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The Protector (2006)
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Reviews Counted: 89
Fresh: 48
Rotten:41
Average Rating: 5.5/10
Consensus: Despite some impressive fight scenes, this trimmed-down version of the Thai action pic is an off-putting mix of scant plot, choppy editing, and confusing subtitles and dubbing.
Runtime: 3 hrs 6 mins
Genre: Foreign Films
Synopsis: THE PROTECTOR is the highly anticipated full bodied action film starring International Martial Arts superstar, Tony Jaa (Ong Bak). His world shaped by ancient traditions, a young Thai fighter (Jaa) is called to defend his people and... [More]
Reviews for The Protector
There's plenty to enjoy about this silly thriller--from the sumptuous Thai landscapes to the frenetic fight scenes.
09/06/06
Top Critic As you watch Jaa's mastery of his art, you'll have to master the art of laughing while your jaw's hanging off your head in disbelief. You've never seen anything like it.it.
08/04/06
Top Critic At 109 minutes, the film is around 20 minutes too long, particularly as the fights start to become repetitive before the end, as if they just ran out of ideas.
08/03/06
Top Critic
It's like a mixture of Fist of Fury and Dumbo, with a small side order of 1960s children's TV show Daktari.
07/29/06
Top Critic a no-brainer, but also an extravaganza of inventive, visually stunning brutality (by the trunkload).
08/16/07
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.
08/11/07
If a video game allowed you to do what Tony Jaa does, it would be the bestselling video game in history.
08/03/07
It's tremendously refreshing to see a film that relies solely on the choreography of its athletic star to make the action work.
03/24/07
Resurrects the bad acting and absurd plotting of old-fashioned kung fu movies, as well as their exhilarating stunts and action choreography.
03/01/07
Exactly like an elephant, mostly slow and lumbering -- but with great menacing charges of excitement.
12/15/06
The Protector's plot is as sturdy as a piece of balsa wood, which wouldn't have mattered so much if the film had showcased Jaa's talents better.
10/12/06
It plays like a bad B-movie where we suddenly leave an ongoing conversation to join a fight in progress.
09/27/06
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