More limbs were broken in this film than in any other I've seen. I wonder how many sticks of celery were murdered for the sound effects alone.

Overall Enjoyment: 25/40, Plot/Themes: 0/20, Cinematography/Direction: 15/20, Acting/Writing: 5/20 The kung fu scenes were incredible, but the rest of the movie was beyond horrible. The plot and other characters were poorly developed and featured far too often for my taste. Another user said it best with "Not as good as Ong Bak, but any Tony Jaa is good Tony Jaa". Except when he breaks that rule later with Ong Bak 2 and 3.

Awesome fight scenes meet a choppy and confusing story for the American release of this Thai film.

Focus is too much on stunts instead of character or story. Very impressive stunts though.

Great martial art movie. I guess Thailand is unbeatable when it comes to martial art movies. HORRIBLE story. High score for the action only!

Very poor compared to its predecessor Ong-Bak. Hard to believe it's the same director, there is so little fresh or original in this movie. Fight scenes were ok, a bit repetitive or too similar to Jackie Chan. Moments which should have been played for humour fall flat. Plus the story is boring, not to mention ridiculous. A real let-down.

Amazing choreography and fight scenes from Tony Jaa help push this film to above average. If your looking for an engaging story, though, watch something else. Don't mess with the elephants.

I dunno what the hell this movie was about but some dude broke a bunch of other dudes bones and there were elephants.

There are a couple of jaw-dropping awesome scenes (a five minute tracking shot as Kham fights his way up through a restaurant and the seeming endlesss climax battle), but otherwise is let down by the awful 'news coverage' device to move the plot along, and the comically bad foley. The action is rendered from fantastic to cartoon-like by the ham-fisted sound effects. If anything I'm just glad I've seen this before Ong-Bak.

stunning, never saw so many broken bones in one movie.

Big fan of Tony Jaa, and he delivers another great martial arts movie in this one. A must see for fans of martial arts flicks. Why they said this was a comedy is beyond me, though. Nothing funny about this film.

Any movie with a "save the elephants" plot is fine by me.

The action sequences are absolutely amazing. If you love a incredible fights then this movie will deliver 110%. The single-shot four minute long fight sequence is an absolutely stellar piece of art. Yes, it's absolute art. Then there's the scene where he breaks about 100 limbs. That's pretty cool too. The story isn't very good, however. So if you're looking for action and a story this isn't for you. If you just want awesome action then this is it.

If you get between Tony Jaa and his elephants he will FUCK YOU UP.

Where's my elephant?

I'm aasuming this also known as Warrior King. If not, ignore this. The one I'm thinking of involves Tony Jaa kicking ass (yay!), screaming "WHERE IS MY ELEPHANT?!?" like Bruce Lee crossed with a Dr Suess character, the running off and finding more people to hit/kick/hurt. If so, then action good, everything else eh. The continuous shot of Jaa moving his way up a building punching out fools left and right is awesome, worth the rest of the film just for that. But it's probably on You-tube

Ridiculousness of the plot elements are only paralleled by the impact of long action scenes. Safe to skip anything but the fights.

The fight scenes in this movie could literally be strung together by ANYTHING. There's no plot. Just dude running up to random people screaming WHERE'S MY ELEPHANT? I showed one of those scenes to somebody out of context, it's comedy gold. Obviously the fight scenes are marvelous, but that doesn't make a movie. Or, it does, but it shouldn't.

HAHAHA Holy shit, what did I just watch!? The Thai version has an elephant getting thrown through a plate glass window! The main character only opens doors by KICKING PEOPLE THROUGH THEM! Perfect movie for fans of Tony Jaa and "what the fuck?" enthusiasts.

Decent fights but the plot was disturbingly disconnected.

A fun movie with some of the best martial arts action you can find. Although cheesy much of the time, the plot is easy enough to follow and the scenes are done with great skill, especially one scene that consists of a several minute shot brilliantly choreographed full of brutal beat downs.

Worth watching just for the action scenes. It's a pretty simplistic story, and there's actually very little dialogue, but there really is some outstanding action here, including one fight scene that's a several-minutes-long continuous shot

A friend who's a martial arts movies enthusiast introduced me to Tony Jaa and boy is he amazing.

Even with the choppy editing, poor script, mediocre acting and the awful animated scene, it still remains a pinnacle of modern martial arts cinema and one of my favorite films. Never ceases to impress.

Some amazing fight scenes don't make up for the obvious script issues, but it's still a decent watch.

the best martial arts movie to date in my opinion.

Probably one of the best action/fighting movies i've eve seen

Cheesy, but the action pieces are great. The single shot staircase fight sequence is one of the most impressive shots in movie history.

Far-fetched, absurd, laughable and paced so quickly that it wastes no time getting to the action. The action sequences, however, are nothing short of amazing. If they weren't as good as they were, this movie would be reduced to nothing.

"The Protector isn't a sequel to Ong-Bak: The Thai Warrior but it is a thinly disguised retread." - Nick Schager

I've seen the major action-scenes of this movie at least four times by now.. The plot (which can be summarized as follows: 1. Tribal-Jaa learns to fight, 2. WHERE'S HIS ****** ELEPHANTS?!, 3. Gone) is just lame - Plenty of scenes could (and should) be cut.. The action is just too awesome (Jaa's fighting style = FUCK OFF MINION!!!) and the direction slick enough for me to not give a Thai's ass! Superior to the ultra-boring Ong-Bak which only have a few fun scenes and an even more nonsensical plot