What we've got here is a martial arts action flick advertised as yet another Tony Jaa triumph, with very little screen time for Tony Jaa. Once again, he appears on the front and back of the film's cover, and his name is splattered in every available space, but he's hardly in it. Saying that, however, it's a much better film that Spirited Warrior, which was a complete travesty and an insult to Tony Jaa fans everywhere.
The best thing about this film is not the action, nor the storyline, but rather the English language dubbing. Never before have so many laughs been generated by the tediously poor voice-acting of no-name nobodies desperate to release this trash and pass it off as a Tony Jaa movie on the back of the successes of Ong Bak and Warrior King. I don't think I've laughed so much at the dubbing of any Asian films, and I do have a lot of them. This beats the lot in crapness of voice-acting, and is worth watching for that alone. It's as though the people doing the dubbing realised it was a poor film, and wanted to lighten the mood with their hilarious interpretations. One big butch character near the beginning says the word "exterminated" and says it like Arnold Schwarzenegger - nice! Overall, if you want to watch this movie to see Tony Jaa, don't bother. If, however, you've got a couple of hours spare and can do with cheering up, the dubbing makes this film a million times better to watch, due to its ironic humour.
I don't know if even Tony Jaa realises he's in this film, though.
The best thing about this film is not the action, nor the storyline, but rather the English language dubbing. Never before have so many laughs been generated by the tediously poor voice-acting of no-name nobodies desperate to release this trash and pass it off as a Tony Jaa movie on the back of the successes of Ong Bak and Warrior King. I don't think I've laughed so much at the dubbing of any Asian films, and I do have a lot of them. This beats the lot in crapness of voice-acting, and is worth watching for that alone. It's as though the people doing the dubbing realised it was a poor film, and wanted to lighten the mood with their hilarious interpretations. One big butch character near the beginning says the word "exterminated" and says it like Arnold Schwarzenegger - nice! Overall, if you want to watch this movie to see Tony Jaa, don't bother. If, however, you've got a couple of hours spare and can do with cheering up, the dubbing makes this film a million times better to watch, due to its ironic humour.
I don't know if even Tony Jaa realises he's in this film, though.
