The Protector

DarkMatter

DarkMatter

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Ok so this movie doesn't have much going for it story wise, but what it lacks in story it more than makes up for in action. And like Ong-Bak before it, doesn't let you down whare it counts. And whare it counts is action. Tony Jaa delivers real time no cut and paste fight scenes, no cheesy wire work, here just the real deal.

Check out american release trailer.

http://www.apple.com/trailers/weinstein/theprotector/hd/
 
i've seen some scenes from this where it looks like they did a very long fighting scene without cutting. at least it looked to me as if they didn't cut it anywhere. looked really impressive.

but mostly its just a stupid action movie worth watching for the fight scenes
 
Ong-bak ruled.

This looks awesome.

i hate the milktoast name they gave it though.

Tom yum goong (sp?) was so much better.
 
Towards the end there is a un-cut fight scene, whare he travels up large spiraling staircase, busting heads and tossing guys over the side. One thing i like about this movie over Ong-Bak(If that's possible) Is there are alot more dislocations and bone breaks, adding to the overall visceral effect.... Again movie sucks action rocks.
 
Ong Bak was very cool, story sucked, action and stunts blew my mind so bad I was picking up pieces for a week.

I just wish there could be more Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, House of Flying Daggers, Hero type movies made. I hope this next Jet Li movie, which will be awesome no matter what, is in this vein.
 
MOVIE STUNTS said:
Are you talking about Fearless, it was ok. If it makes you happy it is in the same vein.
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Yup that's the one. It does make me happy as long as the story was okay to good and the fighting was well done and added to the story. Was this already released in HK or elsewhere first? I might be reading you wrong, but are you not a fan of those movies?

Also, I like martial arts movies and will accept a bad story as long as it doesn't annoy me. Which for me excludes most recent Jackie Chan movies.
 
Alex DePew said:
Yup that's the one. It does make me happy as long as the story was okay to good and the fighting was well done and added to the story. Was this already released in HK or elsewhere first? I might be reading you wrong, but are you not a fan of those movies?

Also, I like martial arts movies and will accept a bad story as long as it doesn't annoy me. Which for me excludes most recent Jackie Chan movies.
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I love those movies don't get me wrong, but the flying around wire work garbage makes me want to puke. Whare you have good action you don't need flying around to distract from it IMO.
 
The production value and story on The Protector looks weak, but that fight footage is great.

My lead actress (16 yr old) has been in fight trainging for 6 months now and she is learning all her fights as close contact and full routines. There will be few camera angle cheats and she will have full 2-3 minute non-stop scenes (that is alot of fighting) run uncut. And there are numerous in the film. No slomo closeups, just hard hitting action.

See this thread with some brief training footage used for shuuter speed tests.

http://www.dvxuser.com/V6/showthread.php?t=68667

The fight sequence and sword sequence are just two parts of a 3-4 minute scene that will be shot uncut. There are a lot of moves and some work better from different angles (she's 5'1" and her standing round kick to the head of a 6'1" male is gorgeous) and need to be covered for aesthetics. Also, storywise, we will need a couple cuts. But we will never use cuts or closeups to cover moves.

In the first clip above - the fight footage, the sound was left out, but if it were there, you wouldn't need punch sound effects. That's a 90 lb girl blocking full strikes from a 22 yr martial artist.

I showed her the Protector trailer today and she got jazzed. She wants to try some of the stuff. But her character is kickass, not all acrobatic. In the scene posted above, her opponent goes all Darth Maul on her and she just lays a smackdown. It's good stuff.

The Protector looks great though. I cant wait. I bought Ong-Bak after I saw the trailer in the theater a few weeks ago but haven't had the time to get to it.

-GageFX
 
I saw the original Thai version and I was totally blow away. Yeah, the story pretty much sucked but thankfully the director realized that we really don't give a crap about the story anyway and focused on what counts: the action. That uncut scene that everyone was talking about is nearly 4 minutes long! Tony Jaa kicks some serious ass.

I saw Fearless as well and that was equally great. Unfortunately the version I saw was trimmed for American release which leaves a lot of gaping hole in the storyline. Too bad it's Jet Li's last martial art film.
 
Saw the movie about a year ago. As everyone already said the story (and acting) sucks. The few foreigners they have on screen looked like they were just pulled off the street and given some lines to read. Really bad acting and dialogue. "Where's MY elephant?!?!"

This was mentioned earlier, but there is a fight scene towards the end that is unreal. Basically, Tony Jaa is going up a 5 or 6 story building that has an interior atrium (so you can see all the floors from the inside). He makes his way up the entire building (non-stop/no cuts) fighting about 50 people along the way. The entire scene lasts about 4 minutes. Which is a long time for a fight scene with no breaks. The choreography must have taken weeks and the steadicam operator had to have been as tough as Tony Jaa to follow him around like that.

If you want more information on Tony Jaa you can visit http://www.tonyjaa.org . Tony even sometimes posts there. And if you look closely on their site you might even see a familar logo (wink, wink). :)
 
PK Gillock said:
Saw the movie about a year ago. As everyone already said the story (and acting) sucks. The few foreigners they have on screen looked like they were just pulled off the street and given some lines to read. Really bad acting and dialogue. "Where's MY elephant?!?!"

This was mentioned earlier, but there is a fight scene towards the end that is unreal. Basically, Tony Jaa is going up a 5 or 6 story building that has an interior atrium (so you can see all the floors from the inside). He makes his way up the entire building (non-stop/no cuts) fighting about 50 people along the way. The entire scene lasts about 4 minutes. Which is a long time for a fight scene with no breaks. The choreography must have taken weeks and the steadicam operator had to have been as tough as Tony Jaa to follow him around like that.

If you want more information on Tony Jaa you can visit http://www.tonyjaa.org . Tony even sometimes posts there. And if you look closely on their site you might even see a familar logo (wink, wink). :)
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That last scene is crazy. That's how I always envisioned something like that. Just a non-stop fist fest.
 
GageFX said:
The production value and story on The Protector looks weak, but that fight footage is great.

My lead actress (16 yr old) has been in fight trainging for 6 months now and she is learning all her fights as close contact and full routines. There will be few camera angle cheats and she will have full 2-3 minute non-stop scenes (that is alot of fighting) run uncut. And there are numerous in the film. No slomo closeups, just hard hitting action.

See this thread with some brief training footage used for shuuter speed tests.

http://www.dvxuser.com/V6/showthread.php?t=68667

The fight sequence and sword sequence are just two parts of a 3-4 minute scene that will be shot uncut. There are a lot of moves and some work better from different angles (she's 5'1" and her standing round kick to the head of a 6'1" male is gorgeous) and need to be covered for aesthetics. Also, storywise, we will need a couple cuts. But we will never use cuts or closeups to cover moves.

In the first clip above - the fight footage, the sound was left out, but if it were there, you wouldn't need punch sound effects. That's a 90 lb girl blocking full strikes from a 22 yr martial artist.

I showed her the Protector trailer today and she got jazzed. She wants to try some of the stuff. But her character is kickass, not all acrobatic. In the scene posted above, her opponent goes all Darth Maul on her and she just lays a smackdown. It's good stuff.

The Protector looks great though. I cant wait. I bought Ong-Bak after I saw the trailer in the theater a few weeks ago but haven't had the time to get to it.

-GageFX
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So what is your movie about, and when does it come out?
 
jade8472 said:
I saw Fearless as well and that was equally great. Unfortunately the version I saw was trimmed for American release which leaves a lot of gaping hole in the storyline. Too bad it's Jet Li's last martial art film.
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How is it his last martial arts film?
 
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