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Ong Bak 2: The Beginning
EMAILPRINTMagnet Releasing (Magnolia Pictures)
Mixed or average reviews
Based on 18 critic reviews
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Movie Info
Genre(s): Action
Written by: Panna Rittikrai
Directed by:
Tony Jaa
Panna Rittikrai
Release Date:
Theatrical: October 23, 2009
DVD: February 2, 2010
Running Time: 98 minutes, Color
Origin: Thailand
Language(s): Thai
Summary
RATING: R for sequences of violence
Starring Tony Jaa, Sorapong Chatree, Sarunyu Wongkrachang, Nirut Sirichanya, Santisuk Promsiri, and Primorata Dejudom
Martial arts superstar Tony Jaa stars in and directs this epic tale of revenge set hundreds of years in the past. Featuring a huge cast and hordes of elephants, this prequel takes Jaa’s skills to the next level, showcasing him as a master of a wide range of martial arts styles - while proving him to be a promising director as well. (Magnolia)
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What The Critics Said
All critic scores are converted to a 100-point scale. If a critic does not indicate a score, we assign a score based on the general impression given by the text of the review. Learn more...
Film Threat K.J. Doughton
The astonishingly gonzoid fight scenes from Ong Bak 2 might be the best ever filmed.
Read Full Review >Slate Grady Hendrix
Oddly enough, it's when the action of Ong Bak 2 stops that this funkadelic freakshow shines. The screen is stuffed with a gallery of grotesques, some of Thailand's best character actors, who spend their time bleeding, bellowing, and slurping up eyeballs.
Read Full Review >Entertainment Weekly Lisa Schwarzbaum
Jaa, mesmerizing as ever to behold with his pinwheel moves, also (co)directs for the first time.
Read Full Review >The Onion (A.V. Club) Noel Murray
What sold the original Ong Bak was the action, not the story, and on an action level, Ong Bak 2 lives up to its title.
Read Full Review >Philadelphia Inquirer Tirdad Derakhshani
A must-see for genre fans. Jaa in action is poetry - even in a disappointing film. Let's just hope he regains his senses for Ong Bak 3.
Read Full Review >Empire Simon Crook
Jaa’s period ‘beatquel’ is thick on action but thin on plot. Awesome final fight, though.
Read Full Review >Time Out New York Joshua Rothkopf
The new film sometimes feels too snazzy in its jittery cinematography, but the stunts make it through the budget upgrade intact.
Read Full Review >Portland Oregonian M. E. Russell
Jaa's performance as Tien is mostly wordless and humorless.
Read Full Review >The New York Times Mike Hale
It’s really all about the fighting, carried out in a variety of Asian styles, including one Mr. Jaa invented for the film. Aficionados may find this thrilling. The rest of us will sink lower in our seats.
Read Full Review >Washington Post Jan Stuart
The hatchet-happy editor, ever-attentive to the transient attention span of the film's target audience, barely allows the hero time out from one virtuosic battle before he is flung in the face of a new enemy.
Read Full Review >The Hollywood Reporter Daniel Eagan
You are not likely to see a better display of martial arts combat on screen for some time, even if you have to put up with some excruciating contrivances to get to it.
Read Full Review >Village Voice Nicolas Rapold
While Jaa clearly hasn't lost any of his stamina in the six years since starring as a different underdog in the original, his first outing as a director is confusing, with distractingly muddy storytelling and wildly varying styles from scene to scene.
Read Full Review >Wall Street Journal Joe Morgenstern
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.
Read Full Review >Los Angeles Times Kenneth Turan
Elephants aside, the plot of this Ong Bak is rudimentary at best.
Read Full Review >New York Daily News Elizabeth Weitzman
The criterion couldn't be simpler: does a 20-minute martial arts battle featuring Thai superstar Tony Jaa sound like the ideal way to spend your time and money? If not, move on.
Read Full Review >Austin Chronicle Marc Savlov
Less a traditional martial-artistry marathon than it is an exercise in filmic frustration, lovely to look at by small degrees, but a mud-spattered mess of a movie overall.
Read Full Review >San Francisco Chronicle G. Allen Johnson
Not only a step back in time - to 1431 - but a step back in this martial artist's international film career.
Read Full Review >What Our Users Said
The average user rating for this movie is 6.1 (out of 10) based on 7 User Votes
Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.
Alex M gave it a10:
The story's convoluted and slightly stupid, but my god the actions awesome. i don't get these people saying that the 1st hours dull though, the scuffles and training scenes are great, and the bit where he hammers his childhood captors with a drunken fu style is awesome! it's not warrior king, but it wasn't meant to be, and so we can forgive it for the changes in pace and theme.
P N gave it a3:
Fights were good, plot was TERRIBLE.
Chris H. gave it a6:
Very weak as a film by itself, but incredible as martial arts picture. Tony Jaa continues to set the screen fighting standard.
Victor gave it a4:
I prefer the first movie. This one I didn't like so much, is totally different of the first one. Weak.
