Beautifully filmed. Awesome locations, cinematography, sound. The action choreography is just phenomenal. I've watched this movie many times. The only criticism is with the actors phonetically speaking English. It's obvious that they don't speak or understand a word of it.
December 27, 2008 |  | The Protector (Two-Disc Collector's Edition) |  |
One of the best Kung-fu Karate movies ever, it is to the level of Bruce Lee movies. I highly recommend it, it's very entertaining.
December 7, 2008I don't know what can be said that hasn't been already. Explosive, fast-paced, and mind-bending stunts. Tony is the real deal. Born and raised in a rural area of Thailand, he is not someone who was brought up in the spot light. In fact, the story of The Protector actually has some roots in his own family history. Black Belt magazine did a great 2 part article on Tony, and he has a facinating story. But I digress... This film is amazing on many levels. Not just the ridiculous (in a good way)coreography, but the diversity in the fights. It is all different. From a fight with huge, hulking wrestler types, to the acrobatic wu-shu fighter, to taking on a room of 30 attackers. He transitions seamlessly, and breath-takingly (and I don't even think breath-takingly is a real term). This will impress you even if you are not a big martial arts fan.
October 30, 2008I was hesitant to watch this at first, as Quentin Tarrintino rarely makes a movie I can stand from start to finish, however I soon found out that this is NOT a Tarrintino movie, he is just presenting it to help it be seen around the world.
The story is about a man from Thailand who is raised on martial arts and with elephants. Th eelephants are not pets, they are like his family, in which he does refer to them as his brothers.
They take the elephents to two elephants to town one day, and the 2 elephants are kidnapped and taken to Australia by the bad guys. The guys father is killed, so he goes to Australia to find his elephants.
It may not sound like much of a plot, but the action and martial arts in this movie would leave Jackie Chan speechless. There are no wires, no blue screen, and no fake stunts here, everything you see is really happening from the actor (physical anyway, not explosions and an elephant walking down Sydney tho)
Overall I can't say much other then this was a pleasant surprise to find. I'm not much into martial arts films, but this one certainly is like no other. It has it's kind of lame moments, but what movie doesn't, i'd highly recommend anyone even slightly interested here to at least rent this film and check it out.
October 13, 2008 Let me begin by saying the International version(disc 2) of the Protector is far superior to the US theatrical version.The story is arranged more coherently and it sounds more natural to hear the characters speak their native thai language.The action has to be seen to be believed;flips off walls,battles with 100 or more villains on bikes and the restaurant hidden stairway scene is just classic.Ive never seen a scene like it in a martial arts movie(It rewrites the book in my opinion).Sorry no wires,cgi, or unneccessary explosions here.Therefore the viewer can feel like he/she is watching a real action movie and not a video game.A lot of narrow minded people(brainwashed by Hollywood remakes)bash the plot of this movie having to do with finding a pet elephant.I know they'll be mad at me for my writing,but if they would take time and expand their tiny minds and read a book or learn about other culture besides reality tv and Britney Spears, they would understand the plot.In the country of Thailand,elephants are sacred and frequently kept as pets. So if someone stole your rottweiler you would want rip them a new hole right? Here you get more fight sequences than Ong-Bak with a very brutal(every punch,elbow,or knee in this movie is thrown with intent to kill) and ancient style of Muy-Thai.Besides the action this movie has beautiful cinematography and intriguing set pieces.I believe a person has to really appreciate how dangerous all of the stunts in this movie,at any point someones life could have been tragically ended.Tony Jaa actually hits the villains in this movie,vice-versa and all of this is done to give the viewer the feeling they are watching real fight/chase sequences.I wont spoil the plot,simply put as good as it gets for action movies.
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