he departs to hunt down Rajasena and gain revenge. The story couldn't be much simpler, yet it is ineptly told. In particular, a storyline involving Tien's childhood girlfriend simply evaporates. Fortunately, story doesn't much matter here, nor does dialogue; Tony Jaa's lines consist primarily of "AAARGGH!" and "UUUNNHH!". Instead, "Ong Bak 2" is all about showing off Jaa's brutal martial arts skills. Borrowing shamelessly from Bruce Lee, Jackie Chan, and Jet Li, as well as displaying his own muy thai mastery, Jaa is an indefatigable, bone-crushing force of nature. He also gets to show some quite nifty traditional Thai dance moves. "Ong Bak 2" climaxes with one of the longest fight sequences ever captured on film. For me, portions of this epic melee were inadvertently comic, such as when see Tien fix a sword wound by rubbing dirt on it. The fight concludes with the movie's very anticlimactic ending, an ending which resolves nothing but simply serves to set up "Ong Bak 3". Having watched "Ong Bak 2", I think I'm all Ong Bak-ed out. |
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Yasar
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This customer review refers to Ong Bak 2 (DVD) (Thailand Version)
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Not as good as the first one
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When Ong Bak and Tom Yum Goong came out it smashed into international market with a bang.Both films had new kind of martial arts that were successful and enjoyable to watch. With Ong Bak 2 it is a different story.The film was a very difficult shoot and it took two years to make.I liked the movie and there are quite few good fight scenes but there are moments when I started to wonder if there was either some overzealous editing to quicken the pace,or if certain sequences weren't shot in the first place as some plot points are built up and then never mentioned or dismissed very quickly and there are (as well as Tom Yum Goong) number of clips in the trailer that were not in the film. Ong Bak 2 could have been better but I still think the first one is still the best. |
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