Ong Bak (2 Disc Special Collector's Edition) [DVD] [2003]

High Octane martial arts. Action packed. All the stunts and jumps all done practical and well before the days of the crappie CGI. Breath taking fight scenes. The best of it's breed, 10 outta 10

Great martial arts no tricks or wires, or trampolines , bought this because, the triple film boxset. Ang Bak first film will not play

What we call 'a classic'. Fairly impressive.

Since taking up Muay Thai 3 years ago, I have become very disappointed with all the "martial arts" scenes that get such huge praise. The "fight" scenes in films such as Matrix are a joke! In most films it is all fly-by-wire and you can see that the way the kicks and punches are dealt, they have such a small amount of possible momentum they would harldy cause a bruise let alone disable a 19 stone thug (and send him flying through the air at that!) It is very refreshing to see something believable at last (most of the time anyway - some of the chase scenes were a bit OTT, but fun.) I watched this film first in Thai on a DVD brought over by my Muay Thai trainer and the fact that I didn't miss anything compared to the English version says something about the extremely thin plot... But who buys fight films for the plot :o) Definitely 5 stars for this excellent film!

10/10 martial arts movie Tony Jaa has yet again surprised me with his excellent skills and perfect performance in this movie, it's non stop action one of my favourite of his although I watched warrior king before omg bak(was his first movie) there is no comparison such a great film!

Good movies very much

not much to say, an instant classic. i thought the new score would be bad, but it's not that bad really, you won't even notice it - which means it's good... also the commentary from bey logan is a nice add-on to that release - this guys can talk, a lot, but you are never bored with his commentary...

Brilliantly choreographed fight scenes if u like Muay Thai or MMA and enjoy knees and elbows to the face then watch this

love the ong bak series i love all 3 and i have them all i recommend this for people who like Tony Jaa and good movie period i watch it with sub titles

Ancien film mais super histoire. Je ne me souvenais plus de toutes ses scènes. Vraiment hyper doué Tony Jaa. Aurait mérité une carrière plus approfondie. A voir et à revoir

I'm 63, but have loved martial arts since my pre-pubescent years! I got to know about Bruce Lee in 1970 when I was only 13 years old. He was alive then. In 1990 I visited Bruce Lee's grave site at Lake View Cemetary in Seattle Washington, on July 20th, 1990. It was the 17th anniversary since his passing. Since then these movies have rocked my world! Sonny Chiba, Jackie Chan, Steven Seagal, Jet Li, Jean-Claude Van Damme , Chuck Norris, Damme, Donnie Yen...but non have come as close as Bruce Lee. The following write-up says it all: "Bruce Lee remains the greatest icon of martial arts cinema and a key figure of modern popular media. Had it not been for Bruce Lee and his movies in the early 1970s, it's arguable whether or not the martial arts film genre would have ever penetrated and influenced the mainstream North American market! Although I thought that I had seen it all, I was not prepared for Tony Jaa. In Ong-bak, he does things that I never thought possible for a human being! His fights with the best in this movie are quite memorable including the fight with "Big Bear"! You may want to also consider "The Protector" also with Tony Jaa which also has an incredible duel between him and a Brazilian champion! The movie was made by Quentin Tarantino. It's sold on Amazon.ca too. In the middle of this review I really got into it and went on Amazon and bought "Kill Zone 2", "The Protector" both with Tony Jaa, and also "Chocolate" with JeeJa Yanin who I have never heard of but it's also made by by the same director as "Ong bak" and the "Protector" Quentin Tarantino which means it can't be that bad! I'll never get tired of martial arts!!! Anyway, that's something to think about.

