Tony Jaa was way underused


I didn't even know he was in this. Aside from a couple cool moves he did very little. All the best parts of this movie were with the real martial artists like Donnie Yen. He had some solid action scenes. They should've let them shine more. Most of Yens good stuff was early too. They didn't advertise Jaa being in it at all. Crazy.

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He as totally awesome in this. I didn't even realize it was the same guy from all those movies years ago. I mean it was mostly just bad ass gymnastic stunts, but still, they looked great.

"I said no camels, that's five camels, can't you count?"

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That's what I've been saying for both Jaa and Yen. I have to admit it was vintage Jaa and to be honest I enjoyed his club dancing rather than another fight scene.

Humble move allowing Yen the godfather to shine. As a fan of both I also appreciated their scenes together. Jaa is already a big star and I think he just had fun with it without the pressure of impressing a western audience for acceptance into stardom. As was the case for international stars like Yen, Jackie Chan and even Jet Li for the past 3 decades.

Even so to not advertise him at ALL in promos or trailers was rather neglectful.

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