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...East can also borrow from East. Prachya Pinkaew's Ong-Bak Muay Thai Warrior is a Thai gloss on the old Hong Kong plots that spurred heroes from Bruce Lee to Jackie Chan: kid from the country (superhuman martial artist Petchtai Wongkamlao) comes to the city on a noble mission, takes infernal beatings, kicks back even more furiously. It's insanely vigorous fun that's guaranteed to delight video action fans on four continents. Kim Ki Duk's Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter ... and Spring starts as a tale of spiritual apprenticeship (boy taught by old monk) that might have come...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: More Than Chick Flicks | 9/22/2003 | See Source »

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