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The Protector (2006)

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On the eve of presenting a pair of prized elephants to the King of Thailand, a young martial arts expert and his father are shocked to discover that the beloved creatures were stolen by an international mafia syndicate, and now the determined fighter must travel to Australia to get his animals back in this adventure from the team behind the international action hit Ong Bak. To Kham (Tony Jaa) and his father, the elephants that they were about to present to the King of Thailand were not simply

Jun 4, 2002

$12.0M

Weinstein Company

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All Critics (7) | Top Critics (2) | Fresh (1) | Rotten (5) | DVD (3)

Tony Jaa's surname is actually shortened from "JAAAAAA!" which is the sound opponents make when he snaps their tendons, cracks their skulls and pops out their eyeballs in a whirlwind of Muay Thai mayhem.

September 7, 2006 Full Review Source: Arizona Daily Star | Comment
Arizona Daily Star

Typical fun loving, acrobatic action Chan.

May 28, 2005 Comment

...the quality isn't much to brag about...little in the way of bonus items.

June 5, 2002 Comment
Movie Metropolis

Jackie Chan beats up people and things blow up....If it's good enough for you, the picture works.

June 5, 2002 Comment
Movie Metropolis
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Okay Jackie Chan actioner.

October 3, 2006
deano
Dean McKenna

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Watch only to inwardly scoff at a Hollywood that had no idea what they had in Jackie. Here he plays a gun-toting, foul-mouthed cop partnered with gun-toting, foul-mouthed Danny Aiello. Only redeeming value comes from Jackie's acrobatics and that the experience so disgusted him that he was inspired to make a cop movie

November 15, 2009
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