The compagny who will released Ong-Bak and Tom Yum Goong in the UK is http://www.hongkonglegends.co.uk. Check their website to see the types of products they do.
Also, maybe Tony Jaa will be present in the UK on May for the promotion but nothing is sure right now. I will let you know if we have more news.
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Ong-Bak will be released in the UK on May 13 and Kung Fu Hustle will open there on June 3.
Ahead of that, The Guardian has an article about both movies, a study in contrasts, if you will.
Following up on the posting imediately below this one, I offer this from that article:
It seems inevitable that Jaa and Chow, like their predecessors, will eventually be absorbed by Hollywood. There are rumours that Jaa is preparing for an English-language crossover, and Chow will find it hard to resist becoming the next Jackie Chan. But for the time being, both Ong-Bak and Kung Fu Hustle are markedly different from the Kill Bills and the Matrixes. Martial arts aren't a free-floating ingredient to be added to the mix in these films; they are tethered to a concrete historical and social reality. Coming from rapidly urbanising parts of the world, both films have a respect (if not nostalgia) for traditional values, which includes a reverence for their martial arts heritage, even if it's being taken lightly. Perhaps only people who are this invested in the genre can move it on.
http://www.rottentomatoes.com/vine/journal...=public&uc=1286
Ahead of that, The Guardian has an article about both movies, a study in contrasts, if you will.
Following up on the posting imediately below this one, I offer this from that article:
It seems inevitable that Jaa and Chow, like their predecessors, will eventually be absorbed by Hollywood. There are rumours that Jaa is preparing for an English-language crossover, and Chow will find it hard to resist becoming the next Jackie Chan. But for the time being, both Ong-Bak and Kung Fu Hustle are markedly different from the Kill Bills and the Matrixes. Martial arts aren't a free-floating ingredient to be added to the mix in these films; they are tethered to a concrete historical and social reality. Coming from rapidly urbanising parts of the world, both films have a respect (if not nostalgia) for traditional values, which includes a reverence for their martial arts heritage, even if it's being taken lightly. Perhaps only people who are this invested in the genre can move it on.
http://www.rottentomatoes.com/vine/journal...=public&uc=1286
