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Ong Bak 2 (2008)
Horrible Movie
I'm not sure why people are rating this movie so high. This is one of the worst movies ever film. I am a big fan of Tony Jaa and the original Ong Bak, but this does not make Ong Bak 2 a good movie.
There is no storyline. I mean, Is the main character, Tien, supposed to be getting revenge, finding a lost love, or trying to master martial arts? And there is no actual ending to the movie. The movie abruptly stops at a cliffhanger with some bad narration, setting an opening for a second part continuation.
It appears all the budget to this over-budget film went to the badly choreographed fight scenes.
The movie attempts to portray that after being raised by thieves, Tien, masters every known Martial Arts from swordplay, to Muay Thai, to a number Chinese Martial Arts styles, but this just ends up with some unrealistic fight scenes.
Tony Jaa is amazing Muay Thai fighter, but when it comes to imitating Chinese art forms, there is a lot left to be desired. Most of the Chinese Martial Arts moves are stiff and often somehow transition into a Muay Thai stance or blow. Stick to Muay Thai, Tony Jaa, you are much better at that.
I would have to say there are some nice weapons play, but they are often dragged on too long and many times mortal wounds are played off as mere flesh wounds.
There is also a fight scenes where elephants are used to make some amazing fight scenes, but point of the elephants don't make any sense, when they don't do anything, but stand in place for acrobatics. (The elephant is supposed to be helping Tien, Tony Jaa's character, fight) All in all, this is badly made over-budget movie.