[ClearCase_guy]

In the Thai movie "Ong Bak" there is a young man trained in the fearsome art of Muay Thai. His master makes him promise that he will never use these deadly skills for any reason. The young man agrees. But then, bandits from the city steal the sculpted head of Buddha which brings blessings to the village.

Clearly, someone must go to the city, kick some ass, and bring back the head. The young man trained in the Buddhist temple steps forward ...

It's a shockingly violent movie. Buddhists can open up a can of whoop-ass when they need to.

[ASA Vet]

It's a shockingly violent movie.

Back in the 60's many Thai movies were very violent.
I remember one in which the hero got machine gunned.
He must have had 40 bullet holes in him, but he still managed to crawl up
several flights of stairs to save the poor little village girl, (beautiful of course,)
victimized by the terrible bad guys.
He died in the end, so he didn't even get the girl.

[Larry Lucido]

His master makes him promise that he will never use these deadly skills for any reason.

I never understood that logic. Why know it if you can never use it for any reason?

[Cronos]

Buddhists can open up a can of whoop-ass when they need to.

They and Hindus pretty much have the same attitude as Christians -- live and let live. You want to follow your religion, fine, let me follow mine. But the slammies are different.