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a mafia syndicate based in Australia steal Kham's (Tony Jaa,
ONG-BAK) beloved elephants from him in Thailand, he travels
to Australia to get them back, taking out anyone in his path.
The elephants were being prepared to be presented by Kham's
family to his Majesty the King of Thailand as a symbol of
devotion, so Kham embarks on a dangerous mission to a foreign
country in order to rescue the stolen elephants. Along the
way, Kham uses his spectacular Muay Thai martial arts skills
to dispense with hundreds of mafioso soldiers. Using the same
no wireworks, no CGI, no stunt doubles mantra as ONG-BAK,
WARRIOR KING is possibly the most frenetic, skilful and kinetic
martial arts film made in recent times. Much of the action
looks spectacularly dangerous and contact is frequently made
between the actors, bringing to mind a more explosive version
of films made by Jackie Chan and Sammo Hung in the 1980s.
The most visually stunning moment occurs when Jaa embarks
on mission to get to the top of a staircase in a mafia brothel,
pummelling scores of opponents on the way. This all takes
place during a glorious four-minute long take. Tony Jaa once
again demonstrates why he is the most exciting martial arts
actor to have emerged in the 2000s with a display of supreme
agility, skill and bone-crunching power.
All Customer Reviews
5 out of 5 - 31 Aug 2006
Ok, first of all, forget the plot, forget the
acting, this movie is simply a vehicle for Tony Jaa to demonstrate
the best ass kicking martial arts ever committed to celluloid.
If you've never seen Tony Jaa before, i recommend you watch
ONG BAK first,....then buy this and settle down to witness
an opus in screen fighting.
Two scenes are particularly fantastic, a tracking
camera shot that lasts for over 10 mins and takes you through
about 4 floors in a club with head punching and kicking of
the highest order and a bone breaking scene where Tony demonstrates
how deadly he could be if you actually got him angry.... at
least 30 guards get wassed in varying and generally hilarious
ways, each having one or multiple bones snapped in the process
!!! Genius !!! All this and no wire work etc.... mindblowingly
superb... buy it now !!!!!
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