This ludicrous Quentin Tarantino-chosen low-budget movie features choppy editing and an amateurish script, and it switches strangely back and forth between dubbing and subtitles.
The Protector(ต้มยำกุ้ง)
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Thailand, United States, Hong Kong · 2005
Rated R · 1h 51m
Director Prachya Pinkaew
Starring Tony Jaa, Petchtai Wongkamlao, Bongkoj Khongmalai, Jin Xing
Genre Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
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Kham is a part of a family of guards in Bangkok that have raised and watched over the King of Thailand's war elephants for years. When two of his elephants are stolen by poachers, he must travel to Australia and battle a corrupt crime ring in order to get them back.
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Washington Post by Ann Hornaday
Lives up to Tarantino's imprimatur, both in its cheesy grind house aesthetic and its occasional forays into brilliant, bravura filmmaking.
Boasting the same refreshing avoidance of CGI and wire work as "Warrior," slickly made production (largely by the same team) is more consciously aimed at the international market, with its Australian setting and multilingual dialogue.
New York Daily News by Elizabeth Weitzman
While the story's silly, the stunts, choreographed by Jaa and popular Thai filmmaker Panna Rittikrai, are spectacular.
TV Guide Magazine by Maitland McDonagh
It's little more than a disjointed succession of kick-ass action scenes.
Seattle Post-Intelligencer by Sean Axmaker
A furiously choreographed martial-arts spectacle wrapped in a fumbling narrative.
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