Also known as “The Protector” to you lame-o’s who are scared of foreign films. Tony Jaa is back breakin’ necks, droppin’ elbows, and knee’s like no other man in cinematic history. If you’ve seen Ong Bak then you know Tony Jaa owns your soul. If you haven’t then you suck…end of story, no argument needed.

Any way, Tom Yum Goong is very similar in story to Ong Bak, but we don’t watch these movies for the story or social commentary. We watch to see Jaa destroy bitches with his acrobatic, deadly, brutal, gravity defying Muay Thai. And he does not disappoint. There’s about 30 minutes of said story before we get our first ass whoopin’, but once it begins you barely get a chance to breathe. The biggest and possibly greatest 1-on-infinite fight in history is in this movie. There’s a one shot take of Jaa’s character ascending about 6 floors of stairs kicking ass all the way. No cuts the entire scene. It was incredible.

Then there’s another 1-on-infinite scene where he’s breaking bones like a madman. Just brutality at it’s finest.

Then one of my favorite scenes(they’re all good) is Jaa versus the Capoeira guy. I love Capoeira, but it’s rarely ever used in movies. Only one I can think of is the painfully underrated “Only the Strong”. Maybe Jean Claude’s “Bloodsport” but it’s been awhile since I’ve seen it. It was done really well in this movie. Great fight scene.

Even the cheesy ending didn’t bother me. It just seemed to fit. Anyway, check it out. Well worth a purchase if you’re a fan of ass-kicking brutality.