Thai martial artist Tony Jaa gave notice that old-school bone cracking was back in the house in his first internationally distributed feature, ONG-BAK (2003), a paean to the power of fists of fury to outshine digitally enhanced, wirework-facilitated, editing-fragmented action. Jaa stuck with ONG-BAK director-scenarist Prachya Pinkaew for his follow-up, which features a similar mix of furious fighting and sentimental drama. Kham Koi (Jaa) are descended from an ancient clan who raise superior elephants — Thai tradition has it that kings derive power from particularly superior elephants — and protect their charges using the ancient martial art of
Muay Thai. The p...
Released:
2005
Rated:
R
Length:
84 mins