Stone Cold Master

Tony Jaa goes on another retrieval mission in Ong Bak. Some shifty dude steals the village Buda Head and takes it off to Bangkok to sell to some other shifty dude. Without said head, there can be no prosperity for the small village so Tony follows in hot pursuit, only to get embroiled in the Bangkok underworld, an underworld that he systematically destroys along the way with his bone-crushing expertise.

Once again the plot is secondary to the amazing fight sequences. I have not been as impressed by a presence on the screen, as I am with Jaa, since the first time I seen Elvis’ 68 comeback show. Jaa is simply electric. The fights in his movies are so precisely choreographed that it looks like he is actually causing these poor guys damage.

So the plots don’t really matter, although there are some nice performances here, and the cinematography in these movies is always beautiful, from the idyllic scenes of the Thai countryside to the city scenes to the eye popping action scenes, all are pleasing to the eye.

Ong Bak doesn’t have the tongue and check element Warrior King has. This one takes itself a little more seriously, and although I thought Warrior King was better due to the humorous elements, Ong Bak is still a roundhouse kick to the entertainment bone. Keep ‘em coming T.J.

Obviously if you like martial arts you will love anything Tony Jaa makes. He is a stone cold master. Amazing!!!!!