Fresh
Bone-crunching action triumphs over story and, uh, character development.
Derek Elley, Variety
The Protector
Vengeance Knows No Mercy.
2005 · 1h 45m · R
Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Directed by
Prachya Pinkaew
Overview
A young fighter named Kham must go to Australia to retrieve his stolen elephant. With the help of a Thai-born Australian detective, Kham must take on all comers, including a gang led by an evil woman and her two deadly bodyguards.
Director and cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
53%
Tomatometer
Rotten
Pretty tough to sit through.
Reece Pendleton, Chicago Reader
Rotten
Exactly like an elephant, mostly slow and lumbering -- but with great menacing charges of excitement.
Robert K. Elder, Chicago Tribune
Fresh
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.
Nathan Rabin, AV Club
Fresh
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.
Marc Bernardin, Entertainment Weekly
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