The story is set in 1890s Siam. Siang is a young Muay Thai warrior and rocketry expert who steals back water buffalo taken from poor Isan farmers by unscrupulous cattle raiders. He is searching for a man with a tattoo who killed his parents.
... amid the slo-mo furniture smashing and cheese-wizardry is a movie in touch with its inner lunatic.
– John Anderson,
Newsday,
5 Jul 2007
fresh:
Dynamite Warrior is a genre confection with more than a passing resemblance to Hong Kong martial arts movies of the 1980s.
– Rachel Saltz,
New York Times,
6 Jul 2007
fresh:
Light years ahead of Ong-Bak. It features well-choreographed kung fu and high production values.
– V.A. Musetto,
New York Post,
6 Jul 2007
rotten:
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.
– John Monaghan,
Detroit Free Press,
13 Jul 2007
fresh:
If you're getting the impression that Dynamite Warrior is insanely plotted for deliberate hilarity, you're right.