ONG BAK: THE BEGINNING (DVD Review) - 3/5/10

Jumping back in time this is a prequel to the original film. We take a universal theme here and then just pad it out with a mixture of astonishing swordplay and martial arts of different cultures. Evil Commander of the Empire kills the Mother and Father of the Prince (Or some such thing?) he escapes and vows vengeance - Taken in by the local brigands he studies hard and 25 years later it's payback time. Only it turns out that the Evil Commander isn't that easy to kill and the local brigands turn out to be the bad guys. Cue a downbeat ending and a sequel to follow to tie up the loose ends.

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