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20 articles from 2009
Ninja Assassin
25 November 2009 9:42 AM, PST | The Scorecard Review | See recent Scorecard Review news »
Directed by: James McTeigue
Cast: Rain, Naomie Harris
Running Time: 1 hr 35 min
Rating: R
Release Date: November 25, 2009
Plot: After a hardened Ninja (Rain) refuses to kill for the boss, he is ostracized from the clan and hunted by his former brothers.
Who’S It For? Fans of martial arts movies, and we’re talking old school, 1970’s style blood n’ guts.
Expectations: It has to be dumb with a name like Ninja Assassin, because it’s trying way too hard. It’s like naming a movie Kick Ass Cowboys or Machete B*tch (dibs).
Scorecard (0-10)
Actors:
Rain as Raizo: Rain’s real name is Ji Hun Jeong, but you have to have a lead actor that’s as obnoxiously glitzy as Ninja Assassin. So, I guess when I finally get around to making Machete B*tch, I’ll have to cast someone with a stage name like Razor or Sunrise. »
- Morrow McLaughlin
Ong Bak 2: The Beginning (review)
29 October 2009 1:07 PM, PDT | www.flickfilosopher.com | See recent FlickFilosopher news »
A few years back, the dynamic, gritty, exciting martial arts action flick Ong-Bak: The Thai Warrior gave us country bumpkin (Tony Jaa) in modern Bangkok, hunting down a relic stolen from his home village and busting it up with mobsters and street punks and all manner of bad guys. Now, Jaa is back, and they’re not kidding about it being “the beginning.” Rewinding to 15th century Thailand, this is the downright Dickensian tale of a royal boy kidnapped by slavers and raised by thieves who grows into a man, Tien (Jaa), who vows revenge on everyone who’s wronged him. While the first flick was thoroughly grounded in the here and now, this one sings with a fantastical flair that recalls everything from The Lord of the Rings to Apocalypto to The Empire Strikes Back (in Luke’s Jedi training), along with its own unique touches: there’s a »
- MaryAnn Johanson
Movie Review: Ong-Bak 2: The Beginning
22 October 2009 8:46 AM, PDT | Huffington Post | See recent Huffington Post news »
So I'm sitting in a screening room at noon of a recent weekday, watching Tony Jaa kick huge quantities of ass in Ong-Bak 2: The Beginning and thinking, This is too much fun to be considered work. No, Ong-Bak 2 isn't a great movie and, no, Tony Jaa isn't a great actor. But so what? If you love the pure kinetics of a well-shot martial-arts film and feel as though the form hasn't been the same since Jackie Chan and Jet Li went Hollywood, Tony Jaa is the most exciting figure to come along in years. In his previous two films, Ong-Bak: Muay Thai Warrior and The Protector, Jaa demonstrated an explosive physical style that seemed to be equal parts kung fu, gymnastics and Mighty Mouse. He unhesitatingly unleashed attacks on mountainous opponents -- or mountains of opponents -- blending speed, agility... »
- Marshall Fine
Exclusive: Steven Soderbergh on Knockout
30 September 2009 4:33 AM, PDT | EmpireOnline | See recent EmpireOnline news »
We’ve come to expect the unexpected from Steven Soderbergh, but even Empire was surprised by the recent news he is to direct a spy thriller called Knockout starring mixed martial arts fighter Gina Carano. So, we had a chat with him about it.“My feeling was, If I don’t do this, somebody else will,” says the Oscar-winning director. “I felt, somebody is going to look at her and go, ‘She should be in a movie!’ And I felt like, Why shouldn’t I be the person saying that?” Carano is an experienced fighter – trained in Muay Thai, the martial art form used by Tony Jaa in Ong-Bak – and while she has limited screen experience, she certainly lives up to the title Knockout. “If you start following the female mma fighters, Gina pops out pretty noticeably,” says Soderbergh. “I thought it was a fascinating combination of appearance and activity. »
Ong-Bak 2 Trailer
7 July 2009 1:32 AM, PDT | EmpireOnline | See recent EmpireOnline news »
Kicking, punching, dodging crocodiles, more punching and back-flipping off elephants. That's right, Tony Jaa is back with another dose of Muay Thai madness in Ong-Bak 2 and you can get a dose of it here over at FilmDrunk.Not a sequel in the strictest sense, Ong-Bak 2 is set in Ancient Thailand and stars Jaa as Tien, the son of a murdered nobleman who embarks on a quest for vengeance with the help of a posse of shit-kicking brigands and the odd helpfully positioned elephant. The path of this martial arts actioner to the screen has been far from smooth, with Jaa having a breakdown midway through the shoot and disappearing into the jungle for two months. The Thai director/star/fighting machine bounced back though (literally, if the trailer's water buffalo stunt is anything to go by) and Ong-Bak 2 looks like it might just match the 2003 original's madcap genius.Ong-Bak 2 is »
