? A pissed-off Thai guy (Tony Jaa) heads for Sydney to recover his stolen elephants and kick some Aussie butt.
+ The obviously
incredibly skilled Jaa uses fists, feet and the occasional weapon to face off
against an amazing array of opponents, including the seven-foot Nathan Jones,
who appears concurrently in Jet Li’s Fearless. All of the very many
apparent broken bones mustn’t be real, but it looks close enough. The
stolen-elephant idea seems novel.
- There’s a back
story mentioning some family lore and explaining how the elephants are supposed
to provide power to the king and are supposed to be protected and all, but
basically everything else is just an excuse for the numerous fight scenes. Jaa
is great at fighting but not the most expressive actor. Half of the Aussies
sound more like Americans. The villains are supposed to have half the Sydney
police force in their pockets but can’t even find a gun to shoot the hero. The
editing is clumsy. And so on.
= **3/4 Nothing to
recommend except the fight scenes. But the fight scenes are very impressive.
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