Ong Bak (2003)

Genres:

Action | World Cinema

Languages:

English | Thai

Reviews:

1 reviews

Released:

22 August 2005

Format:

DVD

Ex-rental:

€0.00

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Director

Prachya Pinkaew

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Eastern martial arts affair.

Ciaran from Dublin, 05 Jul 2007

Young hot shot martial artist goes after the baddies who have stolen some artifact from his small home-town monastery. Queue some excellent fight scenes and other martial arts skullduggery and this results in a decent movie which adds to the genre.

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