Tony Jaa Throws Some Bows in New Trailer for 'The Protector 2'

As the martial arts excitement continues to build for The Raid 2 (and for damn good reason), let's not forget that there's another genre film that will be hoping to match it in terms of sheer violence. After nine years, Muay Thai superstar Tony Jaa returns for The Protector 2, which finds his character under assault from the cops, rival fighters, and the nieces of a dead mob boss.

Although we've seen a couple of trailers already, a new one has been released which gives us our best look yet at RZA hamming it up as a crime lord running an underground fighting ring that Jaa gets roped into. Meanwhile, Jaa must also find his missing elephant. Yeah, it sounds crazy but the plot is secondary to the fighting, which looks faster and more deadly than the prior film. Let's just say that it doesn't look like Jaa has lost a step, in fact he looks better than ever. Now that he has a key role in Fast & Furious 7, Jaa could making moves in America just as Jet Li did years ago.

The Protector 2 hits theaters on May 2nd, but can be seen March 27th On Demand.

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Watch Vin Diesel and Tony Jaa Combat Train for 'Fast & Furious 7'; New Trailer for 'The Protector 2'

Vin Diesel is 46 years old, but you'd never know it to look at him in this new training video for Fast & Furious 7. Growing older also doesn't seem to have affected his social networking proficiency, as the popular star's Facebook page is rapidly approaching 50 million likes, leading to the release of this footage of him sparring with martial arts superstar Tony Jaa of Ong Bak fame.

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So this video is incredible for any number of reasons. For one thing, it shows Diesel is quite the bad ass in his own right and not just a guy who looks tough on screen. But also it's great to see Jaa, who co-stars in the film as well, enjoying the process of making movies again. He famously became disillusioned after the Ong Bak franchise and left the business for a time, but now he's back in a major way. He's also got a sequel to his unquestioned classic The Protector on the way, for which an extended, 3D version of the trailer has been released.

Fast & Furious 7 opens on July 11th, while The Protector 2 hits Thailand tomorrow.

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