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The Protector (2005)
Kham's life is turned upside down when an international mafia syndicate, based in Australia, captures his two beloved elephants and smuggles them thousands of kilometers away to Sydney. With the help of a Thai-born Australian detective, Kham must take down the gang led by an evil woman and her two deadly bodyguards.
30 October 1982, London, England, UK
17 July 1975, France
16 February 1950, Chicago Heights, Illinois, USA
21 August 1969, Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia
1973, Germany
23 November 1977, San Jose, California, USA
9 February 1982, Bangkok, Thailand
27 November 1966, Germany
2 February 1983
1974, Binh Duong, Vietnam
15 April 1985, Thailand
April 22, 2009
In the realm of fresh martial arts movie stars, no one holds a candle to Tony Jaa.August 16, 2007
a no-brainer, but also an extravaganza of inventive, visually stunning brutality (by the trunkload).September 23, 2006
It's silly, at times laughable, sure, but Jaa has a reckless, bone-cracking grace that transcends the film's triviality. For fight fans, he's worth the price of admission.August 03, 2007
If a video game allowed you to do what Tony Jaa does, it would be the bestselling video game in history.April 25, 2011
Truly, the best martial arts film about elephants yet made.August 11, 2007
If you like you martial arts action tough, gritty and fast, Tony Jaa is your artist, as he proved on his debut with Ong Bak (2003). This is Muay Thai, a form of aggressive martial arts that makes the others look tame.December 15, 2006
Pretty tough to sit through.March 20, 2009
You have to wonder why they even bothered with the subtitles. It's not like they make much difference.September 08, 2006
When you've got a male lead who can break heads like Tony Jaa, a little bit of story line goes a long way.December 15, 2006
Exactly like an elephant, mostly slow and lumbering -- but with great menacing charges of excitement.January 13, 2009
Bone-crunching action triumphs over story and, uh, character development.September 23, 2006
Jaa's ingratiatingly ridiculous Protector delivers a steady stream of cheap B-movie thrills, plus two positive messages for young people: Be nice to animals, and when in doubt, always aim for the tendons.