In all of his creative projects, obsession stays due north for Tony Jaa. The martial artist, actor-director, and stuntman registered on mainstream radars worldwide in the Prachya Pinkaew-directed 2003 martial arts hit "Ong Bak," starring as Ting, a pensive warrior tasked to retrieve a sacred Buddhist statue after it was lifted from his Thai village by thugs. While his character tries to practice nonviolence, as a rule, Jaa's fists of fury aren't harmless; he banged and burnt himself up plenty just to get the footage needed for an entertaining thrill ride. Showcasing meticulously choreographed fights and ambitious stuntwork, "Ong Bak" grossed over 20 million...
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