Notable Cast: Tony Jaa, Chen Duo-Yi, Eason Hung, Xing Yu,
Philip Keung Ho-Man, Yu Bolin, Mao Fan
Although Tony Jaa has seen his fair share of little cameos
or more minor secondary roles throughout the years, lately, he’s taken chiefly
roles as part of an ensemble or as a second lead to someone else. Were the days
of a Tony Jaa lead film already over?
Well, if there’s any industry that can revitalize a career in action with
minimal risk and maximum reward, it’s the damn Chinese streaming industry. So,
in a strange twist of fate, it’s not flirting with Hollywood that would
reignite Jaa’s leading man career, but it’s a straight-to-streaming action
flick like Striking Rescue. Not that this one is going to find a ton of
new fans, but it’s definitely going to light the fire for a lot of action fans
with its blend of baseline action drama, brutal action beatdowns, and a very
shouty, darkened performance by our leading hero, the hero of elbows and knees.
Striking Rescue is the kind of film his fan base has been asking for -
light on plot, heavy on beatdowns.