Rittikrai, Panna

Panna Rittikrai is the director and star of the Thai action classic Born to Fight. He could be credited as the man who single-handedly kick-started the trend of action cinema in Thailand. The Born to Fight film served to inspire future action superstar Tony Jaa of Ong-Bak and Tom Yum Goong fame to learn to [...]

Ong-Bak: The Thai Warrior (2003)

When the head of Ong-Bak, the sacred Buddha of a poor village is stolen, the population is plunged into misery. The Buddha was the focal point of an anniversary vigil believed to bring rain to the drought-stricken area. Young Ting is selected by the villagers to travel to Bangkok to rescue the relic and retuen [...]

Ong-Bak 2: The Beginning (2008)

Starring: Tony Jaa, Sorapong Chatree, Sarunyu Wongkrachang Directors: Tony Jaa, Panna Rittikrai. Set in the regal times of King Naresuan, Tien (Tony Jaa) is a man who was born into nobility but had it stripped from him after his parents were brutally murdered. During his childhood Tien learned Khon, a form of dance which is [...]

Protector (2006)

On the eve of presenting a pair of prized elephants to the King of Thailand, a young martial arts expert and his father are shocked to discover that the beloved creatures were stolen by an international mafia syndicate, and now the determined fighter must travel to Australia to get his animals back in this adventure [...]