Featurettes: Footage of a live appearance by Tony Jaa at the film’s showing in France sparks a slight interest as he acts out some fight scenes for the crowd. Even though his skills are impressive, the filming lacks direction and narration, giving it the appearance of a home video. The same goes for the making of some action sequences and a rap video. A fully interactive look into the behind-the-scenes of “Ong-bak,” however, could prove difficult as the film and its creators are all Thai.

Commentary: As was the trouble with the featurettes, any possibility of a movie-accompanied commentary would be almost impossible since almost none of its crew speaks English, which explains its absence as a feature on the DVD.

Deleted Scenes: There is a section in the special features entitled “Selected ‘B’ Roll,” which at first glance seems to be a series of outtakes and unused scenes from the movie. At closer look, the section is actually only an on-location look at sequences already present in the movie. Once again, the shots are gritty and lack any commentary. One scene at the end actually loses its audio halfway through the action.

Synopsis: Tony Jaa, Thailand’s equivalent of Bruce Lee, stars as a poor peasant trained in the ancient combat art of Muay Thai. When Don, a greedy criminal, takes the head of the village’s highly revered Buddha statue, Jaa travels to the city to track him down. Along the way, Jaa is forced into combat situations by his cousin, thus making him reveal his unparalleled talents — something he had promised his Muay Thai master he would never do.

The Bottom Line: An overall impression of the DVD’s features hints at a hastily released version of the film for American audiences eager to see some of Tony Jaa’s mind-bending acrobatics. Some of the redundant styles of the featurettes do nothing to complement the film, nor do they educate the audience of its conception and making, or the possibly interesting background of Tony Jaa.