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Both Tom Yum Goong and Ong Bak have similar story line. Action-wise TYG is better due to it's more urban setting (Sydney). Tony Jaa's acting is pretty bad but he makes up for that with raw action.

Jackie Chan was so impressed with Tony Jaa that he offered him a role in Rush Hour 3. Tony declined the offer due to his own directorial venture Ong Bak 2. There are rumours that a third film in Jackie Chan's Drunken Master series (the 2nd is hailed as one of the greatest martial arts cinema of all time) will be made with Jackie playing the master and Tony his disciple. Nothing has happened so far.

wow Jaa directing...

yea man Drunken Master II is awesome!

Drunken Master II
Drunken Master II is perhaps Jackie Chan's finest film, if not the best kung fu movie ever put on celluloid. It has some of Jackie's best stunts, mixing original director Lau Kar-Leung's old school choreography with Jackie Chan's contemporary kung fu comedy shtick. A word of warning: don't analyze the plot too closely (Oh Andy Lau, where art thou?), and you'll be just fine. Just sit back and enjoy the fireworks. Chan's last stand against the amazing leg-fighter Ken Lo is probably one of the best ending battles in cinema history. Really.

[~ BILLA ~]

I understand, Ja is something all right!

I heard all of that is real.....

Yup Right ...Chan and JetLi gone Ageover...Time for Real action Superstar Thailand superstar Tony Jaa ...there is no more kungfu only wire fu ...Jetli movies are with full of computer graphics + Wire tricks...

[~ BILLA ~]

Originally Posted by GuessMe
Both Tom Yum Goong and Ong Bak have similar story line. Action-wise TYG is better due to it's more urban setting (Sydney). Tony Jaa's acting is pretty bad but he makes up for that with raw action.

Jackie Chan was so impressed with Tony Jaa that he offered him a role in Rush Hour 3. Tony declined the offer due to his own directorial venture Ong Bak 2. There are rumours that a third film in Jackie Chan's Drunken Master series (the 2nd is hailed as one of the greatest martial arts cinema of all time) will be made with Jackie playing the master and Tony his disciple. Nothing has happened so far.

Guessme bhai anganoru film listil ilalo ? TONYJAA.org | The International Tony Jaa Fan Site

[GuessMe]

Guessme bhai anganoru film listil ilalo ? TONYJAA.org | The International Tony Jaa Fan Site

Yea. Ee news vannathu Rush Hour 3 time-il aayirunnu. Both Jackie and Tony didn't comment when asked about this (undenno illenno paranjilla). Hopefully it will be made some day.

Aliyan Ong Bak 2 kando? Valiya mechamilla enna kettathu. Enthayalum DVD ee masam irangum. Both Hong Kong and Thai versions. HK version-il English subtitle kaanum.

[~ BILLA ~]

Yea. Ee news vannathu Rush Hour 3 time-il aayirunnu. Both Jackie and Tony didn't comment when asked about this (undenno illenno paranjilla). Hopefully it will be made some day.

Aliyan Ong Bak 2 kando? Valiya mechamilla enna kettathu. Enthayalum DVD ee masam irangum. Both Hong Kong and Thai versions. HK version-il English subtitle kaanum.

thats cool...Ong Bak 2 Download cheythu Kandu valiya gunam illa nalla reethiyil eduthitundu fights okke kidilam .

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Jeeja Yanin
Villains Bleed from the Mouth, Die By Her Hand

By Brian Hu

Chocolate's skull-shattering heroine Jeeja Yanin belongs to a stately tradition of female ass-kickers in Asian cinema.

In Prachya Pinkaew's Chocolate, Jeeja Yanin plays Zen, an autistic teenage girl driven to collect money to pay her mother's hospital bills. The family melodrama plays out with the utmost sincerity, prefaced by the film's opening dedication to the real "special children" who inspired the film. But what makes Zen "special," and thus worthy of our emotional investment? Is it that she's autistic? That she's a teenager? Or that she's a girl?

The film suggests that it's the first: that she's mentally and emotionally stunted, blessed only with the freak ability to catch any object thrown at her. This skill turns out to be part of a larger repertoire of special gifts: a dazzling array of moves that would certify her as a martial arts master by any standards.

But watching the film, we find that Zen's autism becomes increasingly unimportant. At first, there's loony fun in watching her frumpled look (disheveled bangs draped over eyes which never seem to gaze above her shoes) while she pummels villain after villain. But soon Zen's outrageous physical skill overshadows any other handicaps. Perhaps it's because Jeeja Yanin underplays the autism during the fights, but we forget that there's anything stunted about this martial arts powerhouse.



