Warrior King Reviews

Kick ass

If you love martial arts done properly watch this you will love it, if not don't even think about it. The plot is ridiculous, acting terrible but when this man clenches his fists sit back & wonder how anyone can move like that. Crouching Tiger it isnt but the fight scenes turn this into something special which is the whole point of a martial arts movie, isn't it?

The New Bruce Lee

If you are yet to see a Tony Jaa movie, you really don’t know what you are missing,

Martial arts fan or not you’ll love the choreography, storylines and acting.

Although not as unique and visually nice as Ong Bak this film is an amazing piece of work.

No wires, CGI or stunt doubles, Very little more I can add, other then get this movie, don’t even worry about the storyline, take my word for it, your going to love it!

the new martial arts master?

tony jaa for me is the new martial arts master i have only seen 2 films ong bak and this and after ong bak i thought wow but is he a one trick pony elbows and knees but after this i was very impressesd some of the fighting scenes are breathtaking the scene in the warehouse with bikers and rollerbladers is a must see and the temple fight scene with it ablaze just makes you want to watch it again the speed agility and talent means tony jaa is going to be the bruce lee of this generation a really good film and waiting for his next release a must watch for action fans.

[Highly rated reviewer]

beware flying elephants

a corker again from tony jaa, wicked jackie chan acrobatics, a better matrix style burly brawl with countless broken bones. plus one crap bit with a flying baby elephant,but dont let that put you off, cos until the missus seen this 'all films with subtitles were crap'. the only question left is could tony beat bruce lee.'you decide'personally i think it would be a thai

SECOND ANSWER TO YOUR PRAYERS . . .

Originaly titled TOM YUM GOONG

This movie should come with a WARNING

'If you watch TONY JAA kick some serious butt, Jackie Chan, Jet Li, other talents not as well known as these three and maybe, just maybe, the Bruce Lee films wont quite cut it anymore'

Infact you may aswell chuck em out your dvd collection except the Bruce Lee movies, he is a legend ofcourse & there will be no one like him, ever . .

But before you watch this make sure you see ONG BAK first, trust me, this movie takes the action up a gear or two.

Plot isnt worth mentioning, if anything it would probably spoil the film, honestly!

I reckon it would only divert your attention from the many PHENOMENAL ACTION SCENES.

They look & feel so real, the camera hardly changes from 1 to another that so many action fims annoyingly do, as you hear the bones crunch, as he performs amazing acrobatics & stunts, a hurly burly brawl keanu reeves would dream of, a mesmerising fight with a guy performing brazilian martial arts, one & one fight with a 7ft ex-wrestler(I know!)

A 4min non stop action scence as the camera man follows him from a basement up to the higher level of a building & i havent quite finished yet!!

You need to watch the scences again & again thinking 'whoah, did that really happen??'

Tony Jaa is a living legend, he is quite simply amazing, modern day answer to Bruce Lee but Bruce Lee he is not, he deserves his own identity.

Dont know wether he should learn english & crack hollywood because hollywood will simply not allow for this!

But enjoy while hes still pure . . currently filming ONG BAK 2

Now, go get this film, lock yourself away from the world and enjoy . .

[Highly rated reviewer]

Amazing Stuff

There isn’t much of a plot here, but there doesn’t need to be when Tony Jaa is on the screen. It’s the classic story of boy meets Elephants, Elephants get abducted; boy goes off to rescue Elephants. It is explained to a degree why Elephants are so important in Thailand, but it all beside the point.

The main purpose for this movie is a platform for Tony Jaa to demonstrate, once again, all his ferocity and expertise in the World of Martial Arts. It is anyone’s guess how many bones he shatters and breaks in this movie, but one thing is for sure, Sydney’s Accident and Emergency must have been inundated with casualties and ex-rays.

Jaa is a true master of his craft. With no CGI or Wire Works, everything you see is done in real time, just as it should be with these movies. Jaa is every bit the acrobat and gymnast as he is a fighter. His repertoire of moves, execution and timing are breath taking and every fight sequence here is filmed brilliantly and edited together seamlessly. I would go far as to say that Jaa is every Martial Arts Legend embodied in the one soul. He really is that amazing.

Due to the thin plot and Ham acting (Not by Jaa or the Main Villain, both are flawless) Warrior King can be ridiculously funny in places. Weather or not it is meant to be funny, I’m not sure, but I was laughing throughout. Especially funny is a scene close to the end with A Humongous Villain and a baby elephant. I will say no more than that. But I can honestly say I have never seen that done in a movie before. You only see outrageous things like what I am referring to in these movies. That’s why I love them so much. They are completely over the top and make no excuses for it.

Also another thing that makes this movie stand out is the dubious sexual orientation of the main villain. Who is a megalomaniacal, wait for it…lady boy. I fond that to be humorous touch. Oh, and the cinematography of an idyllic Thailand is done beautifully in places, made me want to see the country for myself. However, should I go I won’t be stealing Elephants. I like my face where it is. In closing, if you like Tony Jaa and Martial Arts you won’t be disappointed with this movie

[Highly rated reviewer]

Warrior King

Kham's (Jaa) elephants are stolen by a gang operating in Australia. Kham goes to get them back, kicking every arse associated with the theft along the way.

Okay so martial arts films are hardly renowned for the depth of their storytelling and yes Ong-Bak, the last film from director star team Pinkaew and Jaa was among the shallowest ever seen but even by these ow standards the story of Warrior King is pathetically thin. This is reflected in Jaa's dialogue, a good 65% of which consists of the line 'Give me back my elephants'... and I thought my parents loved their pets.

The thing about Ong-Bak was that, for all it's shallowness it was immensely, and repeatedly, fun. It introduced a martial arts style; muay thai boxing, that few in the west knew about in fantastically entertaining and immensely painful looking style. If Warrior King is an attempt to top it (and it can be seen as nothing else) then it has failed miserably.

The problems are many. Worst is the language issue. About a third of the dialogue (and about 90% of Wongkamlao's) is in English; English as spoken by people who learned the lines phonetically, badly, the morning they were shot. I understand that the dialogue is hardly the most important facet of a film like this but it's seriously painful.

Another problem is Jaa himself. He's good looking and a great martial artist but he's a nothing of an actor. Jackie Chan may only be able to play one character but at least it is a character. Kham is a cipher, we know nothing of him bar the fact that he really, really, wants his elephants back and Jaa and Pinkaew seem uninterested in giving us any shading that would help us empathise with Kahm. Instead he's just some random guy kicking people, fun, but hard to root for.

Saddest to report though is that even the kicking isn't as good this time out. Much hyped is a fight which takes place over a four minute single shot and over several stoeys of a building. Sadly it's a deeply disappointing sequence. Everything looks too rehearsed, moves are executed too slowly, people look ready and the palpable pain of Ong-Bak is missing.

This time the coreography also feels rather repetitious, particularly in one sequence leading up to the final fight where Jaa fights about 30 people in turn but finishes almost all with one of two or three very similar moves.

That's not to say that there's no good violence here but the great fights are largely short until the final throwdowns with the imposing figure of Nathan Jones, sadly, good as they are, it's too little too late for this disappointing film.

Fast forward to the fight scenes.

This film is very amateurish- the editing is awful, the dialogue laughable, the acting execrable, the narrative jumbled and confused. However, this film has one saving grace, worth the 2 stars- Tony Jaa. He is a phenomenol physical performer, the fight scene with the capoeira fighter is worth the 'entrance fee' alone. Ong bak was a superior film and hopefully he'll one day get a film vehicle, with high production values, that his talents undoubtedly deserve.

Next on the agender!

A great second film from this awesome newcomer, Tony Jaa. Action packed fighting scenes with a heart felt storyline. If this guy can learn to speak English soon, then he will have a great future ahead, as to the likes of Jackie Chan and Jet Li. I await the next installment with much anticipation .

[Highly rated reviewer]

Nelly the Elephant packed a punch!

The story line is laughable, as is some of the acting, but the fighting is amazing; no strings attatched! Half way through there is one of the longest 'one take' fights scenes ever recorded on celluloid (over four minutes). The scene was filmed 6 times (due to props not breaking etc). The FINAL take was the one used in the film......