Tom yum goong 2 (2013)

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1. 

   Siskoid

   I don't think Tony Jaa will ever equal to success and quality of Ong-Bak and The Protector, but it's fun to see him try. The Protector 2 means to do so. Jaa is back as the elephant protector, and you'd think the bad guys would have learned by now not to steal his elephant. They do, ridiculous mayhem ensues. If there's a problem here, it's that this was meant to be Thailand's first 3D movie, so of course it's full of junk flying unconvincingly at the screen. That also meant a lot of it had to be shot in front of green screens, and if you know Jaa's group for anything, it's the "done for real" nature of the stunts and fights. Having some fakery of this type hurts the film. I also think it's a question of diminishing returns. The first action sequence lasts a worthy 20 minutes. There are some great fights after that. But when your finale involves the RZA as the big bad... I'm afraid he's no Madame Rose. Still a fairly entertaining action flick - there are things here I've never seen elsewhere, and that's usually my measuring stick for these things - but a little too in love with its 3D gimmick, and with a political subplot I could easily have done without. 8 years 10 months ago
2. 

   ThomasFTB

   A pale imitation of the original.
   
   What worked about its predecessor was that it had the kind of "oh my God how did they film that and not kill someone??" practical stunt work that seems almost dead in martial arts movies these days.
   The sequel, by contrast, is a montage of appallingly bad greenscreens and optical composits, to the point that I often wondered if any of the actors were even in the same room.
   And really? Lightsaber sound effects? 9 years 9 months ago
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   Flops

   The whole reason we like Tony Jaa movies is because he is real and brutal and barely says anything. This movie has way too much story and way too many specially effects. Using lightsaber sound effects was particularly strange. Weaksauce movie. 10 years ago

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