We knew Jaa could bust heads; now he's just busting our balls.
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12/17/09
Ong Bak 2 (2009)
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Reviews Counted:60
Fresh:28
Rotten:32
Average Rating:5.2/10
Consensus: It suffers from comparisons to its predecessor -- not to mention Tony Jaa's less-than-nimble direction -- but Ong Bak 2 has all the extravagant violence and playful style that fans of the original will expect.
Genre: Foreign Films
US Box Office: $0
Synopsis: Martial-arts superstar Tony Jaa was hailed by international audiences and critics as the next Bruce Lee when he exploded on the scene with ONG BAK. Now he’s back and better than ever (this time... [More]
Starring: Tony Jaa, Sorapong Chatree, Sarunyu Wongkrachang, Nirut Sirijunya
Director: Tony Jaa
Reviews for Ong Bak 2
Ong Bak 2 is really just an excuse for several jaw-dropping set pieces that show off Jaa's killing skills.
11/20/09
Stretched to nearly two full hours and deploying a seemingly endless array of flashbacks sequences, it becomes almost impossible to follow for more than a few minutes at a time and Jaa's utterly charm-free performance doesn't make things any easier.
11/13/09
You can only get so mad at a movie in which a large crowd cheers and the lone subtitle reads "Hooray." With a period.
11/12/09
Lovely to look at by small degrees, but a mud-spattered mess of a movie overall.
11/06/09
It's an incoherent, would-be martial-arts epic with only a handful of action sequences in its favor.
11/05/09
The action bits make you feel like you've had pure adrenaline pumped into you, but the attention to artistic detail... is like something you'd expect from a Hollywood epic...
10/29/09
Moaning about the overlong, sloppily told story seems petty nitpicking when all I really want to see is Tony Jaa doing what he does best - beating the tar out of people, and we get that in spades in Ong Bak 2.
10/25/09
Jaa, who co-directs, has only one thing in mind: a series of increasingly complex fight scenes in his characteristically wide-ranging style. If movie theaters allowed you to fast-forward past the filler, your life just might be complete.
10/23/09
I could have enjoyed the film if it didn't present itself as some kind of self-important epic, which only makes the ridiculous dialogue and hackneyed plot stand out.
10/23/09
Bears virtually no connection to the original.
10/23/09
Top CriticTaking co-directorial reins with Panna Rittikrai, Jaa has erected a portentous platform for his high-flying athleticism, bearing none of the freewheeling spirit or humor that made his feature debut a guiltless pleasure.
10/23/09
Top CriticThere isn't much of a plot, although Jaa's fans won't mind a bit. All they want is lots of bloody, muddy action in the Thai jungles, which they get.
10/23/09
Boring and insipid are words I never planned on hearing myself say when describing a Tony Jaa film, but I guess there's a first for everything.
10/23/09
Tony Jaa is a lot of fun to watch, but Ong Bak 2: The Beginning is not only a step back in time -- to 1431 -- but a step back in this martial artist's international film career.
10/23/09
Features a far more soulful and charismatic Jaa immersed in a ceaseless whoosh of extraordinary fight scenes involving everything from pebbles to elephants.
10/23/09
Ong Bak 2, which bears absolutely no relation to the film that preceded it other than a title and a lead actor, is cinematic proof that you can indeed have too much of a good thing.
10/23/09
Features an international star at the top of his particular game right now, delivering continuously impressive vehicles for his gritty, dirty style of martial arts.
10/22/09
A perfect and perfectly goofy B-grade martial-arts picture.
10/22/09
Unfortunately, the movie could use a bit of pachyderm memory, given its habit of flashing back to Tien's childhood with exactly the same footage used in previous flashbacks. Instead of the narrative being deepened, it keeps getting shallowed.
10/22/09
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