World of the Dead The Zombie Diaries 2 Rent/buy Subscription Rent/buy Ong Bak 3 Photos Movie Info A martial artist Tony Jaa must face a supernatural warrior. Rating R Strong ViolenceBloody Images Genre Action Original Language Thai Director Tony Jaa, Panna Rittikrai Writer Tony Jaa, Panna Rittikrai Release Date Theaters Jan 14, 2011 limited Release Date Streaming Feb 8, 2011 Box Office Gross USA $ Runtime 1h 34m Distributor Magnolia Pictures Production Co Iyara Film, Sahamongkol Film International Cast & Crew Critic Reviews for Ong Bak 3 Audience Reviews for Ong Bak 3 Nov 01, 2014 Tony Jaa gets all spiritual, dances around a bit & well you have to see it to believe it. Not my cuppa. Not a scratch on all of his previous material but still worth a look Super Reviewer Nov 01, 2012 Apparently it takes two doesn't work with Ong Bak 3 as both Tony Jaa and Panna Rittikrai can't get this film over the 90 minute plot isn't exactly a walk in the park. The first 20 minutes can be quite erratic, as the film tries to build too much in too little time, especially when carrying over plot details from Ong Bak 2. In the middle there is a long stretch that is rather slow and uneventful, which ends up taking some of the wind out of the action packed martial arts isn't limited per se, but it is lacking in amusement. The choreography is solid, but the reduction in speed for a good percentage of the sequences doesn't Jaa gets credit for the action, but not much else. Dan Chupong is quite the character, but his fights are a bit of a Bak 3 has its ups and its downs; both come together to create just an average picture. Super Reviewer Jan 29, 2012 After reviewing Ong Bak 3 and seeing how horrible is was, I decided to get the third entry out of the way. I regret watching this with my friend. Ong Bak 3 picks up where Ong Bak 2 had left off. Tien is captured and almost beaten to death before he is saved and brought back to the Kana Khone villagers. There he is taught meditation and how to deal with his Karma, but very soon his arch rival returns challenging Tien for a final duel, and it's boring one too. I saw this with one of my friends and he kept asking me what was going, I honestly had no idea myslef as no actual story is told until a hour in. The poorly written story from Ong Bak 2 made Ong Bak 3 even more baffling bad. Why Tony Jaa did you have to write a story that takes a minute to summarize and it takes you a whole hour and a half to tell it. That's really awful if my summary is simply the whole movie with nothing interesting in between. The fight scenes are well done, but there is even less. Why Tony Jaa was allowed to write is baffling because the one good fight scene in this movie doesn't really happened, because somehow Tien rewinds times, and there's explanation on how he did that. To be honest, I rooting for the villains to kill Tien just so this movie could be over, unfortunately Tien lives and makes us suffer the longer the movie continues. Now since this was meant to be one movie, I will say it would have sucked even more. Ong Bak 2 had a terrible story, while Ong Bak 3 is a pointless sequel with no story. There some really baffling moments at the climax that will make you laugh like I did. For the nothingness that it's worth avoid the Ong Bak sequels, stick to the first one. Super Reviewer Jan 19, 2012 Going slightly off the beaten track with this final fight for Mr Jaa, this third film is beautiful to look at just like the second but its very unusual with a strong spiritual theme. Following on from where number two left off we see how 'Tien' Jaa is supposedly killed but then reincarnated and starts to train himself back to full fighting capacity so he can finish his goal. Its a huge swing from the last two films as much of this film is kind of surreal with strong Buddhist imagery, Jaa being a Buddhist monk himself this film was obviously a chance to give a peek into his religion. The film isn't overly confusing but its slightly boring for the most part and feels like it just been made with outtakes from the last film, there is also the 'Crow Ghost' character who becomes the new enemy and offers, from a Western point of view, a more fantasy based feel and does look a bit like Lee from 'The Crow'. In the end it is possible to become tired of seeing Jaa thrash countless men and that it does, the finale is 'Tien' simply kicking the crap outta so many guys it becomes silly and dull, lovely camera work and lovely stunts/moves but by this point we have seen it all before, the novelty has worn off. That is the problem with this film, it feels rushed and like it was never meant to be, its also not really required as it should of finished with the second film. Super Reviewer