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TEEDA
12-03-2008, 10:44 AM
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Director:Tony Jaa

Writer:Panna Rittikrai (writer)

Release Date: 4 December 2008 (Thailand)

Genre :Action

The story is about a man with two sides : Good and Evil. Conceited about his talents, he lives in a world of darkness until he discovers the beauty of Khon ( Thai Masked Dance ), And transforms it into a gracious fighting skill.

Ong Bak II is entirely directed by Tony Jaa himself who is the lead actor as well. Ong bakk II is an action movie and the story is inspired by the " Khon Dance " a traditional Thai dance. It will use a new kind of Muay Thai combined to Khon Dance and ancient Thai weapons ( including the sword and spear). This new style is calld Muay Khon.
There will be elephant in the movie as well and they will be part of the action.

Ong Bak II is not a direct sequel to Ong Bak, but a remake of " Ai Noon Saraphad Phid ", a film Tony made several years ago.

Tony Jaa has incorporated in the film, three Khon's main character : Phra [prince], Yak[giant], and Link[Monkey] which represent different gestures :

Phra has Gracious, Subtle style.
Yak : Stronger, Agressive style
Link : Swift and Agile

http://www.tonyjaa.org/film_ongbak2.shtml

Promo Trailer
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Tony Jaa Muay Khon demo show : Ong Bak II promo
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Gummy
12-03-2008, 02:06 PM
looks epic.

fuck, that's a lot of elephants.
Viper
12-03-2008, 05:14 PM
Absolutely bad ass.

Brutally graceful.
Adrian Santiago
12-03-2008, 06:17 PM
I still get invited out to see "Press Screenings" of new films before they're released... but back when "Ong Bak: The Thai Warrior" came out, I was getting them left and right: I really had to pick and choose which ones I wanted to see. Then one week came and I only got a single invite to see a movie: I wasn't so sure I wanted to see it.

But, I took a chance since it was close enough to home to not inconvenience me: The tree fighting scene alone had me 100% sold on Tony Jaa as the next big martial arts superstar. As the movie continued, it only managed to continually top itself over and over again, and much to my shock, I ended up watching one of the *best* martial arts movies I had ever seen!

I would've totally missed out on it if I would've read "The true successor to Bruce Lee has finally arrived" and threw the invite away.

The movie released in limited theaters, and at the time I was still in radio school... I kidnapped three friends of mine and hyped this movie to hell and back. We went to go see it one night after classes, and yes, 100%, they too were completely drawn in by the articulate and mind bending fighting and stunts.

We also lined up to see "The Protector" opening night... and I was equally impressed to see a nearly packed theater for Tony Jaa's "second" American release. It meant that Tony Jaa wasn't wasted on America, and "thank the fuck Christ", it also implies that it wouldn't be the last we see of the guy.

Ong Bak 2? I don't have to watch the trailer (but I will)... I'm there. I don't care if it opens in a little art house theater in Dallas, I'll drive out to watch it. Opening night.
TEEDA
12-03-2008, 06:41 PM
I favorited Tom Yoon Goung over Ong Bak. but the fighting sequences and free running and fights were awesome. The story was kinda strange and confusing but that was because I did not really took attention to Thai believes and traditions.

I also practiced Muay Thai before I knew Tony Jaa , who comes from the same village as the best K-1 fighter Buakaw Por Pramuk.

Ong Bak II will mix Kung Fu , Kendo and Muay Thai. The trailer looks bad ass lol. Well Tony Jaa is directing it, maybe it will be not really well put on the story side but it's an action movie anyway.

I' d love to see Jet Li and Tony Jaa together.
Gummy
12-03-2008, 07:02 PM
I think he can own Parkour like nothing, lol.
TEEDA
12-03-2008, 08:54 PM
Of course he can ! If you' ve seen Tom yoom Goong all the cascades and Parkour were made without tricks.
Like Tony Jaa walking on people's shoulder etc.
Gummy
12-04-2008, 07:34 AM
Indeed!

One of my top favorite scenes of all time!
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Viper
12-04-2008, 05:11 PM
Easily one of the 5 best fight scenes ever recorded.
frosty
12-04-2008, 05:50 PM
Some wicked sick camera work there, that had to be a pain in the ass to shoot. All one take, no cuts. Any screw up from ANYONE (camera, actors, etc) means they have to scrap the entire sequence, repair the set, and start over from scratch.
r33hash
12-04-2008, 06:21 PM
Yes. That's the most impressive part of that scene. The fluent continuation from beginning to end.
Viper
12-04-2008, 06:56 PM
Some wicked sick camera work there, that had to be a pain in the ass to shoot. All one take, no cuts. Any screw up from ANYONE (camera, actors, etc) means they have to scrap the entire sequence, repair the set, and start over from scratch.

Rent the movie and watch the behind the scenes look at that shot. It took 4 months to do. 4 takes with each taking a whole month of prep, planning and healing.

I believe it's billed as the longest continual uncut action sequence in a movie ever filmed.