Phil Hubbs (aka Tom-Yum-Goong, The Warrior King, Thai Dragon, Revenge of the Warrior)A much hyped fight film from Muay Thai expert Tony Jaa with many many excellent stunts and chase sequences. The only problem is we have now seen all this before from various other martial arts experts.The film itself is fine but its not really too original in any aspect, a simple revenge plot as usual and Jaa showing his skills yet again. Its very spectacular but I personally didn't get too engrossed. The most impressive thing about the whole film is the MMA fight sequences (the basic reason for this movies existence), mainly the fight between Jaa and Capoeira fighter Lateef Crowder.This one fight sequence is the most impressive fight I've seen in years, its fantastic, Crowder is amazing and almost too good to be true with his moves. Add to this the following fight between Wushu expert John Foo and then a one off battle against wrestling strong man Nathan Jones which is impressive merely to see the size differences, think Bruce Lee v Kareem Abdul Jabbar.To be honest the film is worth seeing for those three fights, apart from that its business as usual with this action film.7/10

KineticSeoul I saw this movie just right when it came out and saw it again. Both times, I was just bored with the story and found the fighting parts to be silly and kinda boring to watch. When it came to the story, it just felt drawn out and I just didn't have any interest in what was going on. The story is about a guy that loses his elephant by poachers that kidnap and sell the animals for food to rich people. Some may claim, it's the fight scenes that matter for this types of genre. Which in a sense I do agree. But I think there needs to be at least a good enough momentum that excites the viewers. For example, the Transformers movies is primarily about Transformers, but if there is no drive that leads to the action sequences. Than the cause for watching the fights just lacks emotions. Now I am not saying martial arts movies needs a solid story to make it work. But I think what counts, is the transition into the fight sequences. The fight scenes are alright, but nothing really hard-hitting as "Ong-Bak". And like I said the fights aren't incorporated into the story very well and sometimes just seems random and silly. When it came to the twist, it was suppose to be an emotional part of the story. But I just could not get into it, because this movie is lame and silly. This whole movie is basically to showcase Tony Jaa's acrobatic skills and stunts. Which is fine, but the fight sequences were a bit on the dull side. Except that one scene with Tony walking up the stairs while throwing people overboard in just one long shot. But besides that all the other fights just didn't stand out or got me excited. I respect Tony Jaa and I think he is a great practitioner of Muy Thai. However I think it's the hard-hitting aspects of this art that makes it exciting. I guess they try to blend Muy Thai and acrobatics to make it more exciting. But it was done much better in "Ong Bak". I could sort of tell they tried to have a story, but it just isn't integrated very well into the fight scenes.6/10

GodzillaVSJaws in the 80s we action film fans had a lot going for us. Because the action stars back then actually had real fighting experience. Chuck Norris, Steven Seagal, and of course jackie chan , sammo hung, and yuen biao. The problem is, now all of these people are old no longer making any movies. So, what are we to do? Well luckily some Thailand action buffs thought the same thing, and thus Tony Jaa was born. You really have to be a true action film fan to appreciate the action stardom that Tony Jaa has. He is "the next great one", and his films deserve to be honored by the likes of those good old action classics. could talk all day but sadly i have a life and must go back to-oh who am i kidding, IMDb still has not posted My review of the worst movie of 2008; The Dark Knight.

SmokeyTee I tried this one twice when I started doubting myself given the favorable reviews. No luck this really is just a stupid movie with some big stunts.Ong Bak really set the bar for Tony Jaa and this films departure from such a successful formula into Tony Jaa VS Teenage-Mutant-Ninja-Turtles,DayGlo-motocross-riding, street-gang-hoodlums in Sydney just didn't lift my skirt.Like Jackie Chan's Australian film (whatever it is called) it's weak and feels like 'Hollywood on the Goldcoast'. Unlike Chan's Rumble In The Bronx which went all out for cartoon silliness and was much more successful.There may be some great stunts and if you can watch a film purely for that then this one might be the greatest film you've ever seen.