And I mean "stunted" in both senses. As with Tony Jaa (and his predecessor Jackie Chan and for that matter, Buster Keaton), Yanin has no stunt-double: that's her taking and delivering the monstrous hits. Thus Zen's real-life counterpart (Yanin, the actress) comes to the fore as the object of our attention as much as the character herself. We know (or perhaps assume) that Jeeja Yanin is not actually autistic, making the "special-ness" of her mental affliction less emotionally central.

Yet there's no doubt that Yanin (and Zen) are special. Perhaps instead we're captivated because she's a teenager. In reality, Yanin is in her early 20s, but watching the film, you'd sometimes think she were 13. The camera often glimpses her in high angle shots that diminish her size. (Yanin is 5'3".) She wears baggy pants and puffy skirts that make her appear scrawny. It's the juxtaposition between her miniature size and her maximal explosiveness that wins our imagination. For this high-flying, back-flipping bundle of joy, no head is too high to be bludgeoned by her quick shins and knees.



Could it be, also, that we're impressed because Zen is female? There's something condescending about that possibility -- as if we would assume that violent bone-crunching is antithetical to her gender. After all, nobody watches Tony Jaa and makes note of the fact that he's male. What I like about Chocolate is that the film draws little attention to her gender, focusing more on her autism (through the narrative) and her size (through the framings). There's no talk of how un-feminine she acts, nor is she ever objectified by other characters sexually or romantically. Nor is there ever talk about what martial arts are "appropriate" for women, as in Lau Kar-leung's 1978 film Heroes of the East. While it's at-times tempting to call her the female Tony Jaa or the female Bruce Lee (whose The Big Boss is quoted extensively), those unfortunate analogies are mostly in the minds of the viewer.

So why talk of her gender at all then? Well, because it's inspiring. Because it's rare and therefore all-too needed. In other words, it's "special" not because Zen transcends the biological limitations of her sex, but because she transcends the social-cultural stupidity that thinks there are those limitations to begin with. In fact, she shatters them.

Asia Pacific Arts: Villains Bleed from the Mouth, Die By Her Hand

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Guessme bhai Ongbak3 thudangi ! Ong Bak2yil climaxil angane oru clue undayirunu thadiyoke vachu ...


Jaa starts shooting Ongbak 3
Liz Shackleton in Berlin
09 Feb 2009 06:00

Thailand 's Sahamongkolfilm International has started shooting the third installment in its successful Ong Bak franchise – starring Muay Thai maestro Tony Jaa.

As with Ong Bak 2, Jaa is directing and producing as well as starring in Ong Bak 3, which is shooting in Thailand for release in December this year.

It will follow the story and period setting of Ong Bak 2. The first film in the franchise had a contemporary setting and was directed by Prachya Pinkaew.

Jaa controversially walked off the set of Ong Bak 2 last summer, suffering from stress, but was persuaded to return and finish the film in time for its local December release. It went on to become the biggest opener of the year in Thailand, grossing $2m (baht 70m) on its first weekend.

Sahamongkol is in talks to sell Ong Bak 2 to the US, France, Italy and Japan here at the EFM.

The Bangkok-based powerhouse has also sold Nonzee Nimibutr's pirate action adventure, Queens Of Langkasuka, to Splendid for Germany, EMYLIA for France and Horizon International for Turkey. The film, which stars Thai heartthrob Ananda Everingham, premiered last year at the Venice film festival.
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[GuessMe]

Chocolate-inte kurachu portion njan kandayirunnu. Jeeja Yanin kollam, pakshe Tony Jaayude aa oru follow through and rhythm illa. In martial arts rhythm is very important. In Jackie Chan's Hong Kong movies, his stunt team sometimes plays drums in the background when shooting key fight one to one fight scenes.

[~ BILLA ~]

Chocolate-inte kurachu portion njan kandayirunnu. Jeeja Yanin kollam, pakshe Tony Jaayude aa oru follow through and rhythm illa. In martial arts rhythm is very important. In Jackie Chan's Hong Kong movies, his stunt team sometimes plays drums in the background when shooting key fight one to one fight scenes.

I dont like jackie chan mixing humor with martial arts chan created this new form i liked Druken master,Armor of God and Police story series but Ultimate Kungfu king always will be Brucelee ...

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