Salt Lake Tribune Review

Thai martial-arts star Tony Jaa kicks, punches and slices his way through a slew of extras in this epic, set in 15th-century Thailand (and having little to do with the character Jaa played in the first "Ong Bak"). Here, Jaa plays Tien, who was born in nobility but raised to fight by a band of outlaws -- a process that, with exposition-heavy flashbacks, takes up most of the movie. Jaa, who co-directed with his martial-arts mentor Panna Rittikrai, pretty much ignores story structure in favor of pumping up the fight scenes to ridiculous degrees. It's exciting for a while, until you realize you know little about who Tien is or what he is fighting for.

-- Sean P. Means

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