Jealousy control to maximum. France next to get Ong-bak 2
29 June 2009 4:04 PM, PDT | 24framespersecond.net | See recent 24FramesPerSecond news »
While we in the English speaking world wait every patiently for even a sniff of a theatrical (hell we’d settle for DVD!) release of Tony Jaa’s Ong-Bak 2, those lucky French will be the next to see it on the big screen. Not so lucky is the fact that from the looks of the trailer, they will be watching it dubbed into French? An odd decision for a country so at home with watching subtitled movies. Any how. As well as the new cut of the trailer, there’s some other goodies to check out on the French official website. OB2 opens in France July 22nd. »
Jealousy control to maximum. France next to get Ong-bak 2
29 June 2009 4:04 PM, PDT | 24framespersecond.net | See recent 24FramesPerSecond news »
While we in the English speaking world wait every patiently for even a sniff of a theatrical (hell we’d settle for DVD!) release of Tony Jaa’s Ong-Bak 2, those lucky French will be the next to see it on the big screen. Not so lucky is the fact that from the looks of the trailer, they will be watching it dubbed into French? An odd decision for a country so at home with watching subtitled movies. Any how. As well as the new cut of the trailer, there’s some other goodies to check out on the French official website. OB2 opens in France July 22nd. »
Assorted horror DVD news
29 May 2009 3:16 PM, PDT | Fangoria | See recent Fangoria news »
• Fango got the scoop on the DVD dates for several horror films coming from IFC Films in the next several months. All of these titles either have played or can be seen now via video-on-demand, and they’ll be Blockbuster exclusives before being made available for general retail sales.
The animation omnibus Fear(S) Of The Dark and Christopher Denham’s disturbing family study Home Movie are already in Blockbuster stores, and will hit retail in October. A bunch more have Blockbuster berths only, with no retail slots determined yet: Bruce McDonald’s Pontypool, which just joined the on-demand lineup and opened theatrically in New York today (see review here), hits October 13; Antti-Jussi Annila’s Sauna is coming June 23; Daniel Myrick’s The Objective has been moved from its previous Blockbuster date of July 28 to July 14; Duane Graves and Justin Meeks’ The Wild Man Of The Navidad attacks in August »
- no-reply@fangoria.com (Michael Gingold)
Killer Imports: Ong Bak 2
8 May 2009 11:00 AM, PDT | FilmJunk | See recent FilmJunk news »
Killer Imports [1] is a regular feature on Film Junk where we explore foreign-language films from around the world that haven’t yet had their chance to shine. After listening to the Macho Movie Review [2] of Ong Bak 2, I was prepared to enjoy an awesome action flick when I inserted my DVD of the movie into my player. To be honest, I had purchased the DVD prior to listening to the review, and I had sampled some of the action scenes. Like Wintle and I imagine other movie lovers, I have a backlog of unwatched DVDs that is growing rather than shrinking. So the acclaim given and enthusiasm shown by Wintle, Nagy, and Billy in their review moved Ong Bak 2 to the top of my stack. Yet, their review came out weeks ago, and I have finally written my review. Why the delay? Because I was disappointed. I guess »
- Reed
*Update* Ong Bak 2 on English subtitled DVD!
17 April 2009 1:46 AM, PDT | 24framespersecond.net | See recent 24FramesPerSecond news »
We’ve watching for this near daily, and now the wait is finally over - Martial arts superstar Tony Jaa’s Ong Bak 2 is released on English subbed DVD this week! Not content to dish out more of the same, Jaa mixes it up in Ong Bak 2, demonstrating a wider range of martial arts whilst performing his own stunts and engages in a spectacular duel with Dan Chupong (Dynamite Warrior) on the back of an elephant. Climaxing in a twenty minute-plus fight, that finds Jaa squaring off against hordes of foes in a Thai jungle village, it sets the scene perfectly for the much anticipated Ong-Bak 3. Orphaned when the treacherous Lord Rajasena kills his parents, young Tien is saved from slavery and raised by Chernang, leader of a renowned band of guerrillas. Growing to adulthood, Tien (Jaa) becomes proficient in a variety of martial arts styles including boxing, »
*Update* Ong Bak 2 on English subtitled DVD!
