Ong Bak 2

Ong Bak 2: The Beginning is a 2008 Thai martial arts film co-directed by Panna Rittikrai and Tony Jaa, who also stars in the lead role. it is the standalone prequel to the 2003 film Ong-Bak: Muay Thai Warrior and is set in 15th century Thailand. In the film, Tien trains himself in martial arts, where he becomes a lethal soldier and sets out to avenge his parents' death. The film was released on 4 December 2008 and became a success at the box office. A sequel titled Ong Bak 3 was released on 2010. Plot In 1431 Siam, during the reign of Borommarachathirat II of the Ayutthaya Kingdom, Tien is the young son of a noble family, whose father Lord Sihadecho sends him to learn dance in a remote village under Master Bua instead of making him a warrior. Sihadecho wants Tien to be safe from the commander of the Ayutthaya royal guard Lord Rajasena, who had plotted against his family. Although the young Tien disdaines their peaceful life, he eventually befriended an orphan girl named Pim. However, Lord Sihadecho gets betrayed by one of their own guards, who attempts to kidnap Tien, but the boy manages to flee with a loyalist's help. At the same time, Sihadecho and his household are massacred by Lord Rajasena and a mysterious masked assassin. Tien is forced to flee from enemy soldiers and manages to escape to the forest, where he is captured by slave traders. Tien's resistance leads the traders to throw him into a pool with a Siamese crocodile, but a band of bandits and martial artists called the Pha Beek Khrut ("Garuda Wing Cliff"), attacks the traders. Chernang, who is the leader of the gang, saves Tien from the crocodile after getting intrigued by his physical prowess and sheer willpower. They take him to their village, where their soothsayer claims that Tien is destined to become a great warrior and Chernang offers him to become one of them, which Tien accepts.