Ong-Bak

Ong-Bak: The Thai Warrior (2003)
My Rating: 8/10

This has got to be one of the best martial arts action movies I’ve ever seen. But then there was just too much of it! I didn’t want more. I didn’t need more fight scenes. I actually thought the old adage fit - less is more! But you get what you get. And the fight scenes didn't seem cool anymore - just old. It felt the story ran itself out so they filled it in with more fight scenes in the end. There were a few funny parts – comic relief by the ‘chubby side-kick’ – and the movie itself was pretty formulaic hero stuff. It definitely made me want to learn the art of Muai Thai!

I recommend this to the martial arts movie buff and those who are curious about Muai Thai style fighting outside of the kickboxing styles we generally see on TV.