Film Name:拳霸 / Ong-Bak: Muay Thai Warrior
The plot is brilliant and concise. The main character, who grew up in a simple and religious village, is completely unaware of the outside world. Because of tracking the Buddha’s head, and out of the countryside, with a small gangster deceased as an opportunity, into the intricate and treacherous jianghu.
The two-eyed young hero is very loveable, and with the pleasant Thai language, it’s even more youthful.
On the aesthetics of violence:
When I saw the part about discovering the Buddha statue’s private spot, I finally understood that it was possible to play FAST CARS (fast tractor) with tractors and tricycles in the third world area of a third world country. In the Thai-coloured music and rhythm, the repetition of the melody highlights the tension of this fast cars segment.
Realistic: I remember the presenter of the 10th screening room said that the action of this film is all from the male lead’s punches and kicks. Not only the leading man, the director is also very moderate, that is to say, in the camera, do not play tricks. Only, in the early stages, even playing a few games, are realistic, a little fatigue.
Thai factor. Buddha, Buddha’s head, the national significance of Muay Thai as a cultural heritage, are the creative point of birth. Rural and urban, pious and commercial, backward and peaceful and developed and degenerate, form the context behind the hero’s journey.
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