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Is ONG BAK the film set to kick your cinematic teeth in'
Hey folks, Harry here... At the Toronto International Film Festival there's a couple of films that I know for a fact are going to rule the earth. They're in the Midnight section of the fest. One is the Spierig Brothers' fantastic film UNDEAD... guaranteed to kick your ass and break a rib. But then there's a film that has had... up till now, notably less coverage. I'm talking about the Thai Kickboxing film... ONG BAK.
AICN had a pair of reviews back in February of this year... right as the film opened in Bangkok... The reviews were ecstatic. "Ong Bak just blew my mind. It has some of THE MOST amazing, creative, realisitic and BRUTAL fighting I've ever seen on film."
"The guy who plays Ting is getting a lot of press over here about how he's the new Jackie Chan and I can totally see it. Some of the stunts he does are truly jaw dropping - all without the aid of CG or wires, I might add. Oh, another thing that made the movie were the subtitles. The translators must use the English dictionary of cuss words - quite often you'll get a line like "You fuck! What the shit are you doing? Oh, fuck me dead!!!" Really funny. "
"i should follow up with my own review of this jaw-dropping ass-kicking film." "So we have an ass-kicking hysterical film which will have you drooling IF (and thats a big IF) you ever get to watch. "
Meanwhile, if you run over to IMDB they have been getting a few reviews and EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THEM LOVE IT! One guy compares the feeling he had watching this to the first time he watched DRUNKEN MASTER 2. Well... Let's see how you folks up in Toronto take to it... personally, I predict drool and cheers!
These pics are from the very cool French magazine SCORE... The film has been acquired for French Distribution by Luc Besson, who recognizes the finest in ass-kicking!
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Fuck first posters, fuck first posters up their stupid asses...
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This looks pretty cool!
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You just posted first. Does that mean you take it up the pooper?
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I've already got my ticket for this (I've already got my ticket for Undead, too).
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Realistic? If you were in a fight with a kickboxer - would you just stand there w/ your arms out giving yourself maximum exposure to attack? The answer, Yes. Yes you would. Could they be any more prone? Sure - it they were sticking their heads out to meet their oppnents blows. Realistic fights are usually very photogenic. Example: Bar fights. Everyday displays of stunning choreography that rival anything Baryshnikov ever does on stage.
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I would have liked some sort of idea what the film was about...there was NO information in the story of the plot (if any) or even a basic synopsis.....
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What the heck was the Transporter? Any association between that and Leon is just wrong. And Uncle Paul, first posters are not the people who happen to post the first talkback, they're the people who post a talkback that reads along the lines of "First! Eat my dust suckers!" or something similarly puerile.
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hm ... I enjoyed that movie. Shu Qi is hot.
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HAUK YOP CHIK THUK FUSH CHAK CHAK CHAK THOO WHUP WHUP CHUK CHUK THAK SWIK SMUF SWIK SMAK "huaaaaaaaaaa!" CHIK CHIK WHUP SMIK SLIMP SMAK WHAK WHAK PLONK SMIP SMIP SMAK "Fuck me dead!" SMIK SMIK WHAK WHIK WIK WIK CHIK CHIK WHAK SMIK PRAT SMAT WHUP SMAK CHIK LAK SLUK WHAP MONK SLAK SLAK WHIK CHIK SLAK SLAK WHAP WHAP WHAP!.....And thus, I have SLIP SLIP WHAK! - - - George, The 7th Chicken!!!!
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Sep 02, 2003 12:34:30 PM CDT
Last Time I Checked, Fighting With Your Legs On Fire While the O
by hatethanet
Hehe, that "realistic" comment is as ridiculous as someone calling pro-wrestling "realistic" and not realizing how different it is from collegiate or Olympic wrestling.
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...and you give half a damn about this sort of film, you should already be thoroughly amped for this. It's funny Luc Besson ended up picking it up, as there's some grafitti in the film on a wall that reads "Hi Luc Besson, We are waiting For You". Real stunts, real action, maybe not realistic, but if I wanted realistic fighting, I'd go to a bar and urinate on someone's leg. Sure, CG-enhanced wirework of the sort seen in VOLCANO HIGH, soon to be butchered by MTV (shh - don't tell anyone!) has its place, and is preferrable to the preposterous all-CGI fights of some other recent films we need not name. But sometimes you've gotta go back to the roots, and that's why I'm patiently waiting for the English subtitled Hong Kong disc of this to come out. The Thai disc doesn't have English subs, at the request of the Hong Kong license holder.
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I just happened to be in Thailand when this movie was in the theaters. I asked one of my Thai friends to take me to the movies to see Hero, but she recommended that I see Ong Bak instead since it was a Thai movie. She didn
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and this is for those that have seen the movie: I would never want to be his sidekick.
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Which is Thai for BAD MOTHERFUCKER. I have seen this movie and It kicks more ass than any martial arts movie I've seen in years. The final battle at the dig sight is every bit as good as the underground fight in Enter the Dragon. I have been touting this movie on this site for a month I'm glad to see that it's starting to get it's due in the states.
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I almost bought this DVD on eBay, but it was Region 3 PAL and I don't have the region free player on my computer. Any info on a Region 1 release?
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but without subtitles - I have never felt so stupid as when I received this dvd - im pretty sure that the story is shit anyway.
well anyway even though I dont understand a word I actually enjoyed it alot. There are some really cool Jackie Chan style stunts in it. And thinking of that it was made without CGI its amazing what these actors throw themselves into. -
This film is brilliant. I can't recommend it highly enough. Although the copy i saw was missing subtitles, the film is still fairly straight forward enough for you to understand whats going on. Besides, the fight scenes rock.
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I have owned the documentary VCD for a few months now and although its also untranslated, the majority of the film is without extensive dialog. Many of the bigger stunts and fight scenes are shown from conception to execution. Kungfucinema.com stayed that the star, Phanom (phenom?!) Yeerum, used to be a stuntman on the american Mortal Kombat TV series a while back. I can imagine the impact that will be made when Hollywood imports him (let us pray he rebukes dilution). The documentary can be found here- http://ethaicd.com/show.php?pid=8102 For $6 shipping included, get this mofo-
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Sep 06, 2003 12:07:21 PM CDT
Who cares about kickboxing when the Blob could do Flab-Fu in X3!
by freddukesrules
Fred J. Dukes as a major Villain in X3! (Mike D. and Dan H. are you listening)?
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