WARRIOR KING (UK) aka THE PROTECTOR
(USA) aka TOM YUM GOONG aka ONG-BAK 2
Year: 2005
USA: The Weinstein Company / Dragon Dynasty
UK: Contender Entertainment Group
Cast: Tony Jaa, Petchtai Wongkamlao, Bongkoj Khongmalai, Xing Jing, Nathan B Jones, Johnny Tri Nguyen, Lateef Crowder, Jonathan Patrick Foo, Damian De Montemas, David Chatchavan Asavanod, Sotorn Rungruaeng, Amonphan Gongtragan, Nutdanai Kong
Director: Prachya Pinkaew
Country: Thailand
Language: Thai (English subtitles)
USA: 109 mins
UK: 110 mins
USA Rated: R for pervasive strong violence and some sexual content
UK Certificate: 18 contains strong violence
USA Release Date: 8 September 2006
UK Release Date: 28 July 2006
Synopsis
WARRIOR KING aka THE PROTECTOR sees the return of ONG-BAK's Tony Jaa as Khan, a young fighter who must retrieve his stolen elephant.
The action is even more jaw-dropping than his first movie and WARRIOR KING aka THE PROTECTOR also boasts a return to the kind of mega stunt that every Bond movie used to open with before computer effects took over.
The mantra is once again 'real people doing real things' without wires, camera trickery, computers, stunt doubles, etc. And it's true - one amazing Tony Jaa sequence really is a 4-minute single take!