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The Protector
The Protector
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"Wow. More than three months without a post! So much for good intentions. I just purchased, sight unseen, another Tony Jaa film: The Protector. Oh, where to begin. I will start by saying, do not expect anything in the way of character development, significant plot points, or great cinematography. Watch this movie to see Jony Jaa do his stuff. TJ plays the son of the man who raises elephants for a member of Thai royalty. An unscrupulous businessman/transvestite has stolen the prize elephant and a baby elephant and spirited them away to Australia. But enough about that. Let's talk Tony Jaa. The first fight doesn't happen until nearly twenty minutes into the film, but this oversight is more than made up for by pretty much the whole rest of the movie, which is basically one gigantic fight punctuated by numberous explosions as the fight changes venues. The explosions, and indeed all of the special effects, are mediocre at best. But Oh! is TJ beautiful to watch.l Two scenes, in ... "
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"Jackie Chan using a rope tied to a horseshoe as a rope dart - type weapon in Shanghai NoonThe dog holding a bone tied to the trigger of a shotgun in Mel Gibson's car in The Road Warrior The GREAT BIG Rope Westley and Fezzick use the climb the Cliffs of Insanity in The Princess BrideRocky jumping rope in Rocky...hmm.. can't think of any more at the moment... "
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Spirited Killer
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"This is my first film review EVAR, so we will see how it goes.I just finished watching Spirited Killer, one of Thai wunderkind Tony Jaa's first movie efforts.The film opens with a local witch doctor selling an immortality potion which kills whoever drinks it. One of his victims escapes, and a group of enraged townsfolk attack and kill the doctor.Fast forward five years. Two groups of adventurers - one from China, seeking a vein of "holy metal", and another from Japan seeking ancient relics - converge on the village just as a seemingly indestructible stranger begins killing everyone in his path. The two groups of adventurers join forces with the villagers to try to stop the killer, with Tony Jaa leading the offensive.But is the killer the master, or the apprentice?Oh: there is a musical number accompanying Jaa's introduction.The default for the DVD is the dubbed version, so I suggest you set up the movie for "Thai" language and "English" subtitles before the first frame rolls. Even ... "
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Hello World!
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"Hi all!In the coming days I will be posting musings and reviews of some of the many (many!) martial arts movies I have seen throughout my life. Stay tuned! "
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