Ong Bak 2 Trailer Starring Tony Jaa
Back at the beginning of the year, we caught the first trailer for Chocolate, the next film from Prachya Pinkaew, director of Ong Bak and The Protector. At the time we knew that Tony Jaa would no longer be working with Pinkaew because he had instead chosen to direct and choreograph himself in Ong Bak 2. Now, just as Chocolate is released on DVD overseas, we have our first look at Ong Bak 2, courtesy of Twitch.
This is not an official trailer, but rather a promo reel used to sell the film at Cannes last month. Regardless, it shows that the sequel is going to be even more brutal and intense than the first one. I guess that’s one thing about the “do your own stunts” gimmick in the martial arts world… you always have to be prepared to kick it up a notch for the sequel. Tony Jaa certainly seems up to the task. I love the listing of the weapons and martial arts moves in this clip as if they are characters in the film. Classic stuff! No word yet on a release date, but I think it is currently shooting in Thailand as we speak.
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Cool.. I recently bought (but haven’t watched it yet) the first Ong-Bak since it was like $4 on sale.
Posted by joe on June 17th, 2008Absolutely pumped.
Posted by Matt on June 17th, 2008The fights were the only worthwhile parts of the previous Ong Bak, which I’m sure is a surprise to no one. This one looks to be heading in the same direction, and I guess there’s nothing wrong with that. I’m still waiting for a martial artist to come along who can fill the void that Jackie Chan has left in my life as he gets older and less capable of delivering awesome stunts and fight scenes.
I’m curious to see how (if at all) this film will be related to the previous Ong Bak. The last one involved the main character fighting guys with jeeps and guns and such. This one looks more like someone shot some adrenaline into Apocalypto and projected it through a sepia-tone screen.
Posted by Rian on June 17th, 2008Looks like shit. I definitely don’t think this Tony Jaa looks impressively fast in real motion, and I am pretty sure that any idiot can do Kung-Fu in Slowmotion after say a month of training.
I’d rather see The Matrix: Reloaded.
Posted by Henrik on June 17th, 2008This Ong Bak isn’t connected to the previous one in any form other than the name and the main star.
This looks pretty bad ass, beautiful photography.
That being said the first Ong Bak and Tom Yum Gong were to me like porn, fast forwarding through the shitty story to go straight to the good parts. That was especially the case with Tom Yum.
And Henrik, if you actually believe a word of that shit you just typed then you need to get your head examined.
Posted by swarez on June 18th, 2008I liked Ong-Bak 1, but The Protector was much better and had some of the best kung-fu scenes I have ever seen in a film. Where the hell can I get a copy of Chocolate? As for Ong-Bak 2, I will go see it.
Posted by Primal on June 18th, 2008I agree with Rian; I need a new kung fu star that is as capable as Jackie Chan was. Hopefully the kung fu maestro unassisted by wires or CG thing never dies.
Posted by Ryan on June 18th, 2008There are many martial artists more capable of Jackie Chan. And Jackie would be the first to admit that. If you’re a true MA film fanatic, you would know. As for wire-fu, Jackie has been using it for sometimes, especially in his later Hollywood movies. It’s that Jackie has made more clever use of them, using them in sequences that require it… therefore they appear seamless.
Posted by rga on July 26th, 2008Has anyone seen Rob-B-Hood? It’s one of Jackie Chan’s more recent films where his age is apparent. It’s a mixture of comedy, action and drama.
Anyway, there’s a scene on the side of a building with those external air conditioning units attached to each apartment. And to get down, Jackie jumps from one air conditioning unit to another. I think he’s like 10 floors off the ground when he starts. (I may be exaggerating.) I would suspect he used a wire harness, but the camera follows him after he reaches the ground as he interacts with vehicles and people, I think. There was probably CGI and clever edits, but it looked really impressive to me.
Posted by Reed Farrington on July 26th, 2008WHEN WILL IT THE USA A FAN
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