“Striking Rescue” is a rather entertaining martial art movie in which Tony Jaa portrays a new man, who turned to fighting again after seeing his wife and daughter’s bodies. However, the story is quite close to the most famous ‘one man against the world’ but in this case, the feelings easily recognizable as anger and grief due to the loss, the feeling of a joke sent to a hunter in Jaa’s character transformation from a family man to a ruthless killer. It represents brilliant work in respect with choreography presenting perfect fight scenes as the story of Jaa’s suffering and anger told through the means of the Muay Thai.
The blocking is credited for it with tight fighting scenes indicating dramatic tension good enough to represent Jaa’s suffering. In this context, at least, the sharp visuals and humming pace do help with the action the movie needed; There might be a complaint about a lack of character development which makes supporting characters too stagnant.
It is a homage to Muay Thai and Jaa’s stardom within that genre, not shying away from both adrenaline-inflaming action and genuinely emotional message of self-redemption. There is some depth to the character arcs, but they seem severely limited primarily to Jaa and his desire for revenge. In conclusion, whilst “Striking Rescue,” has fast fantastic martial arts action sequences and an emotional depiction of grief, it cements Tony Jaa as a martial arts legend and those that love martial arts films.
