Ong Bak

This one came outta nowhere and went straight to the top. Not a kung fu movie but more like a Muay Thai fighting movie.

Its about a earnest villager Ting (Panom Yeerum AKA Tony Jaa) who arrives in Bangkok looking to find the head of "Ong Bak," a Buddha statue from his local village that was desecrated by unknown villains.

Lead actor Tony Jaa Panom debuts and makes his way into the martial arts world with a blast - high tension thai boxing with spectacular martial arts fighting, som say they havent seen this kinda martial arts action since the early days of Jackie Chan.