ONG-BAK: THE THAI WARRIOR - BLU

Details

• Release Year: 2003
• Genre: Adventure; Crime; Martial Arts; Suspense/Thriller
• Plot: One dark night a former native of a rural Thai village has his men steal the head of the town's Ong Bak (Buddha statue) to win favour with the ruthless Bangkok crime boss Khom Tuan, The locals regard the theft as a catastrophe, and seek a champion to retrieve their lost treasure. They find their man in Ting (Tony Jaa), an orphaned youngster raised at the local temple, and schooled by Pra Kru; a kindly monk, in an ancient system of Muay Thai: 'Nine Body Weapons'. Ting travels to the mean streets of Bangkok, where he's forced to compete in illegal street fights, taking on both local and foreign opponents to win the head of Ong Bak from the pitiless underworld kingpin.
• Cast: Petchtai Wongkamlao; Tony Jaa; Pumwaree Yodkamol; Suchao Pongwilai; Chumphorn Thepphithak; Cheathavuth Watcharakhun; Wannakit Sirioput; Rungrawee Barijindakul; Chatthapong Pantanaunkul; Nudhapol Asavabhakhin; Pornpimol Chookanthong; Udom Chouncheun; Boonsri Yindee; Arirat Ratanakaitkosol; Woravit Tanochitsirikul; Chalongsak Sirimahasan; Sawang Rodnuch; Sutin Rodnuch; Woranard Tantipidok; Somjaj Junmoonree; Somchai Moonma; Taworn Tonapan; Dan Chupong; Chaiporn Gunmoontree; Don Ferguson; David Ismalone; Erik Markus Schuetz; Paul Gaius; Nick Kara; Sukanya Kongkawong; Panna Rittikrai; Prachya Pinkaew
• Director: Prachya Pinkaew
• Runtime: 1:45
• Company: Alliance Atlantis, Baa-Ram-Ewe, Sahamongkolfilm Co.
• Media Format: Movie