Bone-crunching action triumphs over story and, uh, character development.

It's tremendously refreshing to see a film that relies solely on the choreography of its athletic star to make the action work.

Pretty tough to sit through.

The Protector is all spectacle and invention. Jaa is Fred Astaire strutting atop throngs of clueless enemies with grace and vigor. The film falls short not because they story is weak, but because the story is there at all.