Learned Muay Thai at the age of 10, graduated with a degree in physical sports science, became a stuntman under training of Panna Ritikrai, a legendary thai action star...
Soon becoming the fourth Asian, and the only Thai... to reach the far west.
And his the man behind Ong Bak...
Introducing Tony Jaa, the uprising action star from Thailand that never fails to impress me. He may already be a familiar figure to most of y'all ya.. Well, for those who doesn't have an rough idea, now you know lar....
Na... Im not writing a biography about him. Its just that after watching his latest flick Ong Bak 2 that I felt like typing about it. Yea... *type type...
Well, all I can say is that this sequel is nowhere compared to the first Ong Bak. Though the story doesn't have any relation to the previous one... it still lacks in detail in its storyline and also the character upbringing... including the main character itself which you would eventually realise after the abrupt unexpected end of the movie.
Yea.. and initially I thought after those depicted realistic fights, he would bring the girl back to his home for some depicted realistic love scene.... *
But one thing that holds for up for this movie is the setup itself. Watching it really sets you back far to the ancient old glorious kingdom in Siam... or Ayuthaya as in the movie. Definitely not cheap.
And of course, the highlight is the action itself. Which is actually the whole purpose of the movie. Even the trailer's promoting the uber realistic fights you see in it. Realistic as in no graphic and wire works in it, where all actions are man made.... except for the arrows I guess...
But one thing about it that makes it different from other action flicks is the incorporation of various martial art styles in the fights... Every asian styles you can name of. From traditional Siamese Muay Boran to Southern Chinese Tiger Crane and Iron Shirt... with added grappling scenes where Mix Martial Arts would come into your mind watching it.
Even weapon works are not to be missed where you find the double blades of Thai's Krabi Krabong, Samurai swords from Japan, chinese rope dart, double daggers from Kuntao/Pentjak Silat and the Persian moonblade with character a reminiscence of the Assasin, a secret organisation once feared in the ancient kingdom Persia.
And its with this wide variety of movement in the fight choreography that leaves viewers slightly dissapointed as most of them would be expecting another round of raw Thai's signature knees and elbows... not stylised catfights and samurai showdowns.
So its a let down for some while being a brief cultural exchange to the other...
To sum up, our director here is trying to foster up some martial spirit among viewer alike. To which the emphasize his going in also leads to the poor storyline and dissapointment among many. After all, not everyone are martial freaks ryte...
Anyway, I quite enjoy the actions. And Tony Jaa definitely did a good job. But was hoping for more stunts from him though. Probably in his future movies to come.
I'll be waiting...
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