Tony Jaa

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I just saw a Thai movie called 'The Protector' and it has some of the best - read exciting- Thai fighting you can imagine.
Tony Jaa is the star, and IMHO great Thai boxer. The story has some very touching moments that flash back to his early childhood riding the elephant that is the central character in the movie. I lay no claims to being a movie critic, but I really liked this one. I am sure you can get it at any movie rental place. I do hope you can enjoy this film.

[elephantspike]

This guy, right?


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IbWVzEjhEXs&feature=related

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You got it right Spike. I don't know when 'The Protector' came out, but it has that same Tony Jaa taking on about 30 guys and leaving them all broken and moaning on the ground as he seeks out the super bad gal.

[elephantspike]

I rented it about a year ago on DVD at a local video store. You could play it either uncut in Thai with subtitles, or dubbed and edited. The dubbed and edited version doesn't play nearly as well as the original. They cut out most of the flashback to childhood stuff, so you just don't get why he cares about the elephant so much.

Tony Jaa is like the next Jackie Chan, except in the comedic bits he is always the straight man and has a sidekick as the cut-up.

has that same Tony Jaa taking on about 30 guys and leaving them all broken and moaning on the ground as he seeks out the super bad gal.

Somoe one might think ur trying to mix straight into gay porno here. Whatever, it will never work!

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[dave_tf-old]

He was also the star of Ong Baak (sp?) which is pretty good genre fare. Definately movie star material. Thanks for the heads up.

He was also the star of Ong Baak (sp?) which is pretty good genre fare. Definately movie star material. Thanks for the heads up.

2003?




.:: S T O R Y ::.
Urbanite thieves steal the head of a revered Buddha image from an upcountry village temple, where a mass ordination ceremony is scheduled to take place a week later. It becomes the task of villager Boonting (Phanom) to track the thief down to Bangkok and reclaim the religious treasure.

In Bangkok, Ting gets inadvertently involved in unlicensed fighting, organized by the Ong Bak thieves, in a warehouse in a dingy alleyway off Khaosarn Road. These illegal gatherings provide ample opportunity for Phanon to show off his skills and while muayboran proves a more stylish spectacle than the blunt harshness of muaythai, the action is often uncomfortably realistic; you'll be flinching in your seat as another crunching knee strike connects alarmingly with some anonymous scrappers jaw. The illegal gatherings also pit Ting against a motley crew of foreign challengers, giving Thai audiences a kick from watching their countryman mete out fierce physical punishment to a bunch of unseemly farangs. "

[dave_tf-old]

That's the one, Arnold. Might have been a clip in that YouTube link...can't really do much with those here on a dailup connection.

And I am pretty sure 9 out of 10 face-offs between Thai and unseemly farangs would contain plenty of the meteing out of fierce physical punishment to the latter. Sometimes ya just wants to forget about art and watch a good morality tale with plenty of ass whooping.

[thanatorn-old]

A search on You tube shows Tony Jaa on a couple of Thai chat shows singing and he is a pretty good singer as well. You will also find loads of clips of him in various demonstations and appearances.