First and foremost, I must say that I was impressed by Tony Jaa. It was like the first time I saw Bruce Lee, Jackie Chan or Jet Li in a martial arts movie. I won’t make comparisons between those three or Jaa as they are all great. Most importantly, Jaa does have the impressive ability to make you say wow with his stunts. I liked the theme, that is that people are being corrupted by modern lifein the city and that the old ways are good and pure.
I did think the plot was a little on the light side, many of the better kung fu movies will have a well developed plot, good fighting and distinct characters. A little more character development would have gone a long way here.
Overall, a great movie for fans of martial arts.