After the jump, I’ve got a new clip from Ong Bak 2 (still no date set for U.S. release) in which a drunk Tony Jaa demonstrates that he can kick ass even at advanced stages of inebriety. It’s impressive, usually I just argue with stools over whether they tripped me. But seriously, Tony Jaa is so far above any other martial arts movie star that it’s stupid. They’re not even playing the same sport. It’s like watching Shaq strangle a retarded kid.
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Magnolia pictures today announced that they’ve picked up the U.S. rights to Ong Bak 2 (awesome trailer below), which they plan to release later this year. I don’t know much about Ong Bak 2 other than that Tony Jaa is in it and he beats people up on top of an elephant. Which is a little like saying “I don’t know much about my blind date, other than that she’s a Brazilian supermodel with d-cups who has what doctors have called ‘a child’s vagina.’”
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Tony Jaa is back in Ong Bak 2, which just released a trailer (no U.S. release yet, opened in Asia last month). One thing you should know about Tony Jaa is that you should never f with his elephants, unless you want to get kicked in the face a lot. As far as the trailer goes, I’d probably say something about the grammatical correctness of the title card “REAL FIGHT.. IS BACK!”, but I’d rather not taste the business end of his “tiger-taming staff.” I asked your mom about it, she said it’s no fun. What was I saying? Oh yeah, DUDES FIGHTING ON TOP OF ELEPHANTS. …hold me.
After long last and much meditation in the jungle, Tony Jaa’s Ong-Bak 2 (trailer here) is finally set to open next month in Thailand. Faithful FilmDrunkard Shaun even dug up these posters. Tony Jaa looks like he stepped out of the Jungle Book and is wearing some Gladiator sandals that my girlfriend says were all the rage last season, but if there’s one thing I’ve learned about Tony Jaa movies, it’s that Tony Jaa movies can cure cancer. By kicking it in the face many, many times. They say kicking things in the face is the best medicine.
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Last we heard from Tony Jaa, easily the best movie martial artist working today, he had abandoned work on Ong-Bak 2 to go meditate in the jungle. It now looks like he’ll be coming back to finish the movie.
Following a face-to-face meeting between Jaa and Sahamongkolfilm Int’l boss Somsak Techaratanaprasert, it looks likely that Jaa will return to the set of "Ong-bak 2." Techaratanaprasert has agreed to finance the rest of the film under the supervision of director Prachya Pinkaew (Ong-Bak, The Protector) and and action choreographer Panna Rittkrai (Ong-Bak, The Protector).
It doesn’t really matter who finishes the movie, the important thing is that it’s not Brett Ratner.
Last weekend, Jaa’s lawyer created a sensation when he put forward a 7-point series of demands, including a Baht 50 million ($1.5 million) flat fee for the actor and the cancellation of the 10-year contract between Jaa and Sahamongkol.
Techaratanaprasert refused, saying only that negotiation of any kind will only resume after "Ong-bak 2" is completed.
The location of the meeting added to the bizarre nature of the story. Jaa, who walked off the set in early June to meditating in the jungle, visited the National Police Office on Monday afternoon to seek help from a senior police officer claiming that he was being stalked by mysterious men.
Techaratanaprasert joined him there and began to hammer out their differences, some two weeks after the dispute became public nearly two weeks ago. [Variety]
To review, Tony Jaa went into the jungle to meditate, then claimed he was being stalked by mysterious men. Everyone said he was crazy, and he agreed to come back and pretend everything’s okay. I think it’s pretty clear what happens now. The mysterious men come back and start terrorizing everyone, and the only one who can stop them is Tony Jaa. They said he was a loose cannon. But this time around, he’s just what the doctor ordered.
