The only thing worth mentioning when it comes to Tony Jaa‘s The Protector was the staircase tracking shot. It’s more than three minutes of balls-to-the-wall action and it’s all caught in one shot. Check it out at the bottom of this post.
I say this as Jaa has reteamed with Protector helmer Prachya Pinkaew (who also helmed Jaa’s breakout feature, Ong Bak) for The Protector 2, which co-stars RZA, Mum Jokmok, Marrese Crump, Jija Yanin Wismitanan, Ratha Pho-ngam, Kazu Patric Tang, Kalp Hongratanaporn and David Ismalone and will be released by Magnet on iTunes/On Demand March 27 and in theaters May 2.
Here’s the plot:
Boss Suchart is the owner of an elephant camp. When he is murdered, all evidence points to Kham (Tony Jaa), who was seen with the victim before he died. Kham is forced to run as the police launch a pursuit. Meanwhile, the twin nieces of Boss Suchart (Jija Yanin Wismitanan and Teerada Kittisiriprasert) are out for revenge. But luck is on Kham’s side when he runs into Sergeant Mark (Mum Jokmok), an agent sent to Thailand on a secret mission. In another twist, Kham is drawn into an underground fighting ring run by LC (RZA), a crime lord who’s obsessed with collecting top-class martial artists. LC’s fighters are branded by numbers, such as the lethal, beautiful Twenty (Ratha Pho-ngam) and the diabolical No. 2 (Marrese Crump). These fighters are ordered to capture Kham for a special mission.
Of course, plot details are hardly the point of a Jaa feature, though they definitely make the films more watchable. I guess if we get just one scene as good as the one I’ve featured below the first trailer for The Protector 2 it will make it worth it… I guess.
Watching the trailer it looks all the typical things we expect from a Jaa film are there. I am curious to see what happens after he jumps off the bridge. If he kicks someone on the other side it just might be the coolest scene ever caught on film.
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