Tweekums Protagonist Ting lives in a remote village in northern Thailand; he has mastered the art of Muay Thai, aka Thai boxing, but has promised his master that he won't use it against other people. Unfortunately he is soon forced to break that promise; a man working for Bangkok villain Don steaks the head of the Ong Bak, a local Bhudda, and Ting is given the task of retrieving it. Once in Bangkok he meets his cousin Humlae; who promptly steals his money to gamble on an illegal fight… he bets on the loser but then Ling swiftly defeats the champion and gets his money back. Humlae thinks they can make a lot of money together but Ling just wants him to take him to Don. Ling, Humbae and Humbae's friend Muay Lek get involved in a number of fight, chases and other perilous moments before the inevitable final confrontation.If you like martial arts action then this is definitely worth watching. The plot is simple enough but that doesn't matter as it provides excuses for numerous martial arts fights. These are all pretty full on and at times, particularly in the final fight, fairly brutal. There is a degree of humour, especially during the chase scenes; these are really good; there is one on foot that features some impressively gymnastic moves as Ling goes over and under a number of obstacles as well as a scene involving a tuk-tuk chase with lots of crashes and yet more fighting. Had this been a Hollywood film there would undoubtedly been a romantic subplot between Ling and Muay but here there is none of that; she is just a friend of his cousin who gets involved in some of the action; this makes a refreshing change. Tony Jaa is really impressive as Ling; he clearly is among the great martial arts actors. The rest of the cast are pretty good too. Overall I'd certainly recommend this to fans of martial arts movies.These comments are based on watching the film in Thai with English subtitles.

Fluke_Skywalker You don't watch a movie like 'Ong-Bak' for the plot--which is a good thing because there really isn't much of one. You watch it for the relentless, dazzling action, and it's here that it delivers.After a bit of a slow, clunky start, 'Ong-Bak' hits the gas for the better part of its (over-long) near 2-hour running time. While there's a certain level of diminishing returns with that much action, it's still thrilling to watch the amazing Tony Jaa leap, flip and kick his way in, around and through various goons and obstacles.While it certainly would have benefited from a more polished script, 'Ong-Bak' is an entertaining action diversion.

SnoopyStyle Ong-Bak is a sacred Buddha statute. Don is a dealer from Bangkok who steals the head. Ting (Tony Jaa) volunteers to bring back the idol for the desperate village. In the city, he finds George who keeps denying to be Humlae the son of a villager. George steals all of Ting's money from the villagers to bet on fights. Ting accidentally gets into an underground fight and takes down the champion. When George gets in trouble with thugs, he and Muay Lek are beaten up and are rescued by Ting. When they go back to the fight club, Ting is forced to fight against three consecutive opponents. In the end, he wins all the fights, wins the affections of the crowd, and finds Don who works for the evil Komtuan.There is a chase in the street about 30 minutes in. It is amazing. It is fun. It is hilarious. There are a lot of good hard fights. The story really serves to highlight the action and there is a lot of it. One thing is certain. Tony Jaa is an amazing acrobatic fighter.

KineticSeoul I saw RZA present this movie in a commercial once so decided to check it out when it came out. And I can see why RZA who is a fan of martial arts movie wanted to present this movie. The fight sequences when this kickass flick came out was just about second to none when it came to the fight sequences. And it's brutal like muy thai movies should be. This is the flick that boosted Tony Jaa to stardom. His acrobatic and muy thai martial arts skill really shines through. There is a female lead in this I thought was annoying and didn't add much to the story at all. But I guess they just wanted a female lead. The story is simple a statue of head of ong bak gets stolen in a rural village and Ting(Tony Jaa) leaves the village in order to retrieve it. And there are fighting and chases along the way to retrieve the artifact. The story maybe simple but it flowed very well with the action scenes that are really cool to watch. And can tell the stunt people and Jaa put their bodies on the line to make this movie. Overall this is the movie that boosted muy thai onto the movie screen and is a very entertaining martial arts flick.8/10