There’s a certain Zen-like quality to The Protector, the follow-up to Tony Jaa’s breakout performance in the 2003 low-budget martial arts movie Ong-Bak: The Thai Warrior. In the sequel’s penultimate ...

The 2003 film “Ong Bak” and its exhilarating 2005 successor “The Protector” left no doubt there was a new force in the martial-arts arena: Tony Jaa, a Thai star whose stunts were truly mind-blowing.

Conventional wisdom dictates: Never bring a knife to a gunfight. But what exactly do you bring to an elephant fight? Answer: Thai martial arts sensation Tony Jaa. Jaa follows up his superstar turn in ...

Many will argue that Tony Jaa is one of the most impressive martial arts actors alive today up there with the likes of Jet Li. His first film, Ong Bak from 2003, was what put him in the spotlight here ...

Following the grand Asian-cinema tradition of sequels that have squat to do with the originals, here comes Ong Bak 2: The Beginning, which takes place hundreds of years before its predecessor, and ...

Ong-Bak—as in the title Ong-Bak: The Thai Warrior—refers to a Thai village's spiritual protector. I do not know the literal translation, but my guess would be "he who fights with refrigerator." Let me ...

Martial arts legend Tony Jaa writes, directs, produces and stars in ONG BAK 3, the third and final installment in one of the most beloved action series of all time. Picking up at the cliffhanger ...

Thai martial-arts star Tony Jaa and director Prachya Pinkaew follow up their entertaining, fight-heavy Ong-Bak: The Thai Warrior (2003) with this virtually identical actioner. A young villager (Jaa) ...