A country kid trained in the ancient martial art of Muay Thai beats up half of Bangkok in order to save his tiny village in this inspired, nonstop smackdown from Thailand. The villagers of tiny Nung Pradu are preparing to enact the traditional ceremony of presenting the robes to their deity, Ong-Bak — a ritual performed only once every 24 years — when the sacred statue's head is stolen by dastardly Don (Wannakit Siriput), a Bangkok drug dealer working for powerful crime-lord and artifact-smuggler Khom Tuan (Sukhaaw Phongwilai). If the head isn't returned in seven days, the entire village is doomed, so the villagers have no choice but to scrape together what money the...
Released:
2003
Rated:
R
Length:
105 mins