Sunday, November 14, 2004

Tom Yum Goong trailers in Thai theaters

Teasers for Tom Yum Goong, the followup to Ong-Bak, have started showing the Thai theaters. I was so blown away, I had trouble paying attention to what was actually going on. All it was a blur of elephants and Muay Thai kicks.

The scene opens with a bunch of working forest elephants being washed in a river by their keepers. Then there's a blur of Tony Jaa kicking. There's some Chinese bad guys. And then there's more Tony Jaa.

I'd like to find a source for downloads of this, but haven't had much luck so far. I just hope to see it again, soon.

Tom Yum Goong is due out in early 2005. The story involves Tony as a country boy who has to track down a prized elephant that is stolen by some mobsters.

It has been filmed in Australia and Thailand and is reportedly going to be mostly in English. It will be making a big push for the international market and I would guess it will be released Asiawide on its debut, rather than being only limited to Thailand.

"Tak" Bongkot, the lovely faced young actress from Ai-Fak, Bang Rajan and Kun Pan also has reportedly joined the cast.

(Cross-published at Rotten Tomatoes)

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