Fresh
What Jaa does is often mesmerizing.
Bob Longino, Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Ong-Bak
No computer graphics. No stunt doubles. No wires.
2003 · 1h 45m · R
Action, Crime
Directed by
Prachya Pinkaew
Overview
When the head of a statue sacred to a village is stolen, a young martial artist goes to the big city and finds himself taking on the underworld to retrieve it.
Director and cast
- Prachya Pinkaew Director
- Tony Jaa as Ting
- Petchtai Wongkamlao as Humlae / Dirty Balls / George
- Patrarin Punyanutatam as Muay Lek
- Suchao Pongwilai as Komtuan
- Choomporn Theppitak as Uncle Mao
- Cheathavuth Watcharakhun as Peng
- Wannakit Siriput as Don
- Rungrawee Barijindakul as Ngek
- Chatthapong Phantana-Angkul as Saming
- Nudhapol Asavabhakhin as Toshiro
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
85%
Tomatometer
Rotten
Ong Bak is not very good -- but Hollywood suits would be nuts not to give Jaa a role in every action flick they make from now on.
Rene Rodriguez, Miami Herald
Rotten
Jaa's moves are impressive, but the choreography ranges from bland to ridiculous (as when one dirty fighter resorts to using major appliances as weapons).
Kerry Lengel, Arizona Republic
Fresh
No prizes will be awarded to anyone who guesses that Ting beats all assailants and recovers the artifact. What you might not anticipate is how viscerally exciting director Prachya Pinkaew makes the action scenes.
Colin Covert, Minneapolis Star Tribune
Fresh
The artifice-free antidote to such F/X enervation -- a jaw-dropper of a star-making display from lithe fighter-artist Tony Jaa, framed by a plot as bare-bones as a backroom boxing ring.
Lisa Schwarzbaum, Entertainment Weekly
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