Ong Bak effectively put Thailand on the global map of awesome kick-assness. Who can ever forget Tony Jaa smashing open a motorbike helmet off a poor guy's head with his elbow? Or giving a big white dude the double elbow smash on his noggins clocking it effectively? We felt the pain because there was no special effects used. This fighting continued with Tom Yam Goong where a central scene had the camera follow Jaa non-stop for more than 10 minutes without editing as he ran up a huge spiraling staircase kicking ass all the way up.
The Skinny: Following directly from the end of Ong Bak 2, where our hero Tien (Jaa) is beaten to a pulp by Ghost Crow (dude who looks like a dudette dressed in a drag from the deepest bowels of hell) he is taken away in chains by the evil king whereupon he has his ass whupped big time thereby convincing us the viewers that he will never ever avenge his father ... but he's a plucky kinda guy after all so obviously he's not going to take it lying down. The dude is after all, destinied to kick ass ...
The Helmer: Tony Jaa
The Casts:
- Tony Jaa as Tien
- Nirut Sirichanya as Master Bua
- Sarunyoo Wongkrachang as Lord Rajasena
- Dan Chupong as Crow Ghost (uncredited)
- Primorata Dejudom as Pim
- Petchtai Wongkamlao as Mhen
- Supakorn Kitsuwon as Guard in Golden Armour (uncredited)
The Prediction: Ong Bak 2 was an impressive effort from Jaa himself as he wrote and directed a mini epic scale medieval actioneer. The ending of part 2 kinda crapped it for most, as there were rumours that the movie ended there due to budgetry constraint. As a result most thought it just ended there, with Jaa's hero dying at the hands of his enemies without avenging his father's death. But apparently that is not the case. Part 3 seals the deal with a closure, neatly wrapping up a pretty decent martial art trilogy. When you think about it, theres not many trilogy of kick-assness. Unless if you consider Chuck Norris' MIA series as a trilogy of sorts for ass kicking.
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