Thai Tom Yum Goong DVD Released.

I would expect that somebdoy in the UK will release the longer cut at some point: Premiere Asia seems like a good label for it.

Yes. The Hong Kong Legends version might be released sometime this fall, most likely around November. The movie itself will be released in July in the UK. According to an e-mail I received from Premier Asia, they do not plan to cut the film in any way but might do something with a partial dub. However, this Thai DVD is definitely the one to get. I just ordered it. I'll let you all know how good of a DVD it is when I watch it.

As to HKL, I don't mind a partial dub (as long as they make Petchthai Wongkamlao understandable), and as long as its uncut. I sincerely hope that they do not alter the film's original music track like they did with Ong-Bak. Tom Yum Goong's soundtrack is beautiful, combining some techno with drums and an orchestra, a HUMOUNGOUS, and TREMENDOUS improvement over the Ong-Bak soundtrack.

Also, I hope that HKL doesn't redo the film's sound effects. Many versions of this film (like the HK version) edited some of the bone-crunching sound effects. But for now, the Thai DVD is the one that is the most packed with special features (including multi-angle action scenes and their full length).

Tyler-
What do you mean, actions scenes at "their full length"? Does that mean that you can see the complete, uncut versions of the fights, some of which I heard were edited due to length issues?

Actually, I meant to say the Thai DVD is the "full length movie," not fight scenes. Sorry about that.

I just received the Thai DVD today. I know it took awhile. Customs purposely delayed it to annoy me, probably.

Anyways, Disc 1 contains the movie. It has Thai 5.1 Dolby Digital audio with the option of audio commentary. It also has removable Thai subtitles. These subtitles will only appear when non-Thai dialouge is spoken. But this really doesn't matter to anyone here, because there are no English subs anyway.

The picture quality is really good for the most part, bright, and sharp. However, for an official DVD release, it does have some slight problems. Every now and then, the picture gets only SLIGHTLY fuzzy, kind of like what your TV does if the channel you want isn't quite getting the full signal. But this should't distract you while watching the film anyways. The picture quality is better than the THAI VCD and WAY, WAY better than that piss-poor bootleg DVD that's out there. At the end of the movie there are outtakes. The Thai DVD has loud music playing over the outtakes. If you opt for the audio commentary, you will be able to slightly here the audio of the outtakes, but barely. The Thai VCD has the outtakes and their audio. Also, Disc 1 will allow you to see some of the action scenes multi-angle. Each time you watch them, however, you must click your menu button after the scenes are over, and then go back and select the next scene you want. After you watch the fight scenes and their different angles, you'll be happy that the director chose what you see the original theatrical cut.

Disc 2 contains the special features. You get to see 5 different takes of the fight scene that is probably making history: the one-take fight scene of Tony Jaa taking on many men while climbing the stairs of the Tom Yum Goong restaurant. Then, you see many work-out routines of Tony Jaa while he explains. Also, there is the "Ong-Bak World Tour" where some of the cast and crew of Ong-Bak talk about their experiences during filming and the aftermath, while showing clips of the film and live performances. Then, there are various live performances of Tony Jaa in various countries, including the U.S! But there is also France, Japan, Korea, and Taiwan. You also see ANOTHER performance of him in Korea. Then, there is the Guinesses Book of World records, showing Tony Jaa teaching Muay Thai and working out with 1,000 people following him and learning from him. Then, there are interviews, the trailer, poster and photo galleries, and DVD-rom stuff.

Of course, nothing is English subtitled. But this shouldn't, in anyways, hinder your enjoyment of the film. About %20 of it is in English. But all of the Menus are English, with awesome animations too I might add.

But the most disappointing thing about this DVD is that it does not come with the making-of documentary. You can only get the making-of documentary on Thai VCD only. Perhaps, the Korean and HK dvds might have it. I happen to have it on VCD. I recommend it, because there are some shocking stuff. CGIs were used!!!!!!!!!

Well, I guess Hong Kong Legends is our only hope in releasing this film with English subtitles. As I said before, they told me they MIGHT do a partial dub but no cutting the film in anyway. Let's just hope that that is ALL they do. I don't speak for Hong Kong Legends, I just asked them and they sent me a reply e-mail. Send them an e-mail yourself if you have a question. Also, the UK version of this movie will be called "Spirit of the Kings." It will hit theaters July 28th, but the film will be premiered in May 2006 at the Seni06 Film Festival on Saturday May 6 to Sunday May 7 in Birmingham, UK. The DVD might be released in Sept/Oct of 2006. If they treat the film right, and include everything we want, it'll be well worth the wait.

So...I guess you can get the Thai DVD if you want. It's the best version out there so far. Then get the Thai Making-of VCD. Then get Tom Yum Goong, the PC game (make sure your computer is the minimum specifications though. You'll need one fast computer with the latest graphic card in order to enjoy it).

Go to www.tonyjaa.org for more info about all of this.

Well...........m'kay.

Oh yes. The Thai DVD also comes with various trailers. The world premiere trailer will show you certain footage that didn't make it in the final cut. For example, the first action scene where Kham (Tony Jaa) goes to the clubhouse, you actually see him take on a bunch of guys upstairs before kicking one them downstairs and leaping downstairs to knock those guys over like dominos. You see certain parts of action scenes that didn't make it either. The action scenes were definitely cut to a certain extent.

Just got the Hong Kong version on DVD.

Disc one - The movie and the usual actor filmography, nothing special, only Chinese subtitles, Thai and Cantonese language tracks.

Disc two - 3 trailers, 1 of them being the one that's been on the tom yum goong website. Cool thing is all three of them have English subtitles. Watch them all and you won't need subtitles for the movie because they'll explain everything.

Making-of featurette in Thai with Chinese subtitles only. Pretty cool stuff. A ton of behind the scenes material which covers all the fight scenes. The audio quality is poor and the interviewer appologizes for it in the beginning. Commentary from the director and stunt coordinator. At one point they do a picture-in-picture breakdown of the 4 minute uncut fight scene. They said they filmed it 8 times. Twice a day for four days.

Footage of the Hong Kong premiere. Basically the same thing from the Hong Kong Ong Bak disc. But this one doesn't have the entire demo he gave at the theater. It's just a montage of clips from the premiere. It only runs for a couple of minutes, pretty weak.

TV spot from Hong Kong. Only one. Weak.

Photo Gallery

So that's the breakdown, hope this clears things up.

The premier asia version of Warrior King a.k.a Tom Yum Goong is a good one. But why have they not put any deleted fights and shots on the second disc?
Which version has all the deleted scenes?