Ong-Bak 2 (product link) Martial Arts / Action/Adventure Solid four and a half stars. The second half of this film is what makes it truly a Tony Jaa film. I enjoyed watching his usage of non-Thai style fighting, however the excessive use of flashbacks and the abrupt ending cost it the final half-star.
If this film was made by anyone other then Jaa, it would have been declared "unbelievable". However, Jaa has set a high bar for himself with the first "Ong-Bak" and "Tom Yum Goong".
It will be interesting to see if they recut this film for international release as they did with "TYG", or if they leave it alone.
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This is for you "I love you rater haters." I thought Jaa did a fine job using other styles. The problem was when he used them it was so brief what was the point. Also I've seen many others use these styles a million times over already and much better.
Nomad [2005] (product link) Action/Adventure / Drama Interesting concept of a film as I had yet to see a film set and centered around Khazakhstan. Would have been interesting of the differing nomadic tribes each had unique fighting styles, but this wasn't referenced. Cover appears to try and draw in the fan of "300" but the film isn't like "300". Good role for Jason Scott Lee but not enough of Mark Dacascos.
Tabanfire (product link) Martial Arts / Thriller Although the movie was a little silly, the work by Dan Chupong is top-notch as always. I look forward to more work from Chupong, but hopefully they will be closer to "Born to Fight" then "Tabanfire".
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