ONG BAK 2 (2009) - Sept. 19, 2009
A disappointing follow-up to the awesome Ong Bak (and a sequel in name only, as the presence of Tony Jaa is the only thing tying this to the original), the muddled story involves a young prince (or at least I think he was a prince) who escapes after his family is murdered and subsequently joins a group of bandits and trains to fight. The movie itself was pretty poor, but at least I was never entirely bored. However, there really wasn't enough really good action -- there were exactly two above average action sequences, including a final action scene that was pretty awesome. So it wasn't bad, I guess, but it was certainly nowhere near the instant classic that the first one was (but it is pretty hard to go wrong with a movie in which someone does a somersault off an elephant and then kicks someone in the head). **1/2
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