Ghost Lemur
28th April 2005, 22:20
Finally watched this last night.
Got to say, damn good movie and a must see for Martial Arts fans.
Not much for doing reviews so will just highlight some of my favourite bits.
Early on the race between a Repsol rep VFR-400 (?) and another bike.
The chase scenes are brilliant and very original, especially the stunts. The chase scene with the motorized riksaw (don't know what they're called, spank me or someone else who has been there may be able to tell), particularly when it did a stoppie...
The fight scenes for the most part were highly polished for the most part, and a pleasure to watch.
The main actor Tony Jaa, trained extensively in the ancient form of Muay Boran (the predecessor to Muay Thai) for four years in preparation for Ong-Bak and it shows in his moves. No wires cgi etc was used, it was all skill of the performers. Which for me at least is a refreshing change from the current "any actor with a string attached is all of a sudden martial arts master on screen" movies.
IMDB listing for Ong-Bak (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0368909/)
Got to say, damn good movie and a must see for Martial Arts fans.
Not much for doing reviews so will just highlight some of my favourite bits.
Early on the race between a Repsol rep VFR-400 (?) and another bike.
The chase scenes are brilliant and very original, especially the stunts. The chase scene with the motorized riksaw (don't know what they're called, spank me or someone else who has been there may be able to tell), particularly when it did a stoppie...
The fight scenes for the most part were highly polished for the most part, and a pleasure to watch.
The main actor Tony Jaa, trained extensively in the ancient form of Muay Boran (the predecessor to Muay Thai) for four years in preparation for Ong-Bak and it shows in his moves. No wires cgi etc was used, it was all skill of the performers. Which for me at least is a refreshing change from the current "any actor with a string attached is all of a sudden martial arts master on screen" movies.
IMDB listing for Ong-Bak (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0368909/)