Dynamite Warrior

The first minutes of the film invite hope: the second minute we cannot believe what we are seeing and we hope that that feeling of surprise and disbelief is maintained throughout the film. That is not going to happen (unfortunately) as there is room for several unfriendly but necessary characters to make sense of the plot. We again have a bit of magic, the imperative need for a virgin who is key to the triumph of good (today getting one would be almost impossible in an environment where men abound) and finally everything results in a succession of inconceivable situations where fires artificial are fuel, weapons and guarantors of justice. Dan Chupong is fantastic with almost supernatural abilities; as soon as Tony Jaa grows old he will be his successor.

Dynamite Warrior (2006) is a movie in my DVD collection that I recently watched on Tubi. The storyline follows a young man whose parents were killed by ruthless outlaws in the 1890's in Thailand. Now as a young adult he has grown up to learn martial arts, became a bombs expert and is also a vigilante. As a vigilante he hopes to avenge the people responsible for the death of his parents. This movie is written and directed by Chalerm Wongpim (Navy Hero) and stars Dan Chupong (Ong-Bak 3), Panna Rittikrai (Vengeance of an Assassin) and Samart Payukaroon (Go Fight). This movie has a lot going for it - the settings are beautiful and the props, attire and depiction of the culture is very well done. The background music was a bit dramatic and over the top, which was also funny. The use of rockets and fireworks was original but more entertaining than good. The choreography was a bit inconsistent with some scenes that rely too much on wire work and some that are absolutely magnificent. I will say the final battle, ie the last 15-20 minutes, is outstanding and very well done. Overall, this movie is a bit inconsistent but entertaining for fans of the martial arts genre. I would score this a 6/10 and recommend seeing it once.

While "Dynamite Warrior" is no "Ong Bak", then it was still a very entertaining action and martial arts movie. And I sat down to watch it because I do like the Asian cinema quite a lot, and with this being a martial arts movie, then that was just all the better. "Dynamite Warrior" certainly has lots of actions throughout the course of the entire movie. And it is what keeps the movie afloat, to be honest. This movie is rather fast paced. They had written in some rather interesting characters to fill out the movie. And the character gallery was working very well in favor of the movie. This was a good combination of action and comedy. The action and martial arts sequences were nicely choreographed. And these action and fighting sequences were equally executed on the screen. The story, though, was adequate. So don't expect anything extraordinary in terms of being bedazzled by a spectacular storyline or plot. All in all, "Dynamite Warrior" is an entertaining movie for anyone who enjoy the Thai martial arts movies.

I bough this movie when i was still trying to get my hand on everything that included martial arts. After many Thai disappointments, i decided to put this movie in the "to watch at an ulterior date" box. I finally decided to give it a go. So once again, another Thai movie that do everything it can to make me uninterested in the protagonists. I am not hard to please, a good old revenge flick is usually a winning formula for me. Yet this is exactly the case here, a revenge plot, yet its far from being in the winning category i am afraid. The martial arts are not bad at all, some scenes are actually pretty cool, but the problem is, there is some downs in the movie where nothing happen in term of action and the story is just simply uninteresting, mostly because of the characters. The whole rocket flying main dude was just ridiculous, the wizard character and the other guy using magic consist mostly of making small explosion of sand and having the enemies jump around, taking away the interest for me in the genuine action scenes And finally the 2 other bad guys, the cannibal big dude and the guy trying to sell them tractor are just so cartoon... only the Thais can pull out that much cartoonish characters. All the non sense in the movie drive me away from what could had been a cool driven by revenge flick with spectacular martial arts. Yes Dan Chupong may not be Tony Jaa but he still pull out great choreography's. The problem with Thai movies for me is that there is always non sense that make me roll my eyes and kill any interest i may have in the movie. Maybe its because i am a westerner, but i don't see to have that much problem with Chinese movies, even the more traditional ones. If anything some like Ip Man with Donnie Yen are among my favourite movies. I do not recommend Dynamite Warrior unless you don't mind those Thai set-ups and are crazy for martial arts, no matter the story. I hesitated to watch it for a long time (over 1 year) and still it was exactly what i tough it was. Back to the pawnshop...next.