Anyone seen Ong Bak? Just curious to know because I saw it and I thought it was a pretty good movie with some great martial arts stunts and moves (Muy Thai in particular, hence da name)... Its a pretty old movie, but fairly recent in the US

I would especially like to know how all of the Thai people received the movie and whether you guys liked it or not...

Anyways here's some info on the movie if your deciding whether or not to see it and if you like Muy Thai I would tell you to check it out...

When the head of Ong-Bak--the sacred Buddha of a poor village--is stolen, the population is plunged into misery. The Buddha was the focal point of an anniversary vigil believed to bring rain to the drought-stricken area. Ting has an affinity with the statue as he was left on the temple steps as a baby and raised by monks, who taught him muay thai, but forbade him to use it in combat. But now he is forced to delve into a seedy underworld and try to avoid temptation...

Yes; here's the thread where we talk about it:

http://www.boxingscene.com/forums/showthread.php?t=410

I saw the movie in September 2004. Good action. Just one thing though. The protagonist is almost mute. He never speaks.

Yes; here's the thread where we talk about it:

http://www.boxingscene.com/forums/showthread.php?t=410

Cool, I didnt know there was an existing thread because I searched ong bak and nothing came up...

There's also a thread about it on the MMA boards...

Cool I'll definitely check it out...Thanks again



Peace...

where can I see this movie or buy it

All those flying elbows were a little bit too much for me. Tony Jaa is a younger Jackie Chan, all the stunts were done by him without the use of any cables in any scenes.

No plot whatsoever, but the action is woth watching it. Good movie.

where can I see this movie or buy it

I'm sure some theater in your area is showing it. Check an art house theater or a big chain that has like 18 screens. There are less than 1,000 prints circulating, but if it made it to Lafayette, IN than surely it made it to Dallas.

It opened to a small amount of screens in the spring in a limited release, but Roger Ebert reviewed it and gave it 3 stars and it opened in the Top 20, so it'll probably be around a few more months in some capacity.

The US version is NOT the same version you can get on ebay or from import shops. The link to the store I bought it from AND to the differences between the versions are in one or more above posts I wrote a while back on this thread. Just go to page one and start reading...

I'm sure some theater in your area is showing it. Check an art house theater or a big chain that has like 18 screens. There are less than 1,000 prints circulating, but if it made it to Lafayette, IN than surely it made it to Dallas.

It opened to a small amount of screens in the spring in a limited release, but Roger Ebert reviewed it and gave it 3 stars and it opened in the Top 20, so it'll probably be around a few more months in some capacity.

The US version is NOT the same version you can get on ebay or from import shops. The link to the store I bought it from AND to the differences between the versions are in one or more above posts I wrote a while back on this thread. Just go to page one and start reading...[/

my bad - I meant the thread "The best martial arts movie since Enter the Dragon" which is back to page one inthe lounge now...

where can I see this movie or buy it

Those people that sell chinese movies at the mall have it around my area, try them. my cousin bought Kung Fu Hustle about 2 months ago.

http://yumyumanime.com/Merchant2/me...oduct_Code=ONG&

Just did some checking...

If you want to see it before it hits limited release in the U.S.

Ong Bak

MUAY THAI WARRIOR



NTSC format
Languages: Thai
Subtitles: English (removable)
Sound: Dolby Digital 5.1
Region: 0 (all code)

16:9 Anamorphic Widescreen

105 Minutes



Interactive animated menu
Ja Panom's fight choreographic
Ong-Bak's Easter Eggs
Casting & Audition
Story board comparison
Demo Scenes
Alternate ending
Deleted scenes
3D Animatic comparison

All region disc is playable on all DVD players including the PS2 and XBOX.

Features excellent English subtitles. This is not the China version with bad subtitles.

there's 5 pages of discussion on this movie here:
http://www.boxingscene.com/forums/showthread.php?t=410

guess that link doesn't work anymore.

This one does:

http://anotherheaven.biz/inc/searchresults?s=ong%20bak&n=212413

it's on torrents somewhere.... or so I heard from a friend of a friend.