The Protector (2005)
ต้มยำกุ้ง
Vengeance Knows No Mercy.
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The Protector rating: IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes and Metacritic
IMDb7/10· 40K votes
Rotten Tomatoes53%
Metacritic52%
TMDb7.1/10· 933 votesWith 53% on Rotten Tomatoes, backed by 7/10 on IMDb and 52/100 on Metacritic, critical reception of this film has been mixed.
About The Protector
A young fighter named Kham must go to Australia to retrieve his stolen elephant. With the help of a Thai-born Australian detective, Kham must take on all comers, including a gang led by an evil woman and her two deadly bodyguards.
Cast of The Protector
Tony Jaa
as Kham
Petchtai Wongkamlao
as Mark
Bongkoj Khongmalai
as Pla
Jin Xing
as Madame Rose
Nathan Jones
as T.K.
Johnny Tri Nguyen
as Johnny
Lateef Crowder
as Capoeira Fighter
Jonathan Patrick Foo
as Wushu Fighter
Damian de Montemas
as Vincent
- W
Winai Poonpermsiri
as Fortune Teller
David Asavanond
as Officer Rick
- K
Kittapon Wattanasinchai
as Couple on the Street
The Protector facts
- Original title
- ต้มยำกุ้ง
- Budget
- $6M
- Box office
- $27.2M
- Collection
- The Protector Collection
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Audience opinions
What the audience liked
- •Prachya Pinkaew crafts compelling fighter-protagonist arc
- •Elephant-animal relationship adds emotional depth
- •Action-thriller delivers engaging martial-arts choreography
What the audience disliked
- •Gang-crime subplot receives mixed critical reception
- •Buddhism theme underdeveloped in action-focused narrative
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