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DVD Ong-Bak - The Thai Warrior
No computer graphic can ever surpass what a real human body can do--and what the body can do is on spectacular display in Ong-Bak, a Thai action movie starring the lithe and flexible Tony Jaa. When the head is stolen from a holy statue in Jaa's rural village, he goes to Bangkok to get it back. Of course, it just so happens that the thief is connected to a bar where criminal big shots gamble over bare-knuckle brawls, and Jaa is--despite his virtuous efforts--drawn into the game. But that's only the beginning; a chase through the city streets rivals the ingenious acrobatics of Jackie Chan, with Jaa leaping between panes of glass, over a bicycle in motion, and through a wreath of barbed wire. Jaa's fighting prowess has been compared to Bruce Lee, Jet Li, and just about every other martial arts master, but he has an equal degree of charisma as well. He won't win acting awards, but his engaging presence carries the movie. One word of warning: The numerous fights will make you wince as much as gape in astonishment. Ong-Bak follows the action-flick tradition that the hero needs to be as battered as possible before he ultimately triumphs, and the battering is intense. --Bret Fetzer
It's unbelievable!! The reason I give this guy a five-star? Well, watch the movie yourself and you will know that I'm not exaggerating.
Ong Bak - The Thai Warrior
This is the best, the ultimate martial arts movie primarily because the stary (Tony Jaa) is the real thing and does all of the movie stunts himself. Unbelievably gifted with martial art skills galore, this movie is non-stop action of the "nth" degree. I have seen all the movies made by the greats from Bruce Lee to Jet Li and Tony Jaa is the best. Like Jackie Chan he does his own stunts but unlike Jackie Chan, Tony Jaa's stunts require an Olympic acrobats skills. After renting the movie from a video rental I went immediately to Amazon.com to buy it for my Collection of the Best! Get it yourself, you won't be sorry.
The Best Martial Arts Film Ever Made!
Ong-Bak is without a doubt the best martial arts film ever made. Tony Jaa is like a wild acrobatic tiger, kicking, kneeing, leaping, and doing flip-like-spin-type-backwards-things that I don't even know what the heck to call them.
I studied Isshin-Ryu Karate for six years and Songham Taekwondo for five years. I have traveled America competing in free-style sparring, and at no point during my travels did I see anyone with the ability of Tony Jaa. This guy is a walking ball of fire! And in the movie, he even proves that by kickin' tail while he is literally on fire.
This is the type of movie martial artists love to watch. It is as close as one can get to watching an actual documentary of a martial arts student trying out his techniques in real life fighting techniques on real people. The stunts are amazing, every fight scene is worth watching twice!
Do not miss this film. Yes the plot is a little thin, the music a little cheezy, but the fight scenes are worth every penny!
Oh, I forgot to mention, Pumwaree Yodkamol is absolutely beautiful! And funny!
Movie-kinetics genius. Kung Fu Hustle takes the gleeful mayhem of Hong Kong action movies, the deadpan physical humor of silent comedies, and the sheer elasticity of Wile E. Coyote cartoons and fuses them into a spectacle that is simple in its joys and mind-boggling in its orchestration. A run-down slum has been poor but peaceful until a bunch of black-suited gangsters called the Axe Gang show up to cause trouble--and discover that, hidden among the humble poor, are three kung fu masters trying to live an ordinary life. But after these martial artists repulse the gang with their flying fists and feet, the gang leader hires a pair of assassins, whose arrival leads to the unveiling of more secrets, until both the screen and the audience are dizzy with hyperbolic fight artistry... More Info about this DVD Actor(s): Sheng Yi Huang - Qiu Yuen - Wah Yuen DVD Release Date: Released the 09 August 2005 Usually ships in 24 hours
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Brutal and breathtaking, Sin City is Robert Rodriguez's stunningly realized vision of Frank Miller's pulpy comic books. In the first of three separate but loosely related stories, Marv (Mickey Rourke in heavy makeup) tries to track down the killers of a woman who ended up dead in his bed. In the second story, Dwight's (Clive Owen) attempt to defend a woman from a brutal abuser goes horribly wrong, and threatens to destroy the uneasy truce among the police, the mob, and the women of Old Town. Finally, an aging cop on his last day on the job (Bruce Willis) rescues a young girl from a kidnapper, but is himself thrown in jail. Years later, he has a chance to save her again.
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In the realm of revenge thrillers, you'd be hard pressed to find more ultra-violent vengeance and psycho thrills than in the creepy story of Oldboy. This Korean import made a pop splash at the Cannes Film Festival and during its limited theatrical run thanks to the imprimatur of Quentin Tarantino, who raved about it and its visionary director, Chan-wook Park, to anyone who would listen. It's easy to see why QT fell in love with the grindhouse attitude, fast-paced action, violent imagery, and icy-black humor, but it's a disservice to think of Oldboy as another Tarantino homage or knockoff. The darkly existential undercurrent in the themes that Oldboy traces over its life-long narrative arc is much more complex and deeply disturbing than anything of its kind. The... More Info about this DVD Actor(s): Min-sik Choi - Ji-tae Yu - Hye-jeong Kang Director(s): Chan-wook Park DVD Release Date: Released the 23 August 2005 Usually ships in 24 hours
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Luc Besson wrote and directed the stylish thrillers La Femme Nikita and The Professional; though he didn't direct Unleashed, the script has his trademark fusion of outrageous sentimentality and over-the-top violence. Hong Kong action superstar Jet Li (Romeo Must Die, Hero) stars as Danny, a man raised to be a brutal attack dog by a nasty gangster named Bart (Bob Hoskins, Mona Lisa)--when Bart removes Danny's collar, Danny pulverizes everyone in the room. But a chance encounter with a blind piano tuner (Morgan Freeman, Million Dollar Baby) reveals to Danny the possibility of a less brutal life, and when a retaliation attack gives him the chance to escape, he does--but Bart won't let him go that easily. The fighting in Unleashed is... More Info about this DVD Actor(s): Jet Li - Morgan Freeman - Bob Hoskins Director(s): Louis Leterrier DVD Release Date: Released the 11 October 2005 Usually ships in 24 hours
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No one uses color like Chinese director Zhang Yimou--movies like Raise the Red Lantern or Hero, though different in tone and subject matter, are drenched in rich, luscious shades of red, blue, yellow, and green. House of Flying Daggers is no exception; if they weren't choreographed with such vigorous imagination, the spectacular action sequences would seem little more than an excuse for vivid hues rippling across the screen. Government officers Leo and Jin (Asian superstars Andy Lau and Takeshi Kaneshiro) set out to destroy an underground rebellion called the House of Flying Daggers (named for their weapon of choice, a curved blade that swoops through the air like a boomerang). Their only chance to find the rebels is a blind women named Mei (Ziyi Zhang, Crouching... More Info about this DVD Director(s): Yimou Zhang DVD Release Date: Released the 19 April 2005 Usually ships in 24 hours
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