this is a thai movie that took three years to make, boasting authentic muay thai techniques and crazy crazy stunts. I'd just seen it and must say, that dude's got moves.
some clips:
http://sawatdee.free.fr/generationvideo/ongbak/ongbak_en.htm
oh a new trailer or something I dunno.
http://fabdial.free.fr/ong-bak/ong-bak_clip.avi
I have actually had this movie for a few months now, but have never got around to watching it. Perhaps the fact that their are no english subs on the legit thai disc is why.
Supposedly the fight scenes are something really special.
Some DVD shots here (http://www.zulm.net/cgi-bin/ikonboard.cgi?s=fc10536ff224024b1aa25b2de201ef18;act=ST;f=8;t=6909).
I saw this one. There are some juicy hits in this.
Three years to make though? Damn.
Quote from: citizenanikiI have actually had this movie for a few months now, but have never got around to watching it. Perhaps the fact that their are no english subs on the legit thai disc is why.
Supposedly the fight scenes are something really special.
the fight scenes are incredible, not because of the choreography or whatever, but just becuase that guy can do pretty much anything, with no wires or digital effects.
I got the subtitled version for 13 bucks on ebay, it's got a load of extras including audition footages, video storyboard/ film comparison, demo reels...etc.
as soon as the stuntpeople site is back up, I'll post some pictures, I dunno what's wrong with their website (www.neo-modus.com/stuntpeople) today.
but citizenaniki, you really should just skip around to the first chase scene and fight scene--I actually never sat through the film myself, just saw the fight scenes over and over again.
edit: here is a review with a lot of pictures and stuff.
http://www.neo-modus.com/stuntpeople/articles/ongbak.htm[/img]
okay, trying to promote this one more time...see if it'll work this time.
http://www.ongbak.co.kr/trailer/ongbak.wmv
the trailer talks a little shit ("bruce lee is dead"...) and has that cheesy guy talking over it, but wait 'til the second half of the trailer when they show the moves and the stunts!
wow, what a boring trailer. i fell asleep while i was watching it and woke up just to post this.
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seriously, wow.
I think the trailervoiceguy on this needs to be redirected to the "What makes pretention?" thread.
http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=entertainmentNews&storyID=5379744
it's hitting the US theaters in november, then and only then will you guys jump on the badass wagon.
It's playing over here, is it really worth paying money to see?
it's a pretty badass action film, and you probably won't find action sequences more spectacular than the ones in this film. but I dunno, if you're not impressed with stuff like that I guess you should pass. though I still think you should give it a chance. go with a few dudes.
Teaser Trailer here. (http://www.apple.com/trailers/independent/ong_bak.html/)
Trailer here. (http://www.apple.com/trailers/independent/ong_bak-tlr.html/)
born to fight trailer (http://www.ugo.com/channels/filmTv/trailer/player.asp?articleID=12183)
this is the next movie made by the same director/ stunt crew. crazy crazy action. CRAZY.
I'm going to see this one this weekend. It looks awesome.
i got invited to a screening of this on monday and tony ja was going to be there to do a martial arts demonstration afterwards but i couldnt go.
The movie is very formulaic and fairly boring. Just the action sequences are worth watching. The plot is kinda stupid, the two characters that follow him around are stupid. But eh, worth the time I guess, if you are in the mood for a few sweet acrobatic scenes.
Got a chance to see this tonight and it is astounding. Tony Jaa is the real deal. If you've been missing a gritty, blood soaked, incredibly well choreographed martial arts movie, you'd be hard pressed to think of anything in a very long time that even comes close to Ong Bak. Go and see this on the big screen before it's gone.
As far as the story goes..
Yeah, it's a pretty campy but the entire point of the film is to showcase Tony Jaa and I'm here to say, it does that pretty fucking well. This guy is the next big thing in martial arts cinema. He's around to stay.
compared to any Bruce Lee fight scene this film takes the form of the billiard brawl as seen in Mean Streets
Went to see this out of pete's recommendation and mainly because of the wireless cgiless thing, it was awesome, that the story isn't strong enough? who gives a shit about the story? The guy kicked everyone's ass and more, there wasn't a single waste moment on the film, even the first time he knocks out one guy with a single kick was amazing, if you go and see a film of this kind you must know what your in for and you'll never be dissapointed.
When it ended I felt when I was a kid when you see some martial arts movie and you just want to go out and fight with your friends or something.
I'll get the dvd as soon as I can. I still feel :onfire: :yabbse-grin:
pete, which other films like this one would you recommend?
well, a semi-sequel already came out in Thailand (it was actually shot in Australia) so it should be out everywhere else soon.
I dunno what exactly it is about Ong Bak that you're looking for. Do you want good fighting or cool stunts or movies that hit people for real or all three? Most Hong Kong films feature all three but a lot of them are hard to find and most of them just don't look as good as Ong Bak due to the lack of production values. I'm trying to break you in with more accessible ones, if you like these then maybe we'll graduate to more sophisticated and obscure and lower budget cheap stuff:
a lot of Jackie Chan stuff were like that, namely:
Drunken Master 2
Police Story 1
Dragons Forever
There are also Sammo Hung films (trying to find the ones that are netflix-able):
Prodigal Son
Eastern Condors
Magnificent Butcher
Warriors Two
old skool stuff that might be harder to find:
mad monkey kungfu, legendary weapons of china, my young auntie
and finally, check out my buddies the stunt people:
www.thestuntpeople.com
I helped a little bit with their latest movie, Contour.
Quote from: Fernandopete, which other films like this one would you recommend?
For something a little harder to find, try:
Shao Lin san shi liu fang
Also known as "36th Chamber of Shaolin" or "The Master Killer"
It is an absolute classic of martial arts cinema. Try and find the box which looks like this:
(https://xixax.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.kungfucinema.com%2Fimages%2Fdvdcovers%2Fthirtysixthchamberofshaolin_ivl.jpg&hash=7c2ba0c2c4d9d4af8193de118cdfe37f83ccdfc1)
uh yeah, and scarface! don't forget scarface!!
Comparisons of various DVDs of Ong Bak (http://dvdcompare.net/comparisons/film.php?fid=5812)
Apparently there is no decent version with English subtitles. The R1 Fox DVD is shortened and, according to HTF, has a mediocre transfer.
I got the R0 taiwan version from Ebay, a "bootleg" I guess but it's great--good English subtitles (though there are still typos amok) with great extras, the extras got no subtitles, but aside from the commentary, most of them didn't need subtitles anyways. plus I got a Thai friend. but the back of the box has probably the funniest case of Engrish I've ever read, it's so over the top, babblefish ain't got nothing on this gibberish.
just found this, a few clips from tony jaa's next film (ftp://tricks:tricks@67.18.198.28/TYG/TYG_DDZouTou_B.mpg)
From what I've heard, the soundtrack for the Thai version is nothing like what we got here in America. For some reason martial arts & rap are supposed to go together in the US of A.
the thai soundtrack isn't too much better though. It's the same melody played over and over again techno style, sometimes on like a thai horn and sometimes on a keyboard, with like a techno beat.
Is the Luc Besson re-edit what we saw in theaters here?