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When Tony Jaa Finds Out His Elephant Is Dead – The Protector

First of all, it is SUCH a shame that The Protector 2 sucked, because part one was pretty fucking awesome. It is like The Jungle Book on meth. Essentially, it’s about a dude who loves elephants. When his elephant gets taken, he goes on killing spree to find it. When he finds out that it’s been killed, he ups his killing spree immensely.

Though the whole film is filled with Muay Thai awesomeness, it is all at its zenith when Tony Jaa finds out that his beloved elephant is dead. At first he has no reason to live, so they all start beating him down and he just takes it. Then one of the dudes stabs him, and it is like that wakes up some rage in him, because that is the genesis for the mass ass-kicking and bone breaking orgy he partakes in.

It is the idea of someone at absolute zero, with nothing left to lose, finally snapping. Sound design works wonderfully as well here, as each crack and snap of bone echoes so much that you can truly feel it.