The Protector

The Protector

  • Director: Prachya Pinkaew
  • Writer: Napalee,Piyaros Thongdee,Joe Wannapin
  • Countries of origin: Thailand, United States, Hong Kong, France
  • Language: Thai, English, Mandarin, Vietnamese
  • Release date: September 8, 2006
  • Sound mix: Dolby Digital EX, DTS, SDDS
  • Aspect ratio: 1.85 : 1
  • Also known as: Warrior King
  • "ต้มยำกุ้ง" is a Thai kung fu film launched by Gulf Film, directed by Prachya Pinkaew and starring Tony Jaa , Nguyen Chanh Minh Tri , Jin Xing , and Nathan Jones .
    The film tells the story of a poor farmer father and son in Thailand who plan to present the elephants raised in their homes to the Emperor of Thailand, but they encounter a conspiracy and the elephants are taken, and the son is determined to take the elephants back.   The film was released in Thailand on August 11, 2005.

    Details

    • Release date September 8, 2006
    • Filming locations Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
    • Production companies Sahamongkolfilm Co., TF1 International, Baa-Ram-Ewe

    Box office

    Budget

    THB 200,000,000 (estimated)

    Gross US & Canada

    $12,044,087

    Opening weekend US & Canada

    $5,034,180

    Gross worldwide

    $27,165,581

    Movie reviews

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    • By Edgardo 2022-03-24 09:02:55

      Thai film seeks international Muay Thai version

      A very famous movie, and the clips in it have been seen many times before.
            Needless to say, the storyline was for the Buddha's head before, but this time for the elephant and the elephant. The plot is entirely in the service of action, in order to show what Muay Thai needs.
            The movie opens with a close-up of the elephant. The small villages in Thailand are really peaceful and beautiful, like a paradise. The elephant trainer is also very good, and the elephants are obedient...

    • By Tressie 2022-03-24 09:02:55

      good martial arts movie

      = Brief plot
      First of all, the main line of the movie is summed up in one sentence: the son Ah Jin lives in harmony and happiness with his elderly father and the elephant. Later, their elephant fraternity and the baby elephant were arrested, Ah Jin went to Sydney to save his own Elephant story.
      = Talking about the background
      Let's talk about some background of this play: The director of this play: Prakia Pinkyao, a very good martial arts (May Thai) director, representative works:...

    • By Dana 2022-03-23 09:02:43

      Storytelling...to be speculated

      From the perspective of Muay Thai's real moves and the actors' personal performances, compared to Chinese martial arts, who like Ding Weiya's Qinggong and computer-based qigong, the martial arts here are really powerful. The plot of the story... The content about the elephant is still relatively moving, and the story structure is a bit weak; there are many clues, but the connection is very small, so it feels incoherent. The villains in it are still full of injustices, drug dealers can't die,...

    • By Felipe 2022-03-23 09:02:43

      Tom Yum Goong is the name of a Thai dish

      Tom Yum Goong is the name of a dish in Thailand.

      When watching the interview, the leading actor revealed that when foreigners think of Thailand, they think of Tom Yum Kung, and when they think of Tom Yum Kung, they think of Thailand, so the film has the name of the three untouchable birds.

      I am very puzzled, why should a Chinese film be called "Dumpling", a Japanese film should be called "Sushi", and an Italian film should be called "Pizza", this kind of logic, Thai people...

    • By Tess 2022-03-23 09:02:43

      excellent action movie

      1. In fact, this is not much worse than "Quan Ba", but the main line of the plot is slightly weaker, and the rigidity of the action design is less.

      2. There are many scenes that can be remembered, list one or two.

           a. Volley tossing and kicking the street lights.

           b. Fighting in shallow water, the water splashes everywhere, and the lens is beautiful.

           c. The long shot indicated in that scene! ! ! Although it is not technically difficult, the...

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    • By Mina 2023-05-17 13:57:17

      As a sequel to Quanba, it still has gorgeous martial arts special effects, and has a long martial arts scene, which makes it easy to get tired after watching it for a long time. However, Tony Jia is not a loss, and there are various bunker moves in Muay...

    • By Jaquelin 2023-04-13 07:47:24

      No profit leads to no...

    • By Pattie 2023-04-11 03:40:47

      Every action is scrupulous, not so smooth but also good-looking. Especially aerial action. I haven't seen a long shot for a long time, it's awesome. I love long shots. As for the plot, I really don't know whether to blame the editing or the...

    • By Armani 2023-01-29 08:59:45

      For this kind of action movie where a single person can flatten the entire underworld and fly away like no one, although it is explosive, it is always too surreal. The benchmark for this type of film is the Indonesian film "The Raid", which cannot be shaken so...

    • By Raymundo 2022-12-16 14:13:26

      Long lenses can also be more...

    Movie plot

    Thailand a poor peasant family, son Ah Kam ( Tony Jaa ornaments ) and his elderly father had each other. In his spare time, his father taught A Jin martial arts, hoping that he would be successful in martial arts in the future and could play for the Thai emperor Po Mae Phong. The father and son also plan to present the elephants raised at home to the King of Thailand. On the eve of the Songkran Festival, my father and the village chief...
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    Shooting process

    There are many differences between filming in Australia and Thailand. For example, for those assisting in filming, Australia stipulates that local staff must account for half. Gradually familiar with the rules, the film was completed within the scheduled date.
    It took two years for the film to be filmed and more than 600 rolls of motion picture film were used. The film has the longest uncensored fighting scene in film history. The long...
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    Evaluation action

    In terms of viewing, the film’s photography is real, bold and impressive, and the action design is impressive, especially the overall beauty of the scene. The fighting scenes of the film are fast-paced and the action density is high. The mature scene scheduling and photography of "Tom Yum Goong" sublimated Tony Jaa's gymnastic kung fu with real sense and beauty, established Tony Jaa's fighting aesthetics, and made up for the lack of...
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    Movie quotes

    • Inspector Mark: And this is the main Asian market in downtown Sydney, most of the people here are Asian, you know? Chinese, Thai, Vietnam

      [Laughs and begins to walk away]

      Inspector Mark: Whoa whoa whoa whoa!... And Laos!

    • Kham: Where the hell is my elephant?

    • Kham: You killed my father, and you stole my elephant!