Tien escapes, is captured by slavers, and is thrown into a pit with a big gator when he rebels. Jaa plays Tien, a boy in ancient Thailand, whose Father, a local ruler, is murdered by a more ambitious man. The movie does end suddenly and unexpectedly (according to Wiki, the production company ran into financial issues, so they cliffhangered the flick and went to find financing for Ong Bak 3). There is no relation in the story to Ong Bak 1 (at least from what I can tell) but there certainly appears to be a link to Ong Bak 3. The story is easy to see (though I had to pick up what was happening in the cliff hanger ending from Wikipedia) and the fight scenes are very well choreographed. I received a copy of Ong Bak 2 from my friend in Thailand (thanks Mark) with no English subtitles and my serious lack of Thai language skills, it could have been distracting it was not. He does not appear to use wires, and in his first films (Ong Bak and The Protector, using the American titles), his Muay Thai and athletic skills were entertaining enough to drown out meager stories. But we (the royal we, i.e., my son and I) watch Tony Jaa just to see what he will do next. Martial arts movies can be campy or classy, too much wire or too much blood, short on story and long on boring fights. A good martial arts movie doesn’t need subtitles or bad English dubbing to be enjoyed!
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