L'honneur du dragon

Original title: Tom yum goong

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A young fighter named Kham must go to Australia to retrieve his stolen elephant. With the help of a Thai-born Australian detective, Kham must take on all comers, including a gang led by an e... Read allA young fighter named Kham must go to Australia to retrieve his stolen elephant. With the help of a Thai-born Australian detective, Kham must take on all comers, including a gang led by an evil woman and her two deadly bodyguards.A young fighter named Kham must go to Australia to retrieve his stolen elephant. With the help of a Thai-born Australian detective, Kham must take on all comers, including a gang led by an evil woman and her two deadly bodyguards.

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IMDb RATING

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T.K.
(as a different name)

Xing Jin

Madame Rose
(as Jin Xing)

Phetthai Vongkumlao

Mark
(as Petchtai Wongkamlao)

Bongkoj Khongmalai

Pla
(as Bongkod Khongmalai)

Johnny Tri Nguyen

Johnny

Lateef Crowder

Capoeira Fighter

Jon Foo

Wushu Fighter
(as Jonathan Patrick Foo)

Damian de Montemas

Vincent

David Asavanond

Officer Rick
(as David Chatchavan Asavanod)

Winai Poonpermpmpon

Fortune Teller

Sotorn Rungruaeng

Kham's Father

Amonphan Gongtragan

Goong

Nutdanai Kong

Kham (9 years old)

Sambat the Elephant

Por Yai

Yoyo

Korn

Singha

Korn

Sutanai Buyaketu

Suthep

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Trivia
Contains one of the longest no-cut fight scenes in movie history: the fight up floor after floor lasted four-plus minutes.

Goofs
In the long-take brothel fight, Kham knocks a thug's head into a frame and glass shatters. However, the shattering glass is a CG effect and the reflection on the glass is still there. (This is due to an on-set mistake when the prop failed to break)

Quotes
Kham: Where the hell is my elephant?

Alternate versions
US version was cut by the distributor (The Weinstein Company) from 109 minutes to 81 minutes to 'tighten up' the film (which is frequently done with martial arts films owned by them). Additionally it has a new score by RZA.

Connections
Featured in Siskel & Ebert & the Movies: The Last Kiss/SherryBaby/Broken Bridges/The Wicker Man/The Protector (2006)

Soundtracks
Baby
(Uncredited)
Written by Michael Baiardi and Maurice
Published by Soundfile Publishing
Performed by Maurice
Courtesy of Soundfile Productions, Inc.

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Featured review

7/10

Incredible Martial Arts film

There are parts of Tom Yum Goong (or, as we like to call it, WHERE'S MY ELEPHANT) that amateurish and distracting; especially in some of the camera work and editing. However, those are but minor nit picks in a movie that has some of the best fight sequences I've seen. One, in particular, stands out as it involves a continuous tracking shot of a huge mêlée involving a 4 or 5 story building and a long staircase that winds up all the floors. The entire sequence is one shot, with no cuts or edits. It's worth watching the movie through again just for that sequence.

The story is pretty basic, but really, what at we going to see? This is no Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon, but it doesn't aim to be. The story is adequate to get you from one sequence to the next.

Tony Jaa is outstanding. His skills in the fight scenes are particularly astonishing given the overall lack of editing in these sequences. He's obviously doing all these things himself, and mostly in real time.

One minor note that I found amusing, though it might only be funny to fans of the movie BABE, the name of the production company is "Baa-Ram-Ewe"