The Protector (2005)

	Also Known As: Tom yum goong
	Year of first release: 2005
	Director: Prachya Pinkaew (Ong Bak)
	Actors: Tony Jaa (Ong Bak)
	Country: T
	Genre: Action
	Conditions of visioning: 12.07.2012, DVD, Home Cinema
Synopsis: A young man goes to the big city to see if his old male elephant and young one are of Royal blood. But gangsters steal his elephants and wound his father. Now he is out looking for his elephants and revenge, that will lead him as far as Australia.
Review: I bought this DVD some years ago, as I wanted to see some more action like Ong-Bak. As I have read in Mad Movies, The Protector is very similar to Ong-Bak, except that the hero (Jaa) always asks "where are my elephants?" instead of "where is my Buddha?"! But in the end the movie is not as good as Onk-Bak, we get lost in the story between the action scenes, and the screenplay is very poor and sometimes confused. Two action scenes to remember: one sequence shot (real?) of 5 minutes where Jaa climbs the levels in a building, following the stairs around the atrium and defeating tens of ennemies. The second one takes place in a single room, but Jaa (again) defeats litterally 50 opponents, most of the time by breaking their members (repetitive bone breaking sounds), because he is really pissed!
Rating: 3 /10