Ong-Bak

[Guest smokedog]

Just ordered this DVD, can't wait to watch it.

"Scene in Ong-Bak where the hero, Ting, kicks a bad guy out of a second-story plate-glass window, then jumps out after him and delivers several pummeling blows to the guy's chest while still in free-fall.  At another point, Ting does cartwheels over a wok full of boiling grease and a flouring table without touching anything.  And at yet another, he evades a whole gang of enemies by simply jumping up on their shoulders and running out of the room across the tops of their heads.  And then there's a scene where Ting fights with his legs on fire.  And...

Ong-Bak has the thinnest possible excuse for a plot, characters with all the dimension of something die-cut from the back of a cereal box, and eminently unquotable dialogue.  And none of that matters, because the movie is just a clothesline for the most flabbergasting physical stunts attempted on film since Drunken Master II.  When Ong-Bak had its North American premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival as part of its Midnight Madness program, the audience gave it a standing ovation—something no other film in the 16-year history of the program had ever received.  Me? I grinned like an idiot all the way through. "

[Guest janagan]

Yeah this film is a cult hit, if you are a martial arts fan then it is a must see. It took me about three years before i got a dvd with subtitles for this film.