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Pants to be darkened as well as charred and crispy!
I think it’s time to see what other countries have done with
martial arts movies. It is rare we hear about these types of movies from other
countries. Since I looked at something from Indonesia earlier, today’s set of
movies hail from the land of Thailand. In 2003, Ong Bak aka Ong Bak: The Thai
Warrior was released in Singapore in 2003. It did so well over there, the movie
ended up getting released internationally in 2005. It made its main man,
Tony Jaa, into a star. It also spawned two spin-offs, Ong-Bak 2 and Ong-Bak 3.
It even introduced folk to the fighting style of Muay Thai and its predecessor,
Muay Boran.
I was in college when I saw the first Ong-Bak movie. I heard
some good stuff about it, so I decided to rent it one day. Before this weekend,
I actually hadn’t seen the spinoffs. I had rented Ong-Bak 2 but I never got
around to finishing it. Recently, I found out that all three movies are on
Netflix, so I decided to check them all out. By the way, Netflix only has them
undubbed, so you’ll have to use subtitles if you watch them. Personally, I’ve
been watching most foreign movies undubbed since I was in college. Most dubbing
usually doesn’t sound good and it makes me invest in the movie more.