17 April 2009 1:46 AM, PDT | 24framespersecond.net | See recent 24FramesPerSecond news »
We’ve watching for this near daily, and now the wait is finally over - Martial arts superstar Tony Jaa’s Ong Bak 2 is released on English subbed DVD this week! Not content to dish out more of the same, Jaa mixes it up in Ong Bak 2, demonstrating a wider range of martial arts whilst performing his own stunts and engages in a spectacular duel with Dan Chupong (Dynamite Warrior) on the back of an elephant. Climaxing in a twenty minute-plus fight, that finds Jaa squaring off against hordes of foes in a Thai jungle village, it sets the scene perfectly for the much anticipated Ong-Bak 3. Orphaned when the treacherous Lord Rajasena kills his parents, young Tien is saved from slavery and raised by Chernang, leader of a renowned band of guerrillas. Growing to adulthood, Tien (Jaa) becomes proficient in a variety of martial arts styles including boxing, »
*Update* Ong Bak 2 on English subtitled DVD!
17 April 2009 1:42 AM, PDT | 24framespersecond.net | See recent 24FramesPerSecond news »
We’ve watching for this near daily, and now the wait is finally over - Martial arts superstar Tony Jaa’s Ong Bak 2 is released on English subbed DVD this week! Not content to dish out more of the same, Jaa mixes it up in Ong Bak 2, demonstrating a wider range of martial arts whilst performing his own stunts and engages in a spectacular duel with Dan Chupong (Dynamite Warrior) on the back of an elephant. Climaxing in a twenty minute-plus fight, that finds Jaa squaring off against hordes of foes in a Thai jungle village, it sets the scene perfectly for the much anticipated Ong-Bak 3. Orphaned when the treacherous Lord Rajasena kills his parents, young Tien is saved from slavery and raised by Chernang, leader of a renowned band of guerrillas. Growing to adulthood, Tien (Jaa) becomes proficient in a variety of martial arts styles including boxing, »
Ong Bak 2 on English subtitled DVD!
6 April 2009 6:29 AM, PDT | 24framespersecond.net | See recent 24FramesPerSecond news »
We’ve watching for this near daily, and now the wait is finally over - Martial arts superstar Tony Jaa’s Ong Bak 2 is released on English subbed DVD this week! Not content to dish out more of the same, Jaa mixes it up in Ong Bak 2, demonstrating a wider range of martial arts whilst performing his own stunts and engages in a spectacular duel with Dan Chupong (Dynamite Warrior) on the back of an elephant. Climaxing in a twenty minute-plus fight, that finds Jaa squaring off against hordes of foes in a Thai jungle village, it sets the scene perfectly for the much anticipated Ong-Bak 3. Orphaned when the treacherous Lord Rajasena kills his parents, young Tien is saved from slavery and raised by Chernang, leader of a renowned band of guerrillas. Growing to adulthood, Tien (Jaa) becomes proficient in a variety of martial arts styles including boxing, »
Chocolate Star Jeeja Yanin Unveils Her Latest Movie
13 March 2009 6:59 AM, PDT | FilmJunk | See recent FilmJunk news »
Fans of bone-crunching action have been turning their gaze to Thailand in recent years, with the rise of Tony Jaa and Prachya Pinkaew, respectively the star and director of Ong-Bak and Tom Yum Goong. My second favourite theatrical experience of last year was a midnight screening of the most recent Pinkaew release Chocolate, starring his latest protégé Jeeja Yanin, which you can catch Reed's review of right here. I've been waiting to hear about a follow-up for this petite Muay Thai cyclone, and it's finally arrived in the announcement for her second movie, Du Suay Doo. One thing that I appreciate about the rise of the Thai action industry is the patience they've shown in making their movies. ... »
- Wintle
South by Southwest announces Fantastic Fest Midnight titles
17 February 2009 9:20 PM, PST | Fangoria | See recent Fangoria news »
Austin, TX’s South by Southwest Film Festival, running March 13-21, has revealed the titles playing in its new Fantastic Fest at Midnight sidebar. It’s the first time the two Lone Star State events have joined forces to present a selection of genre features, all of which are making their world or U.S. premieres.
