Rollo Tomasi is a Connecticut-based film critic, TV show critic, news, and editorial writer. He will have a MFA in Creative Writing from Columbia University in 2025. Rollo has written over 700 film, ...

Prachya Pinkaew’s thriller film Ong-Bak (2003) follows the legendary Thai martial arts warrior Muay Thai as he embarks on the quest to restore the revered statue Ong-Bak stolen from Bangkok. Here’s ...

Bruce Lee..Jackie Chan...Jet Li move over - a new champion has arrived and his name is Tony Jaa! Ong-bak (2003) Ong Bak 2: The Beginning (2008) Ong Bak 3: The Final Battle (2010) To fight for the ...

The 2003 film “Ong Bak” and its exhilarating 2005 successor “The Protector” left no doubt there was a new force in the martial-arts arena: Tony Jaa, a Thai star whose stunts were truly mind-blowing.

Too much contemplation and not enough demonstration sends Thai-socky “Ong Bak 3″ slumping to the canvas. Latest and reportedly final installment lacks the emotional clout that would compensate for the ...

Magnolia Pictures has nabbed Prachya Pinkaew‘s “Ong-Bak: Thai Warrior.” The film, acquired and re-cut by Luc Besson‘s EuropaCorp after its debut at the Toronto International Film Festival last year, ...

A hit throughout Southeast Asia when it was released last year, "Ong Bak 2" is a throwback to the kung fu flicks of a previous generation. First-rate action scenes alternate with florid melodrama, and ...

Thai martial-arts star Tony Jaa returns in this prequel to Ong-Bak: The Thai Warrior (2003). Dispensing with the acrobatic fisticuffs and gritty Bangkok locales that elevated its predecessor to a ...

Bruce Lee..Jackie Chan...Jet Li move over - a new champion has arrived and his name is Tony Jaa! Ong-bak (2003) Ong Bak 2: The Beginning (2008) Ong Bak 3: The Final Battle (2010) To fight for the ...

One of the most enjoyable action films I’ve seen in a while, this low-budget adventure from Thailand is being positioned as the international crossover for martial artist Tony Jaa. As a screen ...

HONG KONG — Powerful debuts put new films at the top of the charts in Thailand and Asia’s three biggest box office territories, Japan, South Korea and China. Noisiest start was made by “Ong bak 2,” ...

"Ong Bak 2" is a throwback to the kung fu flicks of a previous generation. First-rate action scenes alternate with florid melodrama, and jaw-dropping stunts try to compensate for saccharine plot ...