With this, perhaps it is no surprise that the performances are roundly average. Within this basic frame it is no surprise that none of the characters work or are developed to a point were we care about them this is a given, but why then did the film still labour under the idea that we did? I didn't care that much for any of them, because none were written as people only action figures or one-note characters (ie the girl who is suffering due to crime, the crimelord, the middleman etc etc). Happily it only really last 15 minutes before we are given the first of many, many action scenes. First off, the plot is very basic, so basic that really I could have done it in a sentence and still given you more than you needed to know. Before I talk about the main (only?) reason to see this film, let me at least pretend that it is meant to operate like a normal film and look at the traditional aspects that give a film value plot, acting, characters etc. However, once there, he finds that the only way to get the head back is to kick and elbow people. Ting goes to Bangkok to join up with former villager Humlae (who now is a street hustler and calls himself George). When an unscrupulous young man comes to the village to buy valuable goods, he steals the head and returns to Bangkok where he gives it to his boss a crime lord who presides over illegal pit fights and steals historical artefacts. Ting lives in a village where they worship the statue of Ong-bak.
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