After seeing his parents viciously murdered by a mysterious, tattoo-covered killer, a grieving young man named Zieng (Born to Fight's Dan Chupong) vows to avenge their tragic deaths in this action-packed martial arts extravaganza produced by Ong-Bak's Prachya Pinkaew and featuring stunts by Panna Rittikrai. When Zieng learns that the murderous maniac who slew his parents also runs with a nefarious group of cattle rustlers, the righteous martial artist's mission of vengeance takes on the larger
task of stopping the group's illegal activities and ensuring that each head of cattle is delivered back to its rightful owner. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi
You have to applaud the attempts to enliven the genre, but Dynamite Warrior doesn't have the visual flair or humor to make this a midnight movie worth losing sleep over.
Director Chalerm Wongpim's skull-buster makes up in wild-eyed insanity (and excessive, arbitrary slow motion) what it lacks in acting, pacing, and coherence.
From its stellar opening sequence to its incredibly accomplished finale, Dynamite Warrior ...is a brilliant Thai take on the standard martial arts movie.
Even though it is at times downright weird and eccentric, Dynamite Warrior isn't all that original or new, especially if you've seen movies such as Kung Fu Hustle . . .
Anytime there's a motion picture that includes a plot point where the hero must equip himself with a menstrual-blood-tipped turn-of-the-century rocket to vanquish magic, consider me in. All in.
Takes a bite out of Ong-Bak: The Thai Warrior and Kung Fu Hustle and spits out a superfluous mess of schlocky supernaturalism, uninspired East-meets-West adventure, insipid backstory, and random feats of dexterous human might.
Some nice action Scenes and tiny bit of Fantasy but I think over all it was a boring Movie.
December 14, 2009
Wahida K
Super Reviewer
Amazing and entertaining supernatural and action packed movie to set in a 1890's with high-grade special effects and the kind of raw action scenes the world is coming to expect from Thailand. I used to remember Thai actor/stunt Dan Chupong when I last saw him in Born to Fight at the first time.
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