<< A Tale of Two Claras | Main | The Sutra of the Distant Past >> April 29, 2006 >> At the Pirate DVD Street Stall: Ong Bak 2 In Ong Bak 2 (Tom Yum Goong), witness perhaps the greatest action movie sequence ever as a team of super strongmen rough up Tony Jaa:
And then throw his pet baby elephant through a window.
This is not a joke. This is cinematic magic.
Graaaaaaaaaah! If you liked the original Ong Bak, this'll do you right: more crazy jump-kicks and flying knees, more painful snapping of limbs and more English. That's right, half the movie is set in Australia and it's pretty hilarious to see a 'genuine Australian anchorwoman' (who is clearly Thai) struggle awkwardly through her script. No kidding: she tramples grammar in a way which hardly makes it seem viable that she could be chosen as the mouthpiece of a nation, but in the end the awfulness just adds to the charm. At least they tried. There's also a self-referential one-liner about how people who pirate DVDs are disgusting. And there are tons of elephants. And Tony Jaa gets to fight some Xtreme Sports guys on motocross bikes and rollerblades who are swinging fluorescent lightbulbs. And he fights a sword guy. And a breakdancing guy. And about a thousand flunkies. And a chick with a whip. And her uncle. Tony Jaa kicks the shit out of everybody. Posted by Chris at 10:48 AM >> Commentations (5)
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