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Bangkok Dangerous

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Bangkok Dangerous

Original title

Bangkok Dangerous

Year

2008

Running time

100 min.

Country

United States

Director

Oxide Pang, Danny Pang

Screenwriter

Jason Richman. Remake: Oxide Pang, Danny Pang

Cast

Music

Brian Tyler

Cinematography

Decha Srimantra

Producer

Lionsgate, Blue Star Pictures, Living Films, Saturn Films, IEG Virtual Studios

Genre

Action. Thriller | Remake. Crime

Synopsis

Joe (Nicolas Cage) is a professional hit man who picks someone off the street to do his errands, and after he is finished kills that person. His next assignment takes him to Bangkok, and as usual, he finds a street kid named Kong (Shahkrit Yamnarm) to help him. After Kong has a close call and learns who Joe is, Kong asks him to train him and he does. Joe also meets a local girl who is deaf and spends time with her. However, Joe has a hard time keeping his other life from her. It also appears that the person who hired Joe, breaks his rule of complete anonymity and tries to find him.

Critics' reviews

"Despite a few sentimental flourishes, this programmer delivers for action fans. (...) Bangkok won't be making any appearances at the Oscars, but it is executed with skill and -- a severed limb or two notwithstanding -- without too much bloody excess."

Stephen Farber: The Hollywood Reporter
"Of all the shoddy, insipid qualities of Bangkok Dangerous, the most egregious is the most fundamental: The film is simply dreadful to look at."

Nathan Lee: The New York Times
"Parts of Bangkok Dangerous, far from seeming unfamiliar or freshly stylized, offer nothing that you couldn't catch in an episode of 'CSI'."

Anthony Lane: The New Yorker
"The remake feels like a hollow excuse to present the myriad ways in which a bullet can pierce a cranium"

Jordan Mintzer: Variety
"As a cinematic experience, it's like being locked in a coffin for an hour and a half"

Philadelphia Inquirer
"Pretty much all the things that made the original so original are filtered out of this un-original."

Michael Ordoña: Los Angeles Times
"A morose, slow-moving action picture"

Maitland McDonagh: TV Guide

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Bangkok Dangerous

2008

Oxide Pang, Danny Pang

4.4

(8,558)