Fella_shibby I saw this more than a decade back n i will never forget my experience with it. I had bought the dvd from a pirated dvd store for 50 rupees. Today being Sunday, i was shuffling my dvd collection n i noticed Spirited warrior dvd. Will never revisit it for sure. I went into flashback n thought about writing a review. The dvd cover had Tony Jaa n the synopsis sounded solid action/horror set in a forest. Read some positive reviews on imdb. Everything was misleading. The acting, direction, editing, everything was horrendous. The production value was nada. Even the martial arts fight scenes r boring. Regarding Jaa, well he is ther for few mins only n that abrupt ending was the icing on the cake.

Leofwine_draca This extremely low budget production has been widely advertised as a 'Tony Jaa' film in the wake of the success of ONG BAK and WARRIOR KING; unsuspecting fans might mistake it for the third part of a 'spiritual' trilogy with those two films. However, SPIRITED WARRIOR is a different kettle of fish altogether. Even lower budget than the period Hong Kong kung fu films made in the early 1970s, this is a film that does contain Tony Jaa's debut performance, but the bad news is he's only in it for fifteen minutes! Rather than being the main star of the show, Jaa is a minor character who nevertheless gets to perform in some fun martial arts battles before getting killed off.This is actually the fourth part in a series of TERMINATOR-inspired films about an indestructible killer butchering his way through lots of people in a forest setting. That's actually the whole plot. The emphasis is very much on the fight scenes, and there are a ton of different fights here that are not bad in themselves. Unfortunately, because of the low budget, they do tend to get a bit repetitive and there's none of the fancy camera-work that director Panna Rittikrai would bring to the likes of BORN TO FIGHT. Really, this is one of the lowest budget movies I've ever watched, and I've seen a lot of them! The film does have some inspired lunacy to recommend it. The opening shots of a witch doctor performing at his altar bring to mind classic Asian horror flicks like ENCOUNTERS OF THE SPOOKY KIND and later there are some sped-up shots of people running which are absolutely hilarious to watch. There's plenty of bloodshed towards the end of the movie and a cheesy twist ending – any '90s horror film producer would be proud of it. Panna Rittikrai, noted Thai action director, also plays the leading character and he gets a chance to whup backside left, right and centre. Tony Jaa, still a teenager when he made this, looks like nothing more than a kid in a tracksuit, although his fight scene with Rittikrai is a definite highlight of the movie, and watch for the bit where he does the splits! In fact this bit is so enjoyable they repeat it scene-for-scene right at the beginning of the film, even though it doesn't make any sense in that context. Unfortunately, the paucity of the production means that there's no room for explosions, shootings, or anything of the sort. It's just people fighting in the woods, over and over again, until the closing credits roll. Some halfway decent music and lots of bad acting are all you'll find here.

SlingShott78 I recently bought this film as a trilogy set entitled The Spirited Killer Trilogy from a "bargain bin" for a whopping $2.97. I must say as i was quite disappointed that it claimed itself as a Tony Jaa movie and he was maybe in it for 10-15min i still found it to be quite entertaining. The fight sequences i believe are choreographed by star..actor..Tony Jaa mentor..Panna Rittikrai and as usual they are pretty damn incredible. Some reviewers rated this film quite low due to it not having enough of a story line. To me this is like complaining that a xxx rated flick sucks because it doesn't have enough of a plot lol. All in all Spirited Killer is a decent flick for what it is meant to be...an action packed muay Thai martial arts film. Great fight scenes, a lot of comic relief and unbelievable stunts. I also enjoy as i'm sure any true fan would the fact that even though it is a 1994 film it still has that old school feel to it,which to me just adds to the all around enjoyment. So in conclusion i encourage any fan of this genre to do themselves a favor and seek this one out.

les6969 Ong Bak and The Warrior King are two outstandingly good Martial Arts films. I saw this film in the shop and on the cover there is a huge picture of Tony Jaa. All the text on the cover was about: "Tony Jaa, Tony Jaa, Tony Jaa..." but as has already been said he is in this film for a few minutes. If this was any other product it would not be allowed to be sold under the trade description laws. The film itself is silly, the martial arts vary in quality and there is too much shooting and exploding for my tastes. If I could get my money back I would and I doubt I could ( with a clear conscience ) sell it on! If you are a Tony Jaa fan ... Give this film a miss