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After seeing his parents viciously murdered by a mysterious, tattoo-covered killer, a grieving young man named Zieng (Born to Fight's Dan Chupong) vows to avenge their tragic deaths in this action-pac... read more read more...ked martial arts extravaganza produced by Ong-Bak's Prachya Pinkaew and featuring stunts by Panna Rittikrai. When Zieng learns that the murderous maniac who slew his parents also runs with a nefarious group of cattle rustlers, the righteous martial artist's mission of vengeance takes on the larger task of stopping the group's illegal activities and ensuring that each head of cattle is delivered back to its rightful owner. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi

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15 critics

Unrated, 1 hr. 43 min.

Directed by: Chalerm Wongphim

Release Date: June 28, 2007

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DVD Release Date: July 17, 2007

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  • April 4, 2012
    This is a pretty wild film with subject matter all over the place. An early try at trying to make a bad film good by the use of a herpo who uses fireworks and dynamite to round up and defet the bad guys, South Koreas answer to Robin Hood. 2 Stars 4-1-12
  • December 14, 2009
    Some nice action Scenes and tiny bit of Fantasy but I think over all it was a boring Movie.
  • November 28, 2007
    Amazing and entertaining supernatural and action packed movie to set in a 1890's with high-grade special effects and the kind of raw action scenes the world is coming to expect from Thailand. I used to remember Thai actor/stunt Dan Chupong when I last saw him in Born to Fight<... read more/i> at the first time.
  • September 28, 2007
    A interesting yet flawed movie... though its interesting to move into the supernatural / adventure genre, though still retaining the great action and martial arts Thailand offers.

    Anyways, this is an interesting concept - though highly flawed and maybe a little silly at times,... read more but still enjoyable for its action scenes.

    Compare it to movies like Kung Fu Hustle or Zatoichi - just not as funny or well made. But this is an okay start, and the "wire-fu" and effects are okay.

    If you are a martial arts fan, and like the above movies and others like Iron Monkey, then watch this.
  • September 19, 2007
    After watching Born to Fight I pretty much knew what sort of film that this would be and that there was no way it could have been as sloppy as that. This was definitely better than Born to Fight, but not by much.

    The story is pretty lame and uninteresting. I was

    ... read more happy to see that they actually tried to get a story in here instead of having a movie solely based on the fighting and stunts, but the story actually dulled the film. Not only that, but you can still tell that the fighting was the focal point of this film.

    The acting for this is pretty bad. Dan Chupong has the moves, but he doesn't have the acting chops. He was a dead fish. Many other characters where like this as well. There was even acting on the other side of the spectrum. This is known as over-acting and boy was it over. In some movies that works, but not here I'm afraid.

    Yes, this movie is filled with action. Cheap CG rockets are flying all over the screen and Dan Chupong is kneeing everybody in sight. While the fighting and stunt work is pretty good, they get downgraded by the slow motion shots of the big hits and falls. It is OK to have these, but if you over do it, it becomes annoying. That is what happened here.

    If you want to see an action oriented Thai movie, there are other films worth seeing before this. Ong-Bak and Tom Yum Goong are a couple that come to mind.

  • February 12, 2008
    Fun film with great villains. Was hyped a bit too much for me, they showed us some clips at the After Dark Film Festival that made me think it looked like the greatest film ever made, but it's just good (how dare it!). Still, it makes for great Sunday afternoon viewing.
  • August 1, 2010
    Khon fai bin is about a Robin Hood figure of Thai legend. He uses homemade rockets instead of arrows though. The hero goes after a gang of cattle thieves who are stealing from the villagers.

    This is very much like a Tony Jaa movie. Lots of muay thai kickboxing. It was very cool ... read moreand only a little hokey. Riding rockets is a kinda cheesy. But the kicks make up for it.
  • August 10, 2008
    movie would have been a lot better if they had tony jaa as the lead and not some wannabe. the wannabe was still very talented but just was not tony jaa. he did have very good thai boxing and the fight scens were pretty cool. i did not like all the magic and fake use of the firewo... read morerks..i thought the fireworks were a cool idea but as soon as he flew on one i knew they were going to kill any hopes i had for the movie. the magic used in this movie also sort of ruined it for me. i like to see old fashion fist on fist, not guys having a harry potter dual...the prince guy also really annoyed me and the bad guys could have been a lot better, not a wierd prince with a nasty mole, a midget..and a huge guy on steriods that was always hungry.
  • July 4, 2008
    Decent, but lacked the suicidal stunts that got me started on Thai action flicks in the first place. They seemed to be apeing mid 90's HK wire fu with mixed results. The climactic fight is pretty good though and there's a smokin' hot chick in it, but overall nothing too special.
  • May 27, 2008
    This film is great fun! I thought it would be lame because the first fight sequence was a bit "rough" in staging but it got better as the film unfolded. I laugehd out loud at the humor in the character following around the virgin girl to get her menustral blood because they were ... read morenot knowledgiable on women and women's bodily functions. The fight scenes were a bit over-long but over-all...not a bad film.

Critic Reviews


John Monaghan
July 13, 2007
John Monaghan, Detroit Free Press

You have to applaud the attempts to enliven the genre, but Dynamite Warrior doesn't have the visual flair or humor to make this a midnight movie worth losing sleep over. Full Review

V.A. Musetto
July 6, 2007
V.A. Musetto, New York Post

Light years ahead of Ong-Bak. It features well-choreographed kung fu and high production values. Full Review

Rachel Saltz
July 6, 2007
Rachel Saltz, New York Times

Dynamite Warrior is a genre confection with more than a passing resemblance to Hong Kong martial arts movies of the 1980s. Full Review

John Anderson
July 5, 2007
John Anderson, Newsday

... amid the slo-mo furniture smashing and cheese-wizardry is a movie in touch with its inner lunatic. Full Review

Jim Ridley
July 5, 2007
Jim Ridley, Village Voice

Director Chalerm Wongpim's skull-buster makes up in wild-eyed insanity (and excessive, arbitrary slow motion) what it lacks in acting, pacing, and coherence. Full Review

David Cornelius
July 21, 2007
David Cornelius, eFilmCritic.com

If we watch movies to see things we've never seen before, then dagnabbit, Dynamite Warrior delivers in spades. Full Review

Andy Klein
July 15, 2007
Andy Klein, Los Angeles CityBeat

This thoroughly enjoyable Thai supernatural western martial arts film is completely nuts.

Jeff Shannon
July 13, 2007
Jeff Shannon, Seattle Times

If you're getting the impression that Dynamite Warrior is insanely plotted for deliberate hilarity, you're right. Full Review

Brian Orndorf
July 11, 2007
Brian Orndorf, eFilmCritic.com

Anytime there's a motion picture that includes a plot point where the hero must equip himself with a menstrual-blood-tipped turn-of-the-century rocket to vanquish magic, consider me in. All in. Full Review

Aaron Hillis
July 11, 2007
Aaron Hillis, Premiere Magazine

It's crazed to be sure, but it's a lot more fun reading about these insanities than watching them unfurl in endless slo-mo flourishes. Full Review

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