Tom-Yum-Goong

Tom-Yum-Goong
The English-language Thai movie poster
Directed by	Prachya Pinkaew
Produced by	Somsak Techaratanaprasert Prachya Pinkaew Sukanya Vongsthapat
Written by	Prachya Pinkaew Kongdej Jaturanrasamee Napalee Piyaros Thongdee Joe Wannapin
Starring	Tony Jaa Nathan Jones Petchtai Wongkamlao Jon Foo Bongkoj Khongmalai Xing Jing Johnny Tri Nguyen
Music by	Howard Drossin
Cinematography	Nattawut Kittikhun
Edited by	Stratos Gabrielidis
Production company	Baa-ram-ewe
Distributed by	Sahamongkol Film International
Release date	11 August 2005
Running time	110 minutes
Country	Thailand
Language	Thai English Mandarin
Budget	$5 million
Box office	$27,165,581

Tom-Yum-Goong (Thai: ต้มยำกุ้ง, IPA: [tôm jam kûŋ]) is a 2005 Thai martial arts action film starring Tony Jaa. The film was directed by Prachya Pinkaew, who also directed Jaa's prior breakout film Ong-Bak. As with Ong-Bak, the fights were choreographed by Jaa and his mentor, Panna Rittikrai. The film was distributed as Warrior King in the United Kingdom, as The Protector in the United States, as Thai Dragon in Spain, as Revenge of the Warrior in Germany, and as Honor of the Dragon in Russia and CIS countries.

Kham is the last of a family line of guards who once watched over the King of Thailand's war elephants. Traditionally, only the most perfect elephants could successfully defend the throne, and very great care was taken in raising them. Kham grows up forming close relations to his elephant, Por Yai and his calf, Kohrn. During Songkran festival, the elephants are stolen with help from Mr. Suthep, a local MP and his son who are collaborating with elephant poachers. Kham discovers that they are in the hands of Johnny, a Vietnamese gangster who runs a Thai restaurant named Tom Yum Goong Otob in Sydney, Australia.

Kham arrives in Sydney, and is stalked by the police as soon as he leaves the airport. Kham coerces a gangster to lead him to Johnny's hideout, interrupting a drug deal. Outraged, Johnny summons countless extreme sports enthusiasts, who arrive to fight Kham.

Exhausted, Kham falls asleep in an alley. A prostitute brings him to her apartment. In his sleep, he dreams of an epic battle involving war elephants and the Jaturangkabart, the elephant protectors. When Pla leaves, Kham wakes up to the sound of police sirens and must escape.

Two officers, Mark and Rick are taken off the case and reassigned to provide security for the Police Commissioner's meeting with Mr. Sim. In that meeting, Pla acted as a hostess girl to the two men. During the meeting, Mr. Sim and the Commissioner are murdered. The murder is instigated by Vincent, who kills Rick and puts the blame on Mark. Mark escapes, but is later captured.