A young Thai boxer learns the skills and inner meaning of martial arts.A young Thai boxer learns the skills and inner meaning of martial arts.A young Thai boxer learns the skills and inner meaning of martial arts.
- Awards
- 1 win & 7 nominations
Sarunyu Wongkrachang
- Rajasena Lord
- (as Sarunyu Wongkrajang)
Primrata Dej-Udom
- Pim
- (as Primrata Det-Udom)
Nirut Sirichanya
- Master Bua
- (as Nirut Sirijunya)
Phetthai Vongkumlao
- Mhen
- (as Phetthai Wongkhamlao)
Santisuk Promsiri
- Nobleman Siha Decho
- (as Santisuk Phromsiri)
Patthama Panthong
- Lady Plai
- (as Pattama Panthong)
Supakorn Kitsuwon
- Master Armer
- (as Suppakorn Kitsuwan)
Natdanai Kongthong
- Young Tien
- (as Natdhanai Kongthong)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaThe Cambodia scenes had to be cut out from the original version due to recent clashes between Cambodia and Thailand over the Preah Vihear temple.
- Alternate versionsAs with Ong-Bak: The Thai Warrior (2003), a shorter cut was supervised by French filmmaker Luc Besson, which removes about ten minutes of the film. This version was released in some countries, such as France, and is available on the US blu-ray alongside the original cut.
- ConnectionsEdited into Ong Bak 3 (2010)
Featured review
Set in 15th Century Thailand, the subtitled "Ong Bak: 2" brings little that is new to the martial-arts genre - but a barrel load of impressive fight scenes and an authentic look make it worthwhile viewing for the aficionado. It's the oldie about a young boy who is trained to become a righteous warrior, standing up for the innocent and the helpless against a cruelly oppressive regime.
As noted, there isn't much in the way of storytelling, dialogue and characterization to distinguish "Ong Bak: 2" from the countless other films in this category, but the battle scenes are impressively staged and mounted, with a brutality that, while it makes them hard to watch at times, seems an accurate reflection of the era in which it's set. Moreover, directors Panna Rittikrai and Tony Jaa (who plays the lead role) never feel the need to prettify the setting, offering up a screen full of snaggle-toothed, matted-locked extras to go along with all the muck and mud.
Tien, ace martial arts fighter and tamer of elephants, takes on a half-a-dozen opponents at a time, slicing-and-dicing and karate-chopping them into the dust, only to have them rise again to face a second, third, even fourth humiliating go-round at his punishing hands. It's 100% absurd and just about everything a die-hard martial arts fan could wish for from such a film.
As noted, there isn't much in the way of storytelling, dialogue and characterization to distinguish "Ong Bak: 2" from the countless other films in this category, but the battle scenes are impressively staged and mounted, with a brutality that, while it makes them hard to watch at times, seems an accurate reflection of the era in which it's set. Moreover, directors Panna Rittikrai and Tony Jaa (who plays the lead role) never feel the need to prettify the setting, offering up a screen full of snaggle-toothed, matted-locked extras to go along with all the muck and mud.
Tien, ace martial arts fighter and tamer of elephants, takes on a half-a-dozen opponents at a time, slicing-and-dicing and karate-chopping them into the dust, only to have them rise again to face a second, third, even fourth humiliating go-round at his punishing hands. It's 100% absurd and just about everything a die-hard martial arts fan could wish for from such a film.
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Box office
- Budget
- THB 300,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $102,458
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $26,564
- Oct 25, 2009
- Gross worldwide
- $8,936,663
- Runtime1 hour 38 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 2.35 : 1
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