Friday, January 5, 2007

Tom Yum Goong (The Protector) -2005


Guys we have got a new rising star and a follow up in the martial legends Bruce Lee, Jet Li and Jackie. For the first time in my life i started watching a Thai movie.

This guy from Thailand creates magical movements with his Muay thai Kick boxing style.A young fighter named Kham must go to Australia to retrieve his stolen elephant. With the help of a Thai-born Australian detective, Kham must take on all comers, including a gang led by an evil woman and her two deadly bodyguards.

It seems that just for this films purpose Tony Jaa has reformed the Muay thai into Muay Kotchasan which merges the movements of elephants.

The film has some comedy going in line with the Thai born Inspector who helps Tony Jaa in his mission to retrieve his Elephant friend and its Baby. Finally he could just rescue the baby while the elephant friend is transformed in to a museum statue.

The story line is not so overwhelming except the concept of "save the elephants". What is more amusing is the extraordinary stunts performed by this start from Thailand.

In an interview it is said that Tony Jaa evolved himself to this level of gravity defying stunts watching his idol Bruce Lee, Jet Li and Jacki Chan. The young Jaa believed all the stunts done using wires by this role models as real and started practising himself to attain such level. Finally what we see is all real action no wired or CG effects.

This dude really deserves our applause and encouragement.

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