The protector 2 series#

Even the purely hand-to-hand fights feel like theyвЂ™re out of moves and just repeating the same cycles of choreography. I mean, use visual effects to promote safety and protect the actors, but donвЂ™t use it to fake their performances.

Later, a perfectly good real fight is ruined by becoming engulfed with CGI fire. IвЂ™m thinking of The Myth, but Tom Yum Goong 2 is just adding Michael Bay style destruction to its fight scenes.

ThatвЂ™s impressive creatively, but itвЂ™s so filled with fakery that who cares? Even Jackie ChanвЂ™s problematic CGI was an attempt to create choreography with different physics. The motorcycle sequence does go on forever. ItвЂ™s not like we havenвЂ™t already seen this motorcycle chase done for real in the last film, and forget about any four-minute single-take fight scenes. ThatвЂ™s fine, but if you need a digital double to pull off a move, just do a different move. Some of the CGI is to enhance the 3D version of the film, sticking things out at the audience. IвЂ™d be okay with wirework too because manipulating wires is still a very athletic art, but CGI is just replacing the physical with something intangible. Dodging CGI cars is not awesome, and a digital Tony parkouring on a billboard is not awesome. The one way my вЂњbecause itвЂ™s awesomeвЂќ defense works is if it is legitimately awesome. I could complain that theyвЂ™re not even good visual effects, but good visual effects are besides the point.

The protector 2 series#

So who thought it would be a good idea to replace that with visual effects? Some fans complained that Ong Bak 2 was just a series of fights, but at least it was a series of real fights. He may be exaggerating, but itвЂ™s a great way to think about the amazing physical feats he can legitimately perform. Tony JaaвЂ™s story goes that he grew up watching Hong Kong martial arts movies but didnвЂ™t know they were using wires, so he trained himself to do wirework moves for real. The new sequence is more elaborate, but in the worst possible way. Tom Yum Goong had a sequence where Kham is chased by motorcyclists, so Tom Yum Goong 2 has another sequence where heвЂ™s chased by motorcyclists. Second Opinion: William Bibbiani says The Protector 2 is entertainingВ enough to make up for all the lame CGI. Alas, Tom Yum Goong 2 suffers from total sequelitis: essentially the same plot, and largely the same action too. A thin plot would be okay, if it was awesome. This time the conspiracy is more complicated, including RZA as a gangster who wants to recruit Kham, but I wouldnвЂ™t have a problem with just another chase movie. Another bad guy steals Kham (Jaa)вЂ™s elephant so Kham returns to the big city to beat up bad guys until he rescues his beloved pet.