The Protector (Two-Disc Collector's Edition)
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Movie Reviews of The Protector (Two-Disc Collector's Edition)
Movie Review: Somewhat disappointing follow-up to Ong-Bak but it does have its moments
Summary: 3 Stars
After the jaw-droppingly impressive array of he-must-be-out-of-his-****ing-mind stunts in Ong-Bak, Tony Jaa's follow-up Warrior King (released in a heavily cut version in the US theaters as The Protector but available on this disc in both its uncut and re-edited versions) is something of a disappointment. You can see where the time and effort have been put into the stunts, many of which are more impressive on paper than onscreen, but it never quite pays off proportionately. A big part of this comes down to the fact that the characters are poorly integrated into the action while the plot is a mess even by Asian action standards (imagine a cross between Tarzan in New York and The Freshman), not helped by the casting of some of Australia's worst and most effeminately-voiced actors in the supporting roles. Still, the four-minute single-take restaurant fight up several floors is VERY impressive and there aren't many movies where the villains throw an elephant at the hero... Movie Review: Tony Ja is the Future
Summary: 5 Stars
I loved this movie it was another side of Tony Jaa I never seen, so serious and aggressive. He is like a Bruce Lee number 2 in this movie. The fight scenes are amazing especially the one Scene with the Brilizan man he was fighting. Tony keep up the god work this was a master piece. (P.S. and someone was stupid enough to trade me this for Hero lol.)Movie Review: Bad in moderation.
Summary: 1 Stars
I wrote an in-depth review that critiqued the movie very cleanly, but must've been too well-written for Amazon to post. My take on it is that people would actually be detracted from buying the product from them.
So this review gets to be shorter, yay!
This movie is bad.
Last time, I explained why this movie is bad, so that people who don't want to pay $20 for a 2 hour armbar seminar could instead spend their money on equally exciting movies with the new-fangled invention I like to call 'PLOTS'.
And to all you people who are just crazy about this movie and want to defend it's utter lack of a plot:
It's a MOVIE. MOVIES are called that because they have afore-mentioned said 'plots.' Now, you may argue that the 'definition' of a movie does not include that it must have a plot to be 'good,' and you'd be right. That's just the definition though. Movies need plots though, it's true. They need them so that they do not - what's the word? - oh yeah, SUCK.
My review: Tony Jaa movies = badness. At least for now.
Movie Review: worth the money
Summary: 5 Stars
This movie has a lot of action, and it also has a story. I really enjoyed it, the final fight scene had my daughter and I both in awe...repeatedly.Movie Review: Protect your wallet from The Protector
Summary: 1 Stars
If you like bad Asian action movie s and I mean BAD then Ong Bak II or The Protector is the movie for you. Tony Jaa stars as Cam, A jugernoaught or something. He basically is the guy in charge of protecting the elephants or something. I don't know. Anyway the dude dad gets shot, his elephant gets stolen, and then the dude thinks he's Bruce Lee.
The Protector seriously lacks in plot. It also lacks in consistency, with characters being introduced for little or no reason. Some appearing and then disappearing almost immediately. There is a lot of this in dealing with Jaa's buddy, basically a carry over from Ong Bak but this time a policemen instead of a crook.
Then there are the action scenes. If you like this movie it will be for the action scenes, and you probably eat paste. You probably eat a lot of paste. The action scenes in the movie vary from really awesome, to really stupid, but mostly the try to look cool without providing much substance. The biggest example of this is when Cam charges up a set of crazy stairs in a club. This action scene is supposed to be the longest uncut action sequence ever. As a consequence for this ambitious move, most of the shots and action here are really lame. People get like kneed in the stomach and die, over and over again. In short, even the most awesome scenes don't live up to basic standards. I haven't even mentioned the rediculous boat chase, which is one of the worst vehicle chase scenes ever.
The Protector is one of those movies that you will pop in and pop out. Almost as bad as Pauline Shore is Dead. It gets 1.5 out of 5 stars. At 81 minutes it's really not worth your time, trust me. Its not Ong Bak!