At a Glance

An orphaned young man sets out on a quest to retrieve the head of a sacred statue. An awesome martial arts adventure! Please click here for more information.

Detailed Information

This film is centered around an orphaned young man who sets out on a quest to retrieve the head of a sacred statue, which has been stolen from his small village by local thugs.

One dark night a former native of a rural Thai village has his men steal the head of the town’s ONG BAK (Buddha statue) to win favour with ruthless Bangkok crime boss Khom Tuan. The locals regard the theft as a catastrophe as they believe bad fortune will fall over their village, and seek a champion to retrieve their lost treasure.

They find their man in Ting (Tony Jaa), an orphaned youngster raised at the local temple, and schooled by Pra Kru, a kindly monk, in an ancient system of Muay Thai ‘Nine Body Weapons’. Ting travels to the mean streets of Bangkok, where he's forced to compete in illegal street fights, taking on both local and foreign opponents to try to win the head of ONG BAK from the pitiless underworld kingpin.

There is no question that Tony Jaa is in fact amazing, able to battle with amazing speed and agility. He performs all sorts of stunts within a chase through the streets of Bangkok, as well as throughout the rest of the film, exhibiting all his flawless talents. These stunning moves are made even more breathtaking when you take into account that no CGI, no wires or stunt doubles were used in this must-see modern martial arts movie.