The six movies, which will play at Austin’s Alamo South Lamar theater, are: Ong-bak 2, martial-arts star Tony Jaa’s sequel to his breakout actioner; Black, from French director co-writer Pierre Laffargue, an Africa-set synthesis of blaxploitation mayhem and the occult; The Haunting In Connecticut, Peter Cornwell’s fact-based chiller about a family facing evil spirits in their new home (recently moved to a March 27 release date by Lionsgate); The Horseman, writer/director Steve Kastrissos’ bloody Australian revenge saga (no relation to Lionsgate’s upcoming serial-killer flick The Horsemen); Phil Claydon’s self-descriptive British »
Ong-bak 2 heading to the U.S of A!
11 February 2009 3:54 AM, PST | 24framespersecond.net | See recent 24FramesPerSecond news »
Heads up U.S. fight fans. Magnolia Pictures has just confirmed they have just picked up the acquired North American rights to Tony Jaa’s - Ong-Bak 2. Even better, they are planning a theatrical release for the film, through their genre arm Magnet Releasing! The Weinstein Company originally held the rights but then oddly (pity the exec that made that decision) gave them up, late last this year. So Mag has stepped in and nabbed them. Yay! No word yet on a release date, but keep it here for updates. »
Bak Once Again
10 February 2009 11:29 PM, PST | EmpireOnline | See recent EmpireOnline news »
Stateside fans of authentic, cuts-and-bruises kickboxing will be rejoicing, with news that Ong-Bak 2 has picked up a Us distribution deal, courtesy of Magnolia Pictures.The sequel to Ong-Bak, in which Tony Jaa defends a village's Buddhist icon, beating up half of Thailand in the process, was an underground hit in the Us back in 2003. Jaa hasn't made as big an impact in Hollywood as expected since then, but gets another chance to impress with his no-holds-barred Muay Thai stylings Magnolia Pictures, who also released the original, have high hopes for Jaa. Eamonn Bowles, president of the distributor, said: "We're beyond thrilled to be able to carry the franchise forward and continue our relationship with Tony."Magnolia is shortly to release Chocolate, more martial arts mentalism from Ong-Bak director Prachya Pinkaew. Ong-Bak 3 is currently in production and slated for release at the end of the year. »
Chocolate - Exclusive Clip
3 February 2009 3:14 PM, PST | MovieBlog.Ugo.com | See recent Ugo MovieBlog news »
Sports Editor Michael Hess tells me that what we’re seeing in this clip isn’t really Thai Boxing, just plain old Kung Fu. But it’s a Thai movie, I say! Therefore, let’s eschew the labels and just call it Aak - Asian Ass Kicking. Chocolate, directed by Prachya Pinkaew of Ong-Bak fame, was a big hit in overseas and is coming to select cities this February 6th. If you live in New York, Boulder, Denver, Austin, Dallas or Seattle (odd collection of places, I know) you’ll be able to catch this tale of nonstop action that is launching the career of Yanin ‘Jeeja’ Wismitanant. The above clip, one could say, is just a small chocolate kiss. »
Tony Jaa Kicks Ass in 'Ong Bak 2' Trailer Debut
19 January 2009 5:03 PM, PST | Rope of Silicon | See recent Rope Of Silicon news »
Tony Jaa's Ong Bak 2 recently opened in Thailand to the tune of $2.06 million over the course of a three-day weekend back in early December 2008. In a new review at Variety, Derek Elley opens with the following 'graph: Bone-crunching action triumphs over story and, uh, character development in costume chopsocky "Ong Bak 2," basically a series of fights peppered with flashbacks to provide a semblance of plot. Apart from also starring Thai martial artist du jour Tony Jaa, the pic has no connection at all with 2003 hit "Ong-Bak: The Thai Warrior" and, though less varied as a movie, is a slicker piece of work in which the extra coin shows. Film zoomed to No. 1 on local release in early December, but in Western markets, Jaa's cold, machine-like persona will limit this to hardcore martial arts fans. Magnolia Pictures released the first film Stateside back in 2005 and Jaa followed that »
- Brad Brevet
New ‘Chocolate’ Trailer Wants You to Taste the Fury
16 January 2009 8:02 PM, PST | FilmSchoolRejects.com | See recent FilmSchoolRejects news »
My first review ever for Film School Rejects was for Prachya Pinkaew's brilliant Ong-Bak. Back then I was a fresh-faced, seven-year old ready to tackle the world of film journalism. Almost three years later, I'm a bitter twenty-four year old ready to tackle a bottle of Maker's Mark and call ... »
- Cole Abaius
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