Ong-Bak: Difference between revisions
Content added Content deleted
m (added Category:Martial Arts Movie using HotCat) |
|||
| Line 1: | Line 1: | ||
{{work}} |
{{work}} |
||
[[File:OngBak.jpg|frame]] |
[[File:OngBak.jpg|frame]] |
||
The debut film of Tony Jaa, showcasing his "no-strings-attached |
The debut film of Tony Jaa, showcasing his "no-strings-attached" (as opposed to [[Wire Fu]]) style of Martial Arts Cinema, and brought Muay Boran to the attention of Global Media. |
||
Boonting (Tony Jaa) lives in a small and peaceful village. One day a sacred Buddha statuette called Ong Bak is stolen from the village by an immoral businessman who sells it for exorbitant profits. It soon becomes the task of Boonting to track the thief to Bangkok and reclaim the religious treasure. Along the way, Boonting uses his astonishing athleticism and traditional Muay Thai skills to combat his adversaries. |
Boonting (Tony Jaa) lives in a small and peaceful village. One day a sacred Buddha statuette called Ong Bak is stolen from the village by an immoral businessman who sells it for exorbitant profits. It soon becomes the task of Boonting to track the thief to Bangkok and reclaim the religious treasure. Along the way, Boonting uses his astonishing athleticism and traditional Muay Thai skills to combat his adversaries. |
||
| Line 7: | Line 7: | ||
There is a prequel released, called ''Ong Bak 2: The Beginning'', which is far removed from the modern setting of the first and is essentially a Training Montage, a [[Roaring Rampage of Revenge]], and closes with an considerable drawn out [[Quirky Miniboss Squad]] battle, involving Tony Jaa's character, called Tien, squaring off against every single "Ancient" Martial Art, developed in Asia. |
There is a prequel released, called ''Ong Bak 2: The Beginning'', which is far removed from the modern setting of the first and is essentially a Training Montage, a [[Roaring Rampage of Revenge]], and closes with an considerable drawn out [[Quirky Miniboss Squad]] battle, involving Tony Jaa's character, called Tien, squaring off against every single "Ancient" Martial Art, developed in Asia. |
||
''Ong Bak 3'' concludes Tien's story, and ties both movies with the first. |
''Ong Bak 3'' concludes Tien's story, and ties both movies with the first. |
||
----- |
|||
{{tropelist}} |
|||
Tropes Include: |
|||
* [[Badass]]: Ting, so very '''very''' much. |
* [[Badass]]: Ting, so very '''very''' much. |
||
** The prequel with Tien makes Ting seem like another mook. |
** The prequel with Tien makes Ting seem like another mook. |
||
| Line 51: | Line 51: | ||
[[Category:Films of the 2000s]] |
[[Category:Films of the 2000s]] |
||
[[Category:Ong Bak]] |
[[Category:Ong Bak]] |
||
[[Category:Martial Arts Movie]] |
|||