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BrundleFly2077@sh.itjust.works 5 weeks agoGods. The Ong Bak and them flaming knees. The bloody tree in the opening. I don’t know how well it holds up, but when it came out I remember my jaw just hanging for basically the entire duration.
I’d never seen anything like it.
HessiaNerd@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
100%. It’s been a while since I’ve seen it but the tree scene in the beginning shouted “Buckle the fuck up” and it delivered.
It’s quintessential cult classic. Came out of nowhere (I was not aware of a booming Thai film industry), and had a huge impact.
BrundleFly2077@sh.itjust.works 5 weeks ago
Buckle the fuck up 🤣 These dudes are stuntmen and, yes, this is a movie. But ALSO these dudes are falling two straight storeys out of a goddamn tree and landing on their own bones… while punching each other on the way down