Ong Bak 3 mark the fall of Tony Jaa and Panna Rittikrai. No more feats of great physical prowess, fast pacing fighting scenes and grim, but real-looking places in Thailand or abroad. True, Ong Bak 1&2, plus the other Jaa's movies, didn't had good scripts, but he overcome this weakness by pretending he translated the life of real people on the screen. Ong Bak 3 is dominated by two most awful lines in MA cinema : 'training in MA made me a good' and 'ancestors did it better, but we forgot their ways'. I won't dwell in the first one since Jaa, at least, avoid flying over the walls and trees, but you could still see people punching walls like they were paper. The second is equally bad, since Tony Jaa imitated some stone figures in the water (!?) and got the supreme Muay Thay. Like nobody practice this superior boxing style, in a country savaged by internal wars and conflicts with powerful neighbours - simply they 'forget', despite his effectiveness in combat. The third problem, maybe the most important reason for this fall, is the mystical/magical/religious angle. Ong Bak 2 contain subtle hints to esoteric practices, but nothing more. The masters in the camp taught Tien only physical/weapons skills and nothing more (strategy, planning, tactics against multiple opponents, meditation, etc) thinking he will be less dangerous this way (Good call, by the way, since he simply charged a camp full of accomplished warriors mano-a-mano). In part 3 he is healed from atrocious wounds by some kind of chain-link magic with a Buddhist statue. Then, by praying, he is able to mend his broken bones. Then he fights some dark character, him being the light and he is able to time travel to avoid the wrong ending !!??. I understand Tony Jaa got religious, but is no excuse to play this angle in a movie, similar with so many western and Hong Kong bad flicks. The last problem lie in his acting skills. He's not a beginner anymore and he seriously need lessons - how to act, speak, use his facial muscle or body to convey messages, etc.