Ong-Bak (2003)
Directed by Prachya Pinkaew
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.
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Ong-bak made it fun to root for the good guys.
Pinkaew and his star, Muay Thai boxer Tony Jaa, made a splash last year with their film "Ong-Bak."
All of Jaa's old cohorts from "Ong-Bak" are back; Prachya Pinkaew returns to the director's chair and choreographer Panna Rittikrai comes with him to continue his tradition of painfully realistic fight scenes and hard-to-believe-it's-real acrobatics.
I can't imagine a more immobile object than an elephant or a more unstoppable force than Tony Jaa, the 30-year-old master of an art called Muay Thai who came to international attention with Ong-bak (made in 2003 and released in the United States last year).
Jaa reteams with "Ong-Bak" director Prachya Pinkaew for this outing, but to greatly diminished effect.