Tom Yum Goong aka The Protector
Sorry about the mispelling, I am guessing it is wrong.
I saw a release date of Aug. 15 which means I may be able to watch it soon! I will let you all know if it is the sh!t when I see it:D
Ya know I was thinkign about this
is this even comign to my city. On Kung fu cinema they didn't say anything about it being a nation wide release. :(
Actually, that's not shrimp in that soup....
...but the film *is* about soup, sort of, TWS. I merged this into an earlier thread that explains somewhat, but warning *spoilers above*.
I just met Tony Jaa a few minutes ago. Nice guy. He did a little demo and signed autographs. I was impressed by his down-to-earth character, and of course, his speed and accuracy. He was on a lemongrassroots tour promoting The Protector and appeared at Sam Kru's school in SF.
Sorry to disappoint you again, jethro, but the release of The Protector is being delayed until Sept. 8th. The good news is that it's going to have a much larger release than was originally slated for the Aug. 15th date.
Well, I don't know about *your* soup...
...nor do I know about "their version of holy water". But I'm excited about the wider release of Tom Yum Goong even though I wasn't a huge fan of the film. The Protector is a funny American title because it was also the title of Jackie's 2nd worst film ever, his 1985 American follow-up to the Cannonball Run series. (IMHO, Jackie's worst was his 2003 U.S. film, Medallion).
BTW, here's some more Thai teasers: Spirited Killer is coming to U.S. DVD. It's an early Jaa film, focusing more on his teacher/svengali Panna Rittikrai. If you've seen Born to Fight, you know Rittikrai is the source. ony's manager, Gilbert Lim, said Tony was just about to return to Thailand to work on Ong Bak 2. He also said that Rittikrai was involved in a new project, soon to premeire called Chocolate, featuring a female Thai Boxer heroine. Chocolate Thai? Hmm, that used to mean something quite different in my recollection.