2008 Woodie Awards
Movie Review: The Protector
Bruce Jordan
Issue date: 4/13/07 Section: Opinion
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The Moive Committee has finished playing movies for the semester. As a result, I have chosen to review an older movie that I have recently seen.
The Protector, starring Tony Jaa, is an incredibly thrilling movie. It keeps the viewer on the edge of their seat, and completely enthralled for the entire runtime. There is not a single dull moment in the whole film. I would even go so far as to compare the movie to a video game; there is non-stop action, the dialogue and storyline is minimal, and nearly all of the characters are incredible fighters.
The movie begins in the jungles of Thailand with a brief history of the lives that two elephants and their master, Kham, have shared. Kham, played by Tony Jaa, grew up with the elephants and loves them as much as family. Soon, however, these elephants are stolen and brought to Australia; it is up to Kham to rescue them.
Kham quickly travels to Australia and crushes any and all that stand in his way. It feels as though the director really wanted to be a video game designer, because Kham battles through "levels" upon "levels," beating one set of enemies, never pausing and then destroying a new. The plot is about as deep as a rain puddle, because all that is really clear is that Kham loves his elephants, he's ticked that they were stolen, and if you get in his way he will deliver a flying-double-knee-to-your-face-before-you-can-blink.
The movie does not have an English word said through its entire runtime. However, with subtitles, this is not noticed because most of the dialogue is Kham running into a crowd of angry people, shouting "Where are my Elephants?!?!" When the people he asks do not cooperate, he goes to work and they shout "OW?!?!" which translates well into nearly every language.
In sum, this is an excellent movie if you enjoy action movies, flying-double-knee-to-your-face-before-you-can-blink, and elephants. Final score: 9.5/10
The Protector, starring Tony Jaa, is an incredibly thrilling movie. It keeps the viewer on the edge of their seat, and completely enthralled for the entire runtime. There is not a single dull moment in the whole film. I would even go so far as to compare the movie to a video game; there is non-stop action, the dialogue and storyline is minimal, and nearly all of the characters are incredible fighters.
The movie begins in the jungles of Thailand with a brief history of the lives that two elephants and their master, Kham, have shared. Kham, played by Tony Jaa, grew up with the elephants and loves them as much as family. Soon, however, these elephants are stolen and brought to Australia; it is up to Kham to rescue them.
Kham quickly travels to Australia and crushes any and all that stand in his way. It feels as though the director really wanted to be a video game designer, because Kham battles through "levels" upon "levels," beating one set of enemies, never pausing and then destroying a new. The plot is about as deep as a rain puddle, because all that is really clear is that Kham loves his elephants, he's ticked that they were stolen, and if you get in his way he will deliver a flying-double-knee-to-your-face-before-you-can-blink.
The movie does not have an English word said through its entire runtime. However, with subtitles, this is not noticed because most of the dialogue is Kham running into a crowd of angry people, shouting "Where are my Elephants?!?!" When the people he asks do not cooperate, he goes to work and they shout "OW?!?!" which translates well into nearly every language.
In sum, this is an excellent movie if you enjoy action movies, flying-double-knee-to-your-face-before-you-can-blink, and elephants. Final score: 9.5/10
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