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Best martial arts movie in the past 10 years?
by MelbFORCE (movies profile)
Sep 5, 2006
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Yet, i truly believe this movie is easily the best martial arts movie to hit western cinemas in the past 10 years. Tony Jaa is a breath of fresh air for martial arts fans. Jackie Chan's recent movies have taken a more comical storyline and Jet Li's movies, though still worthy of very positive reviews, will never be as good as the old days of the Shaolin Temple series and the Once upon a time in China series. Also, Tony Jaa introduces a fighting style which has yet to make an impact in movie theatres, Muay Thai. Although "Ong-Bak" lacks alot in terms of acting and plot, the fighting and action will leave you in awe scene after scene. It must also be taken into account that there are "NO stunt-doubles, NO computer graphics and NO strings attached", as mentioned on the movie website: ****.com
Watch out for the next Tony Jaa film, "Tom Yum Goong", which is shot in Sydney (Australia), and will be released later in the year in Thailand and will feature in the Asian film festival. Can't wait for it! |
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