The most successful movie in Thai cinematic history is also the best "real world" martial artist film in the past decade. With all the fantastic wire work in Iron Monkey, Hero and Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon it's nice to swing the pendulum back the other way toward what I grew up with, Bruce Lee style raw and powerful, full contact fight scenes. Tony Jaa is the next Bruce Lee and will surpass his predecessors Jackie Chan and Jet Li. He has Li's Technical skill and speed, Chan's stunt work and acrobatics and Lee's brutal style with no wires. Jaa is the real deal This is his first film (staring role at lease, Jaa was a stuntman before this) and this movie rocks the entire way though. There are only four main fight scenes but they are so well done and with so much intensity it feels like a Bruce lee film or early Jackie Chan (serious Chan, not buster Kenton Chan). Jaa does all his own stunts, no CGI, no wires. Jaa incorporated Thai Boxing (Muay Thai) which is not well know but is jaw dropping and painfully brutal. You can see every bone crushing blow and truly believe it could inflict some real damage. The music is great and really ups the pace in these hard core action scenes. Like any good Jackie Chan movie this one also features Jaa is various, seemingly unbelievable stunts that are truly unique to Jaa. You just have to see it to believe he can do what he can do. The finally to this movie is amazing, the scene in the cave, raw and so brutal and is shot beautifully with just the right amount of diffused lighting that gives the dark yet visible fight scene and lets you get the mood and still see every blow, crisp and clear. Everyone likes to rag on the plots of these films; if you're watching this for the plot then you're an idiot. Sit back and enjoy seeing the beginning of the new king of movie martial arts, Tony Jaa.

Hallo liebe Amazonler, hallo liebe Muay Thai Filmliebhaber! Heute schreibe ich über einen meiner absoluten Lieblingsfilme "Ong-Bak". Dabei ist der Film nach dem benannt, was den Bewohnern von Tings (Tony Jaa) Dorf am heiligsten ist, der Buddhakopf "Ong-Bak" Der Film bietet dabei eine geballte Ladung Action und spannende Fights im Thai Style, dabei setzt Tony Jaa neue Maßstäbe und füllt seine Rolle mehr als 100%ig aus! Dabei unterhält einen die Story die eine Mischung aus Geschichte des Dorfes, Wiederbeschaffung des Buddhakopfes und die "Rückkehr des verlorenen Sohnes" enthält, gespickt mit packenden Kämpfen und gefilmt in Thailand. Zur der Geschichte selber möchte ich nicht viel verraten, einfach nur weil man sich diesen Film unbedingt angucken sollte. Aber ihr habt hier einen Film der einfach nur unterhaltsam ist und zu 100% zu empfehlen ist. Es gibt viele Filme die versuchen Kämpfe mit überspitzten Kampfgeräuschen zu "highlighten", darauf wurde hier gänzlich verzichtet. Passend zu den Kampfszenen wird gute "Kampfmusik" eingespielt bzw. Situativ halt, das fand ich richtig gut. Es ist zwar die "geschnittene" Version aber im wesentlichen fielen der Schere nur folgende Dinge zum Opfer: - Handlungsstrang: Muys Schwester - Alle Referenzen auf Drogen bis auf eine Ausnahme wurden entfernt - Farbfilter wurden neu gesetzt - Musik wurde an einigen Stellen durch hochwertigere ersetzt. Entgegen den Gerüchten gibt es jedoch keine französische Rap-Musik im Film, nur im Abspann. Der größte teil der Musik blieb sowieso gleich! Ich habe beide Filme gesehen und empfehle selbstverständlich die Uncut Version, weil dort eben alles enthalten ist, vor allem der Handlungsstrang mit Muys Schwester ist doch relativ interessant! Qualitativ kann man sich den Film (obwohl DVD) auf jeden Fall angucken, klar sprechen wir hier nicht von einer Blu-Ray Version mit allem drum und dran, aber wir bewegen uns noch in einem anschaubaren Niveau ;) Ich kann euch den Film nur mehr als empfehlen und spreche daher eine klare Kaufempfehlung aus! ### Schlusswort ### Sollte euch meine Rezension gefallen haben, oder bei eurer Kaufentscheidung geholfen haben, so würde ich mich über einen kurzen Klick auf "Ja" freuen. Damit helft ihr mir weiterhin gute und qualitative Rezensionen zu schreiben und zeigt mir gleichzeitig auf wenn etwas nicht so gut war und ich mich dementsprechend verbessern kann. Vielen Dank :-)