"Ong Bak 2" is a throwback to the kung fu flicks of a previous generation. First-rate action scenes alternate with florid melodrama, and jaw-dropping stunts try to compensate for saccharine plot ...

Ong Bak 2 is a Thai-language martial arts drama film helmed by Panna Rittikrai and Tony Jaa. The storyline follows a young orphaned boy who miraculously survives the bloodshed in his childhood and ...

Magnolia Pictures, the Wagner/Cuban Company’s group, announced today it had picked up the US distribution rights to ‘Ong Bak 2’, the Tony Jaa-directed sequel to ‘Ong Bak: The Thai Warrier’. The film ...

Back in 2003, a little Thai movie called Ong Bak introduced the world to an elephant-herder-turned-martial-artist named Tony Jaa. Directed by Prachya Pinkaew, the movie became a global sensation and ...

The 2003 film “Ong Bak” and its exhilarating 2005 successor “The Protector” left no doubt there was a new force in the martial-arts arena: Tony Jaa, a Thai star whose stunts were truly mind-blowing.

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The last time I looked, action-film star Tony Jaa was leaping tall buildings at a single bound in 2003’s “Ong Bak,” released here two years later under the title “Thai Warrior.” I loved the ...

HONG KONG — Powerful debuts put new films at the top of the charts in Thailand and Asia’s three biggest box office territories, Japan, South Korea and China. Noisiest start was made by “Ong bak 2,” ...

Following the grand Asian-cinema tradition of sequels that have squat to do with the originals, here comes Ong Bak 2: The Beginning, which takes place hundreds of years before its predecessor, and ...

ROME — Hot Thai martial arts blockbuster “Ong Bak 2” will have its European bow at Italy’s 11th Udine Far East Fest, where the accent will be on the Thai action pic phenom. Magnolia Pictures this ...

A brand new full-length trailer for Tony Jaa's Ong Bak 3 showed up on YouTube today (via SlashFilm) for those who are fans of this franchise that began as a cult hit back in 2003. We also featured an ...