Jaa plays Kham, a young fighter who travels to Sydney after his family's elephants are kidnapped. Because no matter how concerned one might be about inflection or emotional attachment, this movie is nothing short of riveting, and heralds Jaa as no less than heir apparent to Lee's throne. But having seen Tom yung goong, renamed The Protector by the Weinstein Company for a new two-disc DVD release, I'm not entirely sure that acting - at least in the Olivier-De Niro sense - makes much of a difference. Even though I'd seen the film and witnessed a demonstration of his abilities first-hand, I wasn't especially impressed at the time like the legions of stunt men aspiring to leading-man status before him, his abilities were diminished by a decided lack of acting ability. Two years ago I actually met Tony Jaa in a Los Angeles hotel for an interview in conjunction with the release of Ong-bak, his first internationally-distributed film.
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