Ong-Bak: Muay Thai Warrior (2003)

Original title

องค์บาก

Directed by

Prachya Pinkaew

Genre

action film, crime film, martial arts film, thriller film

Country

Thailand

Runtime

1h 40m

Rated

R

Rating

7.2 of 10 from 1,914 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A young Muay Thai fighter from a rural village travels to Bangkok to retrieve the stolen head of a sacred Buddha statue. He faces off against criminals and fighters as he tries to recover the relic.

intensefast-pacedgrittyvisceraldeterminedrawadrenaline-fueledno-nonsense

What happens

Ong-Bak (Thai: องค์บาก, pronounced [ʔōŋ bàːk]), also known as Ong-Bak: The Thai Warrior, is a 2003 Thai martial arts film directed by Prachya Pinkaew and featuring action choreography by Panna Rittikrai. It stars Tony Jaa in the lead role, alongside Petchtai Wongkamlao and Pumwaree Yodkamol. The plot follows Ting (Jaa), a Buddhist monk trainee and Muay Thai specialist from the village of Ban Nong Pradu, who volunteers to travel to Bangkok to recover the stolen head of a Buddha statue. Ong-Bak proved to be Jaa's breakout film, with the actor hailed internationally as the next major martial arts star. For the film, Jaa won a Star Entertainment Award for Best Actor. Jaa went on to star in Tom-Yum-Goong (called The Protector in the US and Warrior King in the UK) and directed and starred in two prequels of Ong-Bak, titled Ong-Bak 2 and Ong-Bak